IBM SSK club!
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
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Nice, my '87 SSK is my favourite! It's the 25th of September.
I agree. You should've seen the Cherry PCBs from BT that I was cleaning out this week. I used up literally half a box of cotton buds on one of them...andrewjoy wrote: ↑Can we all get together and look at that barrel plate and say EEEEWWWWWEEEEE!!!!!
- seebart
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Yeah really that barrel filth is intense. Is that Texan dust? Anyway congrats on your SSK LLRnR! Welcome to the club.
Another one from 1987. IBM must have cranked out a lot of keyboards in 87.
Another one from 1987. IBM must have cranked out a lot of keyboards in 87.
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- Location: UK
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scottc wrote: ↑Nice, my '87 SSK is my favourite! It's the 25th of September.
I agree. You should've seen the Cherry PCBs from BT that I was cleaning out this week. I used up literally half a box of cotton buds on one of them...andrewjoy wrote: ↑Can we all get together and look at that barrel plate and say EEEEWWWWWEEEEE!!!!!
Screw cotton buds, blastr them out with compressed air !
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Datavac-Electri ... B003BZCOKK
I have 2 one at home and one in work. I was cleaning the coms cab in the workshop and it shot that much dust out of the coms cap that i could not see the other side of the room. Its nice and tidy now tho , you should have seen it before, i could not see the switch for all the unused patches and dust.
nothing better than a nice tidy coms cabinet .
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- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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LOL, yeah that's what I also said. But I cleaned it yesterday, it took me a lot of time:andrewjoy wrote: ↑Can we all get together and look at that barrel plate and say EEEEWWWWWEEEEE!!!!!
Nice! Is 1987 the first year they started manufacturing SSKs? Anyway, for IBMs, the older, the better (well, not necessarily, but I much rather prefer having older rather than newer boards).scottc wrote: ↑Nice, my '87 SSK is my favourite! It's the 25th of September.
I agree. You should've seen the Cherry PCBs from BT that I was cleaning out this week. I used up literally half a box of cotton buds on one of them...
What's BT?
It may well be! Thank you, seebartseebart wrote: ↑Yeah really that barrel filth is intense. Is that Texan dust? Anyway congrats on your SSK LLRnR! Welcome to the club.
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
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I was actually looking at Datavacs earlier today, but they're so expensive on Amazon UK! Plus, you should've seen the goo on this PCB, eugh...andrewjoy wrote: ↑ Screw cotton buds, blastr them out with compressed air !
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Datavac-Electri ... B003BZCOKK
I have 2 one at home and one in work. I was cleaning the coms cab in the workshop and it shot that much dust out of the coms cap that i could not see the other side of the room. Its nice and tidy now tho , you should have seen it before, i could not see the switch for all the unused patches and dust.
nothing better than a nice tidy coms cabinet .
Nice cable management though, everything looks nice and tidy.
Hm, good question. It might be! Clickykeyboards should be able to answer that.LLRnR wrote: ↑Nice! Is 1987 the first year they started manufacturing SSKs? Anyway, for IBMs, the older, the better (well, not necessarily, but I much rather prefer having older rather than newer boards).
What's BT?
BT = British Telecomms. A friend and I just got a big box of keyboard delivered from the UK, and a couple of them had stickers from what looks like a BT office in them. They were filthy!
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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Yup, I just checked and it would appear the earliest models date back to 1987. The Deskthority wiki says the same thing.scottc wrote: ↑Hm, good question. It might be! Clickykeyboards should be able to answer that.
Thanks for the clarification. I guess you must have had a lot of fun with that batchBT = British Telecomms. A friend and I just got a big box of keyboard delivered from the UK, and a couple of them had stickers from what looks like a BT office in them. They were filthy!
- POTV
- Location: Denmark
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Say hello to Frenchie. An original 1987 ISO SSK bought on ebay a few weeks ago. (One of the apparantly very ISO factory made)
It had french/canadian keycaps, but I changed them to danish. Except for the enter key. When I tried with my spare enter with wire stabilizer, it felt much more light to the touch than the other keys so I decided to keep the original enter.
I really like the size of the keyboard compared to the normal Model M's - not to mention the F's...
It had french/canadian keycaps, but I changed them to danish. Except for the enter key. When I tried with my spare enter with wire stabilizer, it felt much more light to the touch than the other keys so I decided to keep the original enter.
I really like the size of the keyboard compared to the normal Model M's - not to mention the F's...
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- seebart
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Wow nice POTV. SSK ISO is rare indeed. You give your keyboard's names?
Where did you get those nice caps?
Where did you get those nice caps?
- POTV
- Location: Denmark
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Thanks seebart. Yes - rare and costly. The seller had it listed for 250 USD, but I could buy it now for 325 USD. It is probably not worth that much. And a bolt mod should be better anyway. But it was there - and I wanted it...
- POTV
- Location: Denmark
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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- seebart
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Unicomp yeah I thought so. 325 is kinda steep but it's a rare one. Nice. Congrats.
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
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The problem with me is if you want printed keycaps to replace the ISO keys in order to achieve full ANSI you have to mix and match and even then its a lot of money. Unicomp should just make an ANSI and ISO order option.
- ramnes
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: KMAC LE
- Main mouse: Zowie AM
- Favorite switch: GPL 104 lubed 62g nixies
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You won't have any problem to sell it if you want to. 325$ for an ISO SSK doesn't sound expensive to me considering the rarity of a real one (not a ISO bolt modded).POTV wrote: ↑Thanks seebart. Yes - rare and costly. The seller had it listed for 250 USD, but I could buy it now for 325 USD. It is probably not worth that much. And a bolt mod should be better anyway. But it was there - and I wanted it...
- Muirium
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- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Nice indeed. Submit it to Clickykeyboards Model M database:
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cf ... n/pageID/3
I try to add all my relevant models to that collection too. Nice to gather for ourselves all the data IBM thoughtfully but cryptically included on our boards.
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cf ... n/pageID/3
I try to add all my relevant models to that collection too. Nice to gather for ourselves all the data IBM thoughtfully but cryptically included on our boards.
- POTV
- Location: Denmark
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Good idea, Muirium - the seller actually contacted Clickeykeyboards in order to find out more about the keyboard. So it should be there. I'll check up on it
- macmakkara
- Location: Finland
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Im not sure if i dropped this here already... http://imgur.com/a/qSF3H
- Madhias
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The blank caps are awesome! I have them too, but never used them so far. I ordered them just for making some pictures, but was not brave enough to actually use them.
- seebart
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very nice ramnes. It's never too late! Looks sweet with blanks like that.ramnes wrote: ↑Registering here, a bit late, but better late than never:
- seebart
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I've been looking for that half my life, can't seem to find it. Even more rare than an ISO SSK.HzFaq wrote: ↑...I just need a way of turning used nappies into money and I'll be golden.
- ramnes
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- Khers
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- Location: Sweden
- Main keyboard: LZ CLSh
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Really nice ramnes!
I've considered acquiring blanks for my SSK from Unicomp for a while. I think this settles it!
The red esc is really neat as well!
I've considered acquiring blanks for my SSK from Unicomp for a while. I think this settles it!
The red esc is really neat as well!
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
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Very nice Ramnes. I like the blank keys and the red esc. I first I thought the blue logo thats on my SSK too looked ugly but now I kind of like it.