Author Topic: Model M space saver club (Read 395607 times)

kboardvintage · « **Reply #50 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 16:56:49 »

Quote from: litster on Fri, 17 August 2012, 21:24:45

4 of the 6 SSKs that I have.

calavera · « **Reply #51 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 17:09:19 »

Here's mine. '89 I believe.

dat texture...

snoopy · « **Reply #52 on:** Mon, 18 February 2013, 04:50:54 »

I like that additional printings

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #53 on:** Sun, 19 May 2013, 13:13:33 »

Just got mine last week. It's so cute ^__^

E TwentyNine · « **Reply #54 on:** Sun, 19 May 2013, 13:17:30 »

Are those wheelwriter keys or is that from one of those PS/2 Mod 25/30 word processor setups?

Edit: Nevermind, I see the shift on the number legends, mix of wheelwriter and stock keys?

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #55 on:** Sun, 19 May 2013, 13:29:06 »

I honestly am not sure, this is how I got the board. ^__^

daerid · « **Reply #56 on:** Sun, 19 May 2013, 13:33:58 »

Quote from: tsangan on Fri, 17 August 2012, 23:46:47

Had 2 SSK but now I'm down to 1

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I want this board. Gray case + black caps = drool. I will have it, or the like, I don't care how long it takes.

luckynet · « **Reply #57 on:** Sun, 19 May 2013, 13:40:28 »

Amongst friends and foes

4LI4Z · « **Reply #58 on:** Sun, 21 July 2013, 07:51:28 »

got mine and love it

smknjoe · « **Reply #59 on:** Sun, 21 July 2013, 09:00:24 »

Nice man. What year? I might post some pics of mine in here. I didn't know this thread existed.

4LI4Z · « **Reply #60 on:** Sun, 21 July 2013, 12:26:35 »

It's from 02.08.93. Posting pics of your SSK is a good idea.

smknjoe · « **Reply #61 on:** Sun, 21 July 2013, 13:33:09 »

Here are the twins. Cute ain't they? Both were made in '87.

4LI4Z · « **Reply #62 on:** Mon, 22 July 2013, 13:10:36 »

Oh my god, are they both NIB? Real beauties!

absyrd · « **Reply #63 on:** Mon, 22 July 2013, 16:49:51 »

Nice scores, smknjoe!

smknjoe · « **Reply #64 on:** Mon, 22 July 2013, 17:42:27 »

Thanks!

The one on the bottom is NIB and I bought it locally. The one on top came from Ebay. The seller pulled it from a school. After some light cleaning and replacing a bad spring you can hardly tell the two apart.

rowdy · « **Reply #65 on:** Mon, 22 July 2013, 17:46:24 »

Just think how many more of these are boxed and filed somewhere that someone has forgotten about.

snoopy · « **Reply #66 on:** Sat, 21 September 2013, 05:25:41 »

blank keys (black/pebble) and red clack on my ssk

... and I just wanted to bring this club back on page 1.

rowdy · « **Reply #67 on:** Sat, 21 September 2013, 06:03:50 »

Quote from: snoopy on Sat, 21 September 2013, 05:25:41

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blank keys (black/pebble) and red clack on my ssk

... and I just wanted to bring this club back on page 1.

That's nice. The red Clack - lucky you

At least I can validly nominate BS Clacks in any future clack sales, since I got my Model M

Martyn.T.Howells · « **Reply #68 on:** Sun, 22 September 2013, 07:52:17 »

Quote from: DanGWanG on Fri, 17 August 2012, 21:29:53

Clickety Clackety

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Quote from: tsangan on Fri, 17 August 2012, 23:46:47

Had 2 SSK but now I'm down to 1

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Quote from: DanGWanG on Sat, 15 December 2012, 13:29:55

I don't know why I can never get good pics of this keyboard. These pics never do it justice. Need dat industrial case

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These three are my favourite

snoopy · « **Reply #69 on:** Tue, 01 October 2013, 05:08:07 »

Yesterday I pulled one of the dirty space savers, that I bought some time ago, out of the closet.

Took me nearly 3 hours to clean it...

It started with this (I bought it exactly like that):

And ended with this:

I added a brand new set of ssk keycaps from unicomp, a rgb-kit and a HO (a good board needs a HO).

I wanted the classic style.

It doesn't smell anymore (it really smelled like .... I don't know) and now looks fresh and clean. I think it was worth the time.

typed on my fresh ssk

rowdy · « **Reply #70 on:** Tue, 01 October 2013, 05:41:32 »

^ looks great!

I would like an SSK one day. The Model M takes up just a little bit too much space on my desk (compared to the HHKB).

Alessandro · « **Reply #71 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:39:40 »

Agreed. They're IMPOSSIBLE in the Uk though!

smknjoe · « **Reply #72 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:57:13 »

Great job Snoop. I have a few questions:

What's the date?
Were the keycaps from Unicomp 1 piece or 2?
My SSKs have black barrel plates (or whatever they are called), can you tell by the color when the approximate manufacture date was? Mine are both from Dec of 1987.

esoomenona · « **Reply #73 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:59:04 »

The RGBs I got from Unicomp had one piece Shifts and two piece Alts and Ctrls, I believe.

snoopy · « **Reply #74 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:59:11 »

Quote from: Alessandro on Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:39:40

Agreed. They're IMPOSSIBLE in the Uk though!

There was one a week ago on ebay uk. But I never saw one on german ebay.

snoopy · « **Reply #75 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 17:06:46 »

Quote from: smknjoe on Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:57:13

Great job Snoop. I have a few questions:

What's the date?
Were the keycaps from Unicomp 1 piece or 2?
My SSKs have black barrel plates (or whatever they are called), can you tell by the color when the approximate manufacture date was? Mine are both from Dec of 1987.

This one is from 91. The keycapset is 2-piece (except some modifiers). Afaik they usually deliver 2-piece keycaps, except when you order blank blacks; these are one-piece.

I also have a 93 with a black barrel plate. Also a 88, but forgot which color this one has, its somewhere in a box. I can check for exact dates tomorrow if you want.

dreamingftw · « **Reply #76 on:** Thu, 03 October 2013, 14:54:32 »

esoomenona · « **Reply #77 on:** Thu, 03 October 2013, 20:51:09 »

Game Theory · « **Reply #78 on:** Thu, 03 October 2013, 20:54:20 »

No frills pre-clean shot.

jcrouse · « **Reply #79 on:** Thu, 03 October 2013, 21:05:07 »

Quote from: esoomenona on Thu, 03 October 2013, 20:51:09

It really needs the Salute...

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or OG

Alessandro · « **Reply #80 on:** Fri, 04 October 2013, 01:31:57 »

Mmm. Dat BS Mr Friday, looks fantastic Moose!

esoomenona · « **Reply #81 on:** Fri, 04 October 2013, 06:23:52 »

lcs · « **Reply #82 on:** Fri, 22 November 2013, 12:59:06 »

After removing the N spring when removing the space bar and fixing it, I'm happy to join the club!

rowdy · « **Reply #83 on:** Fri, 22 November 2013, 17:33:38 »

Quote from: lcs on Fri, 22 November 2013, 12:59:06

After removing the N spring when removing the space bar and fixing it, I'm happy to join the club!

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Sweet - the RGB mods look so right on BS keyboard :)

sleepy916 · « **Reply #84 on:** Sat, 23 November 2013, 01:00:47 »

I can finally join the club.

snoopy · « **Reply #85 on:** Sat, 23 November 2013, 05:46:21 »

nice! real industrial or semi-industrial?

Alessandro · « **Reply #86 on:** Sat, 23 November 2013, 07:38:23 »

Needs metal mods to be industrial all over.

Looks awesome!

vometia · « **Reply #87 on:** Thu, 28 November 2013, 10:36:45 »

I suppose I should add one of my SSKs here. I somehow managed to acquire three of them before realising how valuable they are: and in that regard, as much as I'd like to spray or dye one of them black (assuming I could find white-on-black keycaps to match), maybe I won't. Apologies for it being a little grubby, I guess that's a side-effect of someone who often eats at her computer.

My planned "mod", inasmuch as it is one, is to get hold of some keycaps from Unicomp to UKify it.

Edit: forgot to mention, they're dated 2004: which may not be as desirable a vintage as some, but I love them.

snoopy · « **Reply #88 on:** Thu, 28 November 2013, 11:06:28 »

Quote from: vometia on Thu, 28 November 2013, 10:36:45

I suppose I should add one of my SSKs here. I somehow managed to acquire three of them before realising how valuable they are: and in that regard, as much as I'd like to spray or dye one of them black (assuming I could find white-on-black keycaps to match), maybe I won't. Apologies for it being a little grubby, I guess that's a side-effect of someone who often eats at her computer.

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My planned "mod", inasmuch as it is one, is to get hold of some keycaps from Unicomp to UKify it.

Edit: forgot to mention, they're dated 2004: which may not be as desirable a vintage as some, but I love them. :)

Very nice, cause its iso :) One doesn't see those often (original iso)

vometia · « **Reply #89 on:** Sat, 30 November 2013, 02:16:15 »

Quote from: snoopy on Thu, 28 November 2013, 11:06:28

Very nice, cause its iso One doesn't see those often (original iso)

Yeah, I'm glad I managed to snag myself some of them: my clumsy fingers aren't so good with the smaller return keys.

My order for UK keys is on its way now; I half wish I'd ordered some interestingly-coloured keys at the same time, but considering my dubious aesthetics, in the interests of taste, it's probably best that I didn't!

snoopy · « **Reply #90 on:** Tue, 10 December 2013, 16:51:58 »

The longer I look at that iso board, the more I wish I already had that bolt mod and iso conversion done to one of my ssks

redwald · « **Reply #91 on:** Wed, 11 December 2013, 18:42:59 »

I'm new to GH but have been using either an M4 or SSK for years now.

Snoopy said hi to me in the New Members forum and suggested I post here. So here we go.

The first one I got in 1997 at a local computer store for $12. I took it home to try it out to see if I'd like it. Obviously I did. The store had two but when I went back the other one was gone.

The others I found on either E-bay or a local recycler in the early/mid 2000's.

As for typing on them, I love it. But they are noisy and I have become pretty heavy handed.

I used the M4 for a few years too. I assume its mechanical also except instead of a buckling spring it has "rubber springs". I can post a pic if anyone's interested.

I took one out of storage the other day and found that there were a lot of rattling bits in the case. So I hooked it up and sure enough the top plate wasn't tight to the metal plate and it was causing some of the hammers to misfire. So I'm in the process of doing the bolt mod. Thanks ripster and GH wiki.

The reason I found you guys was I got interested in seeing if there are any other mechanical KBs out there that are worthy. I didn't know there was such interest. Several years ago all I could find was Unicomp and a couple others that used what I now know as Alps switches.

I'm presently test driving a Matias Quiet Click TKL (mostly because I like its form factor) I also have a CM Storm QuickFire with MX browns on the way. I also picked up a Siig Minitouch with Alps white (simplified? XM?) which I'm typing on now. I like the form factor but the ISO layout with the big enter key sticks if you don't hit it just right.

Anyone know if Matias switches can be used to replace the standard Alps switches?

Love seeing all the old SSKs here. You guys are so creative with all the colored keycaps! Hey Snoopy, whats a red clack?

And also, do we always have to use the verification letters (captcha) when we post? Pretty annoying.

snoopy · « **Reply #92 on:** Thu, 12 December 2013, 05:40:06 »

Nice boards, it's cool that you have a original box for them and that they have those additional printings on the keycaps (and also that red control key is very uncommon).

Quote from: redwald on Wed, 11 December 2013, 18:42:59

Hey Snoopy, whats a red clack?

this thread should help: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39794.0
Basically clacks are little keycap shaped plastic skulls that are available for different switch types. I love to use one of them as little highlight on esc position. They are hand-made by a geekhack member and are available in many different colors.
Like this one:

About that verification: I think it's only for new members. It will stop on a certain post count. But I'm not sure when.

tinlong117 · « **Reply #93 on:** Sat, 14 December 2013, 00:59:18 »

vvhat?

Sniping · « **Reply #94 on:** Sat, 14 December 2013, 02:19:59 »

Industrial case <3

tinlong117 · « **Reply #95 on:** Sat, 14 December 2013, 03:02:09 »

sleepy916 · « **Reply #96 on:** Sat, 14 December 2013, 13:50:23 »

seredin · « **Reply #97 on:** Sun, 22 December 2013, 18:50:43 »

Posting here to join, but I also have a question. First things first:

My question is how do I turn on/off the numpad functions? My computer seems to boot into the numpad sometimes. And for now I've been unplugging the re-plugging the board, but surely there's a key or combination to press to turn the numpad functions on or off...

E TwentyNine · « **Reply #98 on:** Sun, 22 December 2013, 19:08:37 »

Quote from: seredin on Sun, 22 December 2013, 18:50:43

My question is how do I turn on/off the numpad functions? My computer seems to boot into the numpad sometimes. And for now I've been unplugging the re-plugging the board, but surely there's a key or combination to press to turn the numpad functions on or off...

Shift+scroll lock

rowdy · « **Reply #99 on:** Sun, 22 December 2013, 19:53:37 »

Quote from: seredin on Sun, 22 December 2013, 18:50:43

Posting here to join, but I also have a question. First things first:
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My question is how do I turn on/off the numpad functions? My computer seems to boot into the numpad sometimes. And for now I've been unplugging the re-plugging the board, but surely there's a key or combination to press to turn the numpad functions on or off...

Somehow that keyboard just looks so right sitting there :)

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Author Topic: Model M space saver club (Read 395607 times)