deskthority

All sold now, thanks!

I'm working from home now and it's time to downsize to one office's worth of peripherals.

First, my IBM Model F XT. I refurbished this and installed a Teensy for USB support; see build thread at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17673. Works flawlessly and is an absolute pleasure to use. It works/feels great, so I didn't touch the foam. The only condition issue is that my Krylon repaint hasn't worn well after 18 months of heavy use, so it has some "patina." How does $150 plus calculated shipping to your location sound? Second, my Lexmark-manufactured IBM Model M. Very nice, clean keyboard. Has a couple scratches on the top casing and some of the keycaps, not sure what happened there. The Y key fails to register maybe once out of every 20 normal key presses; I presume it has a failed rivet, but I have not opened it up. I've used it a ton just like it sits. $65 plus calculated shipping. Finally, my MicroSpeed (CST, now P.I. I guess?) Kid TRAC trackball mouse. I LOVE this thing, but it doesn't play nicely with my Mac at home like it did with my work PC using some corrected acceleration curves, and I don't have time to work with it. Classic heavy-duty large opto-mechanical trackball with amazing primary color scheme. Has a couple minor scratches on the top casing. Includes serial-to-PS2. TRACKBALL IS SOLD, THANKS! Would consider trades involving a current-version CST L-Trac. Otherwise, Paypal.

mmcdowell wrote: 18 Aug 2020, 17:52 my Krylon repaint hasn't worn well after 18 months of heavy use, so it has some "patina."

If you don't mind me asking, how bad is it? It's always hard to tell from pictures alone. I noticed from your old thread that it looks considerably more grey in that picture.

Dikkus wrote: 19 Aug 2020, 05:20 If you don't mind me asking, how bad is it? It's always hard to tell from pictures alone. I noticed from your old thread that it looks considerably more grey in that picture.

It's worn where my hands rest at the bottom; I can try to take pictures in better lighting tomorrow.

Seems the paintjob didnt go so well, so perhaps Kryon was not suited. I'm about to paint my model m industrial grey, may I ask, since you have experience, what should I use to paint it? I was thikning vinyl or plastic dye would fare better

pming

Would shipping to Germany be silly expensive? Interested in the model f.