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Apr. 18th, 2008 01:37 pmi keep meaning to update. let's see if this one sticks.
last week i picked up a keyboard from value village for 5 bux. i picked it up because i was pretty sure it was similar to the one![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
twiin has - a "clicky" keyboard he got a while ago but has since lost a couple key-covers for. if the model number was right, he could have it. if not, at the very least, he could replace the lost tops.
i checked the model number when i got home and i was right - i had grabbed an ibm model m - although mine was not the coveted 1391401 (the one twiin has) but a UK built 1396790.
it has a big sticker on the back with production dates and inspector initials in ink. it's a 1994 build, but b/c it was made in the UK it has an ibm badge instead of the n. american lexmark or unicomp. it doesn't have the detachable cord but it is equipped with "drainage channels" under the keys - any spilled liquid is directed around the good bits and towards 4 exit holes under the front lip of the board.
after getting thoroughly lost reading about the thing, i plugged it in to try it out. it's extremely satisfying. i got attached to it very quickly - after only a few days i pictured myself at 60, clicking out depressing prosetry about daffodils and depends on my trusty and career-inspiring cherished model m.
needless to say, twiin isn't getting this one.
last week i picked up a keyboard from value village for 5 bux. i picked it up because i was pretty sure it was similar to the one
twiin has - a "clicky" keyboard he got a while ago but has since lost a couple key-covers for. if the model number was right, he could have it. if not, at the very least, he could replace the lost tops.i checked the model number when i got home and i was right - i had grabbed an ibm model m - although mine was not the coveted 1391401 (the one twiin has) but a UK built 1396790.
it has a big sticker on the back with production dates and inspector initials in ink. it's a 1994 build, but b/c it was made in the UK it has an ibm badge instead of the n. american lexmark or unicomp. it doesn't have the detachable cord but it is equipped with "drainage channels" under the keys - any spilled liquid is directed around the good bits and towards 4 exit holes under the front lip of the board.
after getting thoroughly lost reading about the thing, i plugged it in to try it out. it's extremely satisfying. i got attached to it very quickly - after only a few days i pictured myself at 60, clicking out depressing prosetry about daffodils and depends on my trusty and career-inspiring cherished model m.
needless to say, twiin isn't getting this one.
