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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: MissileMike on Fri, 14 January 2011, 11:24:43

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 14 January 2011, 11:24:43

Seller is NCBound10, minimum bid of 125$ is pretty steep, but it does look like a nice mini.

Here (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-Space-Saver-Keyboard-1397681-/290522872252?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item43a48339bc)

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: ricercar on Fri, 14 January 2011, 12:17:45

I wonder how yellow it is.

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: lootbag on Fri, 14 January 2011, 12:20:09

ooooooooh i want...

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: MissileMike on Sat, 22 January 2011, 13:29:39

went high... $157.50

Of course, what is high these days for a ssk?

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: lootbag on Sat, 22 January 2011, 13:58:05

I placed my bid one second too late
:(

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: MissileMike on Sat, 22 January 2011, 14:05:58

Loot: tomorrow, there is a good chance that a brand new ssk will appear on ebay from comptekw2k.

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: lootbag on Sat, 22 January 2011, 14:40:45

yikes!
i will keep my eyes peeled.
i am sure you will post it up here haha.
thanks for the info!

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: Sam on Sat, 22 January 2011, 20:51:47

It sold for considerably more than I was expecting it would.  Perhaps because the seller ships internationally and/or a well-known seller.  There was a SSK a few months ago that also sold for a lot more than average with a seller that would gladly sell to international buyers.

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: MissileMike on Sun, 23 January 2011, 12:59:18

No comptekw2k keyboard today on ebay, and the last one sold on Jan 9th.  This is the longest gap between listings I remember.

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: Pylon on Sun, 23 January 2011, 15:57:12

I'm speculating that it's just a significantly whitened Space Saver with:
-Super white plastic
-Apple numpad layout (smaller + key, added = key, no alternate nav functions on the numpad, clear instead of numlock)
-F13-F15 instead of PrntScrn, ScrollLock, and Pause/Break
-Apple bottom row layout
-Help instead of Insert
-Return instead of enter, fake delete instead of Backspace.

Title: IBM Model M Space Saving 1397681
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sun, 23 January 2011, 16:20:02

The typical Mac user would never buy a bulky buckling spring unicomp spacesaver with mac deckles. They would rather have thin PCjr chiclets.
Unicomp could probably make more money if they produced space saving Model Ms instead, or, black M13s with proper labels.