SSK with square silver logo

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HAL

01 Apr 2016, 00:02

Last Saturday I bought this for 15 € at a flea market in Vienna.
Since the ESC key was missing I replaced it with a red one from Unicomp.
Since the ESC key was missing I replaced it with a red one from Unicomp.
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After some initial cleaning I realized that I had made a fantastic bargain.
IBM square silver logo
IBM square silver logo
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For its age this keyboard is in fantastic shape. Almost all rivets were intact.
No big scratches or marks on the back side
No big scratches or marks on the back side
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I guess square silver logo SSKs are almost as scarce as industrial SSKs.
The birth certificate on the back states that to this day this keyboard is 30 years old.
The birth certificate on the back states that to this day this keyboard is 30 years old.
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HAL

01 Apr 2016, 00:02

How the SSK 1391337 was created
For the picture(s) with the square silver logo I actually took two pictures:
one with an SSK, and another one with a Model M silver logo keyboard (at the exact same position).
Then I cut the silver logo out of the 1390131, resized it to 60% and put it on the SSK.
transfer of silver logo to the SSK
transfer of silver logo to the SSK
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The original label looked like this:
Only the number seven was from another keyboard.
Only the number seven was from another keyboard.
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photekq
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01 Apr 2016, 00:03

:lol:
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Khers
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01 Apr 2016, 00:04

WHAT!? I thought square label SSKs were mythical creatures that some claimed to have seen but no one could prove existed...
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webwit
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01 Apr 2016, 00:07

Your zipper is down.
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photekq
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01 Apr 2016, 00:10

Oh shit. I thought it was an April fools joke when your OP was empty..

That is absolutely amazing.. I have a new dream keyboard that I'll never get!
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Invisius

01 Apr 2016, 00:12

lol at the number "1391337" :lol:
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emdude
Model M Apologist

01 Apr 2016, 00:13

Incredible, quite the 1337 board indeed. :P
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seebart
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01 Apr 2016, 00:16

°!°
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Khers
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01 Apr 2016, 00:18

webwit wrote: Your zipper is down.
Not again! :oops:
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zuglufttier

01 Apr 2016, 00:28

Very nice! And by that I mean not only the photos :D
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jerue

01 Apr 2016, 00:30

wowowowow. Best find of the year...if not the century...

It's almost a little sad that there aren't any special keycaps on that board, they look standard to me.
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Abstractions

01 Apr 2016, 00:33

Beautiful, amazing. The new king of SSK's. :shock:
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Nuum

01 Apr 2016, 00:34

I hate April fools...
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photekq
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01 Apr 2016, 00:34

Abstractions wrote: Beautiful, amazing. The new king of SSK's. :shock:
Yeah. Forget industrials. This is what I want.

HAL, it's not photoshopped, is it? :lol:
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webwit
Wild Duck

01 Apr 2016, 00:37

Also, Unicomp has finally released a 60% keyboard.
Spoiler:
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seebart
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01 Apr 2016, 00:39

°!°
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elecplus

01 Apr 2016, 00:44

Email lorenzo@nyceonline.net if u want NIB SSK. He is insisting on ebay prices, so I can't buy them. He has 4 of them left, NIB, no cables. These are the same as the ones I sold last year. He won't sell for less than like $250 each.
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Chyros

01 Apr 2016, 00:49

Haha wow, that picture actually looks pretty convincing xD . And it's not even April in this country! xD
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seebart
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01 Apr 2016, 15:24

°!°
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Redmaus
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01 Apr 2016, 15:26

With it being April 1st, I find this hard to believe...

EDIT: neat way to sneak it in with the date label 8-)
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seebart
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01 Apr 2016, 15:29

°!°
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Findecanor

01 Apr 2016, 15:36

Nice date on that back label... Almost got me there. ;)
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photekq
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01 Apr 2016, 15:52

Posted on April 1st, apparently made on April 1st, part number ending in 1337.. All points towards a fake!

However, those photos look too real! I put it through plenty of clarify/brightness/contrast changes in photoshop but I couldn't see any evidence of photoshopping. You did a good job on that HAL!
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Halvar

01 Apr 2016, 16:25

That's impressive! (I will never be able to trust a Model M label any more ... ;-) )

EDIT: Ha! My barcode reader app says that the barcode actually means:

IBM3213901311114425

Bloody fraud! :mrgreen:
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Alkhar

01 Apr 2016, 16:47

Good Job !
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idollar
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01 Apr 2016, 17:02

Nice !
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emdude
Model M Apologist

01 Apr 2016, 17:12

No.. it can't be..! :evil:

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Sayso

01 Apr 2016, 17:18

:lol:
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HAL

01 Apr 2016, 17:24

Halvar wrote: That's impressive! (I will never be able to trust a Model M label any more ... ;-) )

EDIT: Ha! My barcode reader app says that the barcode actually means:

IBM3213901311114425

Bloody fraud! :mrgreen:
Happy April's Fool day everybody!!!

Yes I was to lazy to also fake the barcode :lol:
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