6 Jun
2015
6 Jun
'15
10:28 a.m.
On the one hand the 25K is ridiculously excessive; on
the other I'm surprised you were able to obtain one for so little, even in poor
condition, and there was so little bidding.
Replacing the missing keycaps may be difficult, but it otherwise looks quite recoverable.
The main IBM keypunches (026, 029, and 129) are sort of like Teletypes
- yes, they have respectable value, but there are still a whole lot of
chances to get into a "right place, right time" situation and get them
for nothing. At this point, I have started to pass them by, unless it
they are super easy to get.
The variants, on the other hand, are very difficult to find, as are
verifiers and non-IBM keypunches.
--
Will