deskthority

amospalla wrote: Why are you not using the one with trackpoint?

I could. I'm just using this one right now.

I am still using my ol' trusty 1392595 with a 1398011 controller! Added LED's and LED overlay to give it that "classic" look and feel.



My daily driver.

The interest is there, has anyone actually made one yet? Am I the only one?

Mattr567 wrote:

webwit wrote: I had one of those. Had vintage MX blues.

I see in the pic you have a Lexmark branded Model M 1398601! I have one as well, kinda rare.

I like the 1398601 and the 1397961 too! Very cool keyboards!

Unicomp supposedly bought a new dyesub machine and improved its quality. The last ones that I bought, a couple of months ago, were nice.

The M2 has excellent qualities and terrible design blunders.

One of the worst is that it does not use M/F keys and has that stupid "Row-X, Profile-Y" crap, and ...

I should be getting my custom calendar on Monday. A calendar is a great idea!



It's here!
http://imgur.com/a/aHZir

I was thinking that too Rowdy. It wasn't working at all this morning here. Seems everything is fixed now. But all day today it was nerve racking. I thought there was something wrong with my browser.

The second generation Model M keyboards (without drainage channels) had the white barrel frames on several models. Usually around 1988 to 1992. That run (not only SSK's but some terminal boards as well) had them. Not necessarily all of them had the white barrels, but a lot of them did.

Model M ...

122-Key Terminal Model M 1389162. Made into ANSI by Phosphorglow. His new Colossus controller is in it and my son uses it now! Amazing keyboard!
http://i.imgur.com/K9muPBl.jpg

102-Key Terminal Model M 1392595. This is the current keyboard I am using on my main computer.
Put a controller from a ...

I guess I forgot to mention Phosphorglow on those pictures. Shame on me! He did both of my SSK's and several other keyboards I have. I believe the Imgur album gives him a bit of PR there. Take a look!

I suppose I can post my SSK's.

Lexmark 1397961 SSK


IBM 1392934 SSK



There are a lot more pictures at http://snowdog993.imgur.com/
Enjoy!

*sigh*