SSK (or any Model M) owners: what color is your barrel plate?

[TheNumberPi]

Just read this thread: photos-f62/my-ssk-is-here-t9667.html and noticed that there was a comment on OP's barrel plate being beige, apparently rare. This led me to wonder if it was actually any rarer to have a beige barrel plate as opposed to the black plates seen here: photos-f62/ibm-industrial-ssk-differences-t16586.html

My SSK is a 1991 1392934 with a beige plate.

[Polecat]

Just read this thread: photos-f62/my-ssk-is-here-t9667.html and noticed that there was a comment on OP's barrel plate being beige, apparently rare. This led me to wonder if it was actually any rarer to have a beige barrel plate as opposed to the black plates seen here: photos-f62/ibm-industrial-ssk-differences-t16586.html

My SSK is a 1991 1392934 with a beige plate.

I have two SSKs, one each black and beige. The black one is 1391472 (1987); beige is 1392934 (1991).

[digital_matthew]

I have two full-sized Model Ms with beige barrel plates. They both have model number 1391401 and were made in 1989 and 1991.

[fohat]

I think that they are about equally common, I have had quite a few of each. I think that black ran until the very late 1980s, then beige until somewhere in the mid-1990s (perhaps until Unicomp took over), then back to black afterwards.

My experience is that it ran across the model lines, terminals and 122s have similar color changes.

[chzel]

Both my SSKs are beige!

[Khers]

My '87 SSK has a black plate and the '91's beige.

[THATGUY69]

I have '88 model produced in the UK and it has a black barrel plate.

[THATGUY69]

I have a '88 model produced in the UK and it has a black barrel plate.

[Noobmaen]

I have a 1996 and '91 (or was it '90?) 1391401, both greenock made and with black barrel plates

[Darkshado]

1989-06-05 1391413 made in Mexico, beige barrel plate

1990-12-12 1391402 made in the UK, black barrel plate

[clickykeyboards]

1987 IBM model M (1391401) Made by IBM 13 NOV 87 with black barrel plate
http://clickykeyboards.com/product/1987 ... 13-nov-87/

1391401 (1987) with black barrel plate

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1988 IBM model M (1391401) Made by IBM 07 DEC 88 with dark brown barrel plate
http://clickykeyboards.com/product/1988 ... -dec-88-2/

1391401 (1988) with dark brown barrel plate

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1989 IBM model M (1391401) Made by IBM 16 MAR 89 with dark brown barrel plate
http://clickykeyboards.com/product/1989 ... -mar-89-2/

1391401 (1989) with dark brown barrel plate

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1990 IBM model M (1391401) Made by IBM 10-11-90 with white barrel plate
http://clickykeyboards.com/product/1990 ... -10-11-90/

1391401 (1988) with dark brown barrel plate

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1991 IBM model M (1391401) Mady by IBM 07 JAN 91 with white barrel plate
http://clickykeyboards.com/product/1991 ... 07-jan-91/

1391401 (1991) with white barrel plate

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[chzel]

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Heh...what do you know about Ms??

[seebart]

I did own a beige barrel SSK years ago:

photos-f62/ibm-ssk-club-t2885-270.html? ... el#p185298

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[ddevera105]

I have two full-sized Model M's (1391401) where one is from 1987 with a black barrel plate and the other one is from 1989 with a beige barrel.

(Don't have a nice, clear shot of the one with a beige barrel cuz it's a dirty boi.)