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My IBM Model M from 1993
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But it's nothing special, those things were built like absolute tanks. You could kill someone with an early model M and then go right back to typing.
IBM Model M's melting point is too low to protect against people that abuse the pen holder as an ashtray tho, and mine got shipped to me without protective packaging lol. It works, but a bolt mod and a destructive deep clean was necessary. Yes, Model M's can get permanent dents and turn yellow if you put enough lit cigarettes on it. Restoration videos don't show Model M's as abused as this one.
Mind posting a picture of it as well? I'm kinda curious as to how it looks and what you've done to save it.
But seriously, who the fuck would not only smoke around their computer but put out the cigarette on their keyboard?
Sure.
Image 1: Packaging
Image 2: More Packaging
Image 3: Before Front
Most visible damage in this picture is above the F7 and Druck, Rollen, Pause keys. Druck, Rollen, Pause keys themselves are damaged. Previous owner probably cleaned this IBM Model M from the outside before they sent it to me. You'll see the horrors soon enough.
Image 4: Before Label
Image 5: After Back (similar to missing Before Back)
I removed the label from the back.
Image 6: Before Assembly Front
Note the ash :(
Image 7: Before Assembly Back
Image 8: Before Internals
How this melted is beyond me. Maybe due to repeated exposure to hot ash?
Image 9: After Cinematic Shot
Image 10: After Druck, Rollen, Pause Keys
Destructive cleaning on the side of the keys, though I could also look for replacement keycaps.
Image 11: After Yellow Spot
More destructive cleaning.
I didn't make any after pictures of the assembly and internals, but I gave everything a deep clean and bolt modded my IBM Model M.
Thanks. I'm hosestly amazed that the case isn't cracked at all from being shipped like that.
It does have a few battle scars but everything still works great and the keys are still very clicky
How do you deal with the multiple keystroke issues? If I remember correctly, it's only able to have a few simultaneous keystrokes before it doesn't recognize it.
You mean the lack of n-key rollover? To be honest, that's never been an issue for me and I do a fair bit of gaming.
Oh good. I remembered having that issue in the 90s when using these keyboards.
I ran into it using a PS2-USB adapter with mine. I can't remember which game but I want to say some kind of FPS where I was hitting a lot, and even then it wasn't terrible but enough to notice. For day to day typing I never had an issue.