14 Jun
2013
14 Jun
'13
11:15 a.m.
On Fri, 14 Jun 2013, Henk Stegeman wrote:
I have an original IBM model M keyboard (US 101-key
layout, P/N 1391401).
This keyboard dropped very hard on the ground. IBM made these keyboards very
robust, but this treatment was too much.
The black support frame with all the chimney is cracked completely.
(this happend before I removed it from the metal base plate :-)
See: http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/downloads/Model_M_1385796.jpg
Does anyone know a source for this black support frame P/N 1385796 ?
(besides buying a donor keyboard)
Does anyone knowns where IBM purchased them from ?
(I can't believe that IBM made these themselves)
IBM did indeed manfacture the original Type M keyboards in house. That
division was sold off to Lexmark (early 90s?) along with the printer
business.
They are IMHO the world's best keyboards. This message is being typed on
a grey industrial Type M with a manufacture date of 1987. Still works
flawlessly, and probably will continue to do so long after I'm gone.
Steve
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