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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: katushkin on Sat, 21 February 2015, 22:29:20

Title: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 21 February 2015, 22:29:20

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Factory-Customized-IBM-Industrial-Gray-SSK-Space-Saving-Keyboard-Model-M-1395682/321670912869?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29310%26meid%3D85c749f7b2284d94a249c67c6b58df58%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D261750255069&rt=nc

So, apparently this is owned by someone on here?

Can someone tell me why/if this is really rare/expensive?

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 21 February 2015, 22:34:32

Owned by user Ellipse. It's been posted before.

Industrial SSK. Grey colour. More rare. People like the colour more. Supply and demand -> Higher price.

Caps are that way since that particular one was taken from a Mopar Diagnostic System.

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 21 February 2015, 22:34:55

cause it's an industrial?

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: metalliqaz on Sat, 21 February 2015, 22:56:50

nope nope nope

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sat, 21 February 2015, 22:58:37

nah

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 21 February 2015, 23:17:22

Yeah, if I had that much disposable income :p

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 21 February 2015, 23:29:26

Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 21 February 2015, 23:17:22

Yeah, if I had that much disposable income :p

I don't think anyone does...

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: Coreda on Sat, 21 February 2015, 23:34:33

That is a sweet looking board, considering the all original colors. I'm sure some soul will eventually reach an agreement.

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: Ellipse on Mon, 23 February 2015, 15:08:12

Yep,  I am trimming my IBM collection and have this ISSK up for sale.   It is available off eBay for $900 plus shipping if anyone is interested,  as long as there are no bids placed on eBay.   A non customized ISSK sold for $821 on eBay last night,  so this one is at a slight premium to that unit.

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: pr0ximity on Mon, 23 February 2015, 16:27:38

Gotta say, I'm consistently amazed by the boards that Ellipse has. Shame they're all far out of my price range.

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: metalliqaz on Mon, 23 February 2015, 16:52:48

For some reason, the SSKs strikes me as another Cherry Red Esc situation.  They were rare and highly coveted, until GMK started making them and the market fell out.  It was a dark time at Geekhack, because insiders knew about it and cashed out just before the crash.  In this case, if Unicomp ever follows through and makes a space saver, it will shake up the market big time.  The old PS/2 boards would look a lot less attractive.  Perhaps the ISSK will remain expensive due to rarity, but it would probably be affected somehow.

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: Photekq on Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:06:16

Quote from: metalliqaz on Mon, 23 February 2015, 16:52:48

For some reason, the SSKs strikes me as another Cherry Red Esc situation.  They were rare and highly coveted, until GMK started making them and the market fell out.  It was a dark time at Geekhack, because insiders knew about it and cashed out just before the crash.  In this case, if Unicomp ever follows through and makes a space saver, it will shake up the market big time.  The old PS/2 boards would look a lot less attractive.  Perhaps the ISSK will remain expensive due to rarity, but it would probably be affected somehow.

Unicomp will never, ever change the vintage market unless they make an SSK that looks identical to the original.

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 23 February 2015, 19:00:49

Quote from: Photekq on Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:06:16

unless they make an SSK that looks identical to the original.

But if they ever actually did, they could make them in any color (including Industrial), native USB, with Windows keys!

Title: Re: Factory Customised SSK - low starting bid
Post by: Photekq on Mon, 23 February 2015, 19:02:05

Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 23 February 2015, 19:00:49

if

It's a very, very big if.