Description
| part# | IBM model F (83-key keyboard) 1397950 |
| serial# | 0001506 |
| date | 3/14/96 (29 years old). “3.14 = pi day” heavy weight: 7 pounds, 5 oz = 3.3 kilos of keyboard business
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| IBM logo | silver logo with black text |
| metal steel back case (painted white) | |
| cable | attached, gray coiled cable, 14/15-pin connector |
| condition | Keyboard in good new condition for an artifact that is 29 years old. One minor flaw of model F cases is that bottom case is made of steel. This keyboard shows some signs of paint peeling from steel on bottom case (see photos).  Part of styrofoam packaging is missing. Unable to test keyboard, but we can confirm that it came brand new from trusted IBM source. If you can build a converter, let us know. |
| key switches | VERY clicky = buckling spring. Model F capacitive buckling-spring. |
| condition | |
| comments | Feet extend in three positions (fully retracted, partially extended, fully extended).  Metal shiny internal plate (zinc galvanized steel). Gray keyboard cable in very good coiled condition with metal end. Keyboard will ship with original IBM styrofoam inside IBM box to keep dimensional weight shipping reasonable at 28″x13″x5″. |
