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IBM SSK White frame.
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 17:36
by nfc
It's the first time I see a white plastic frame in a Model M keyboard.
What do you think?
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Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 17:47
by ripster
Nice! Welcome to the IBM Space Saving Keyboard Club!
Some are black, brown, white. Same plastic until Unicomp/Greenock era.
Kishy used to think they feel different but I doubt a few drops of dye makes a difference.
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 17:57
by Acanthophis
Still looks pretty greyish to me.
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 20:31
by 7bit
Looks great! Keep it that way! People will ask you what kind of futurisitc keyboard that is!
ps: let me know if you need replacement keys.
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 21:30
by ped
You're selling BS keycaps too?
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 21:33
by 7bit
ped wrote:You're selling BS keycaps too?
Only from 2 incomplete boards (missing feet, missing cable, missing key caps, cases obviously not dish-washer proof).
R: IBM SSK White frame.
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 07:30
by nfc
This beauty and his twin I own are equipped with one stem keycap (integrated stem) that are really hard to find, expecially the keys for the integrated numpad.
Some of mine are lightly scratched, some other missing... so I decided to replace the complete set with a brand new one from Unicomp (two sets costed me a fortune... due to the shipping and the custom tolls...)
Some springs are loose: theyre felling off when I remove the keycap... I have new ones... what do you suggest? Bolt mod it or not?
Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 11:04
by daedalus
Mine has a white upper assembly too. For some reason, they seem to be particularly associated with Plt. No F7. I still maintain that Plt. No had nothing to do with the place they were made though...
Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 11:40
by off
nfc wrote:Some springs are loose: they're falling off when I remove the keycap... I have new ones... what do you suggest? Bolt mod it or not?
Seeing how boltmodding is the only way you're gonna get at the springmount to actually fix the springs back on properly; I'd guess that's what you'll have to do if it annoys you enough (not to mention that that should ensure a more even board feel, don't those keys with not quite well attached springs feel a little different?), but ofcourse that depends on if you want to resell it without boltmod or not.
*note, only theoretical and slightly practical from M2.
Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 18:40
by attarian
what about that :
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/vz1UX.jpg)
Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 18:44
by off
attarian wrote:what about that
Oh snap! You've already managed to snag one of those battleships? Grats! And what's that greyish thing tucked away in the bottom right?
Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 21:16
by attarian
It's not grey, 400 g ( that's the same weight with KBT Pure / Poker )
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/otiPM.jpg)
Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 21:38
by off
So is that coiled cable attached to the blue/grey/black-board (current versions come in straight only it seems)?
<wth is with those
` \ backspace enter keys, is that through a dipswitch?>
Priceless 'fcc.txt'!
And man, that's relatively light; shame it doesn't have that curve.
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