Finally found a UK ISO Model M at a price I could afford

remlap · 13 Aug 2013, 15:10

Been looking for an ISO Model M for ages never seem to find one at a price I could afford/justify until now

002 · 13 Aug 2013, 15:16

Congrats

Looks to be in pretty good nick too.

Muirium · 13 Aug 2013, 15:23

Indeed. Needless to say: they're sweet boards. (So long as they're buckling spring. I saw a membrane one for sale recently. I've never touched one of those.)

remlap · 13 Aug 2013, 15:39

Muirium wrote:Indeed. Needless to say: they're sweet boards. (So long as they're buckling spring. I saw a membrane one for sale recently. I've never touched one of those.)

It's Buckling Spring.

Muirium · 13 Aug 2013, 16:00

Excellent. How much roughly did it set you back? I'm after one (ANSI is fine by me) for hacking into an SSK!

remlap · 13 Aug 2013, 16:04

Muirium wrote:Excellent. How much roughly did it set you back? I'm after one (ANSI is fine by me) for hacking into an SSK!

£21 plus postage.

Muirium · 13 Aug 2013, 16:31

Good find!

Peter · 13 Aug 2013, 19:10

Type 3 case with fixed cable, green 'ALT', red-brownish secondary num-pad legends ..
Great find, congratulations !!
The price is more than good - I wouldn't even sell a board like that !

remlap · 13 Aug 2013, 21:55

It's a detachable cable, only flaw is the section the LED's are in is a little dent in it.

dorkvader · 14 Aug 2013, 00:50

Muirium wrote:Indeed. Needless to say: they're sweet boards. (So long as they're buckling spring. I saw a membrane one for sale recently. I've never touched one of those.)

I got to take apart a membrane one recently, and they are not too great for a membrane keyboard.

What is important about them, though, is that they share a LOT of parts with a normal model M. All you need to do is add springs/hammers "blanket (most likely), and keycaps (and bolt mod it of course). For parts, there's a case, barrel frame, controller, cable, etc.

That IS a good find, congrats! Enjoy your keyboard. I, too, got a good model M in excellent shape, and it's really a joy to type on.

Daniel Beardsmore · 14 Aug 2013, 01:05

dorkvader wrote:I got to take apart a membrane one recently, and they are not too great for a membrane keyboard

One would have thought that they'd use the same membranes as the buckling spring Model Ms, but maybe not.

remlap · 14 Aug 2013, 15:12

dorkvader wrote:That IS a good find, congrats! Enjoy your keyboard. I, too, got a good model M in excellent shape, and it's really a joy to type on.

I've been using an ANSI M13 for awhile so its nice to have ISO now, not sure why an ANSI M13 ended up in the UK in the first place though.

Muirium · 14 Aug 2013, 15:31

Because of guys like me and Matt3o who prefer ANSI over ISO, no matter what our fellow countrymen think!

I doubt there's many ISO fans in the ANSI-world, but I've learned to always expect a surprise.

dorkvader · 15 Aug 2013, 02:27

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:
dorkvader wrote:I got to take apart a membrane one recently, and they are not too great for a membrane keyboard
One would have thought that they'd use the same membranes as the buckling spring Model Ms, but maybe not.

We won't know until I open it, but it sure looks like the membrane is the same.

I should probably have specified that I took apart a rubber dome over membrane one recently, instead of the well-loved hammer over membarne one everyone knows.

scottc · 22 Oct 2013, 16:18

remlap wrote:
Muirium wrote:Excellent. How much roughly did it set you back? I'm after one (ANSI is fine by me) for hacking into an SSK!
£21 plus postage.

Wow, that's a pretty great price for a Model M in good condition. Mine was about €30 plus new a load of new keycaps plus a lifetime of thankyous to my girlfriend for making her bring it back from the US for me.