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Title: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Carthik on Fri, 13 May 2016, 12:48:57
What are the oldest manufacture date Model M Space Savers you've come across?
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: romevi on Fri, 13 May 2016, 12:54:54
I would like to know as well to see if it's possible to find one made on the day of my birth.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Moistgun on Fri, 13 May 2016, 12:57:11
Deskthority says 87 to 99


https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Space_Saving_Keyboard
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Carthik on Fri, 13 May 2016, 13:25:02
Deskthority says 87 to 99


https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Space_Saving_Keyboard

What about month?
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Moistgun on Fri, 13 May 2016, 13:55:33
Deskthority says 87 to 99


https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Space_Saving_Keyboard

What about month?

found this random clickykey google doc

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-yuI_NNFh5sh6LwdEVgJLI3MrWLCYe5Sa0ifkzm0K7I/edit#gid=0

earliest in that inventory was march of 87
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: E TwentyNine on Fri, 13 May 2016, 14:30:07
What are the oldest manufacture date Model M Space Savers you've come across?

Why?  What do you have?
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Moistgun on Fri, 13 May 2016, 14:31:11
What are the oldest manufacture date Model M Space Savers you've come across?

Why?  What do you have?

I think hes late 20s early 30s looking for a b-day board.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Keycap on Fri, 13 May 2016, 14:56:19
I'm never going to find a b-day Model M. Maybe a super early Unicomp if I'm lucky. My Unicomp is from 2001, but that's a year off. Close enough I suppose  :)

Completely opposite of what this thread intended to ask, but were there any SSKs manufactured in the year 2000? And to answer the original question, the oldest SSK I have seen was from 1988 IIRC.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Moistgun on Fri, 13 May 2016, 15:00:56
I'm never going to find a b-day Model M. Maybe a super early Unicomp if I'm lucky. My Unicomp is from 2001, but that's a year off. Close enough I suppose  :)

Completely opposite of what this thread intended to ask, but were there any SSKs manufactured in the year 2000? And to answer the original question, the oldest SSK I have seen was from 1988 IIRC.

I think they were done manufacturing in 99 but I could be wrong.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 13 May 2016, 15:12:49

the oldest SSK I have seen was from 1988 IIRC.

There is an October 1987 in the classifieds now.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: JimByr on Fri, 13 May 2016, 19:58:45
What are the oldest manufacture date Model M Space Savers you've come across?
I have a 1390359 dated 04 Feb 1987. This is the oldest production SSK that I've seen. Hullo8d has two undated 1390359 engineering models that are older (based on their firmware version).
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: Carthik on Fri, 13 May 2016, 20:30:23
What are the oldest manufacture date Model M Space Savers you've come across?

Why?  What do you have?

Don't have one yet, want one, I like old things.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: smknjoe on Fri, 13 May 2016, 20:35:59
What are the oldest manufacture date Model M Space Savers you've come across?
I have a 1390359 dated 04 Feb 1987. This is the oldest production SSK that I've seen. Hullo8d has two undated 1390359 engineering models that are older (based on their firmware version).


Wow, that's an early one! Yep, I don't think they went into production until 87 and the majority I have seen are from 87 and 88. The oldest one I have is September 87.
Title: Re: Oldest Model M Space Saver
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 15 May 2016, 02:45:14
My oldest one is a mere 13-Oct-1987.

My Lexmark SSK is from 1994.