| part# |
42H1292 |
| serial# |
2044725 |
| date |
31-03-97 (13 years old) |
| IBM logo |
blue text with gray logo |
| condition |
brand new in original IBM box, but outer cardboard box has no identifying marks |
| origin |
Made in United Kingdom by IBM United Kingdom Limited, Greenock, Scotland UK |
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keyboard has additional 4 drainage holes on bottom of keyboard to prevent permanent damage by liquid spills |
| cable |
attached, coiled cable, ps/2 connector (new in package) |
| key caps |
removable (two piece, key stem + key cap) |
| key switches |
clicky = buckling spring |
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Designed when "real" typing on a quality keyboard was a required skill to use a $5000 IBM personal computer.
(pre-dates the then new mouse-click and graphical user interface operating system later to be known as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and 95) |
| condition |
These 1997 keyboards was recently found in 2010 in an old IBM spare parts warehouse. Keyboards were found to be in excellent, unused condition in a large 20"x20"x20" IBM container, each holding 12 keyboards in the original styofoam packaging.
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| comments |
This particular unit appears to be a brand new keyboard, in a box that is less than perfect. Keyboard still has plastic wrap around unused keyboard cable. |
| comments |
Very nice addition for those who appreciate a true mechanical buckling spring keyboard in perfect, nearly new condition. |
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