I know that as late as the mid-1970s 026's were refurbished and upgraded by a third-party (SORBUS?) as cheaper 029s and with the 029 character set. We had many of these 026-->029s where I went to school.
Lee C. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Cory Heisterkamp <coryheisterk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use to watch for these on ebay and it seems one would pop up every 12-16 > months or so, usually on the opposite side of the country, and sell for > $500-$1000 depending on condition. I recall when a certain 129 was up for > bid back in 2005; info preserved by the 'IBM Collectibles' webpage. > http://ibmcollectable.com/gallery/album71 Hard to say what it might go > for these days. -Cory > > > On Jun 6, 2015, at 1:39 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > On 2015-Jun-05, at 6:21 PM, Connor Krukosky wrote: > > > >> That has been posted up for a LONG time and will likely NEVER sell at > that price or at any offer since this guy seems to think its made of gold. > >> It's less rare than an 029 seemingly anyway. The 026's seem to have had > a lot more of them run for a longer time, meaning more survived to see the > light of day again... > >> Its in better condition than the one I got, but I got mine for only 9 > dollars!! > >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-26-Keypunch-Punch-Card-/141603779673 > >> It may be worth a couple of hundred to the right person, but I can't > ever see that thing selling anywhere close to that figure... > >> > >> -Connor K > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell
