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This is weird - it looks like a "bigfoot" Model F, but it was made in 1996 by Lexmark and is labelled a Model M:



I had no idea they were making this old style of keyboard as late as 1996.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-IBM-Model-M ... 1706668414

We've had that here before, I can't find the thread now.

It was discovered a while ago and relisted and relisted...
Someone buy it so we can find out!!!

It looks like he sold a bunch of them (using the same photos and listing). The buyers seemed happy.

Webwit has that part number as a Bigfoot F:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-m ... -t158.html

The auction keyboard is two years younger and an M — maybe IBM wanted to save costs but didn't want to mess up people's re-ordering with a new part number?

Weird.

mr_a500 wrote:This is weird - it looks like a "bigfoot" Model F, but it was made in 1996 by Lexmark and is labelled a Model M:



I had no idea they were making this old style of keyboard as late as 1996.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-IBM-Model-M ... 1706668414

I forget who and if it was here or geekhack, but someone bought one and made an informative thread on it, if I have time today to hop on my computer I'll find and link it. I wish I had more money as I'd buy and preserve as many model F's as possible as, for the time being, the supply will eventually dry up and that is a sad thought.

Nixdorf CT 22

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Nixdorf-Keyboard ... 2edb865336

IBM AT

http://www.ebay.de/itm/vintage-IBM-Keyb ... 23478f33ff

Ducky DK9087G2

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Ducky-DK9087G2-/ ... 3a9e9863b0

Apple 2 keyboard

http://www.ebay.de/itm/231430547972?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

not really a great find... but at least interesting... http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALL-BLACK-107-K ... SS:DE:3160

Nice big thumbprint there by the spacebar in the first pic...

Cherry G80-1800
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tatstaur-Cherry- ... 418d54e7fb

IBM XT "Hardened" EMR Keyboard.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Hardene ... 1536466209

snoopy wrote: not really a great find... but at least interesting... http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALL-BLACK-107-K ... SS:DE:3160

sacrilege

Touch_It wrote:

mr_a500 wrote:This is weird - it looks like a "bigfoot" Model F, but it was made in 1996 by Lexmark and is labelled a Model M:

I think he has 2 listings combined. 4176191 is the Model F Bigfoot, which is the PN on the box. The Model M pics must have come from some other listing, and he got them confused?

elecplus wrote: I think he has 2 listings combined. 4176191 is the Model F Bigfoot, which is the PN on the box. The Model M pics must have come from some other listing, and he got them confused?

The box and the keyboard both say 1/30/96, so it looks like IBM or Lexmark got confused! That or the seller has spent his whole life waiting for this coincidence, or he botched faking the labels ;-)

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:

elecplus wrote: I think he has 2 listings combined. 4176191 is the Model F Bigfoot, which is the PN on the box. The Model M pics must have come from some other listing, and he got them confused?

The box and the keyboard both say 1/30/96, so it looks like IBM or Lexmark got confused! That or the seller has spent his whole life waiting for this coincidence, or he botched faking the labels

It's a Model F refurbished in 1996, which Lexmark incorrectly labeled Model M.

Source: I bought from this seller.

IBM keycaps.
http://www.ebay.de/sch/ibm-retro/m.html ... lo&_udhi=2

crunch wrote: IBM keycaps.
http://www.ebay.de/sch/ibm-retro/m.html ... lo&_udhi=2

be careful, the price is for only one(!) keycap...

Oops I missed that, thanks for pointing that out snoopy.

faceyourfaces wrote:

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:

elecplus wrote: I think he has 2 listings combined. 4176191 is the Model F Bigfoot, which is the PN on the box. The Model M pics must have come from some other listing, and he got them confused?

The box and the keyboard both say 1/30/96, so it looks like IBM or Lexmark got confused! That or the seller has spent his whole life waiting for this coincidence, or he botched faking the labels

It's a Model F refurbished in 1996, which Lexmark incorrectly labeled Model M.

Source: I bought from this seller.

Thanks for clearing up this mystery!

expensive
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-CO ... SS:US:1120

Alps dolch
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-White-A ... SS:US:1120

gogusrl wrote: expensive
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-CO ... SS:US:1120

Damn, that is reeealy nice but lol dat price

Ungh, so pretty!



But yeah, Symbolics don't come cheap:

I was wondering a while ago actually, is there actually anyone on this website who owns a space cadet? or has even seen one?

looks like webwit has some

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/the ... s-t98.html

Yeah I saw that, but he doesn't have the space cadet :p

Depends on how pedantic you want to be.

I don't own one, but I've used a Symbolics lisp machine keyboard during a summer job in the 1980s. Not quite a space cadet keyboard (it was somewhat simplified), but close enough. Where I got my preference for calling what the "Backspace" key does "Rubout"

I think I payed less than $100 for the one going for $1200 at eBay. Much overpriced.

wheybags wrote: Yeah I saw that, but he doesn't have the space cadet :p

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/space ... t1381.html