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Title: IBM Model M SSK!
Post by: d.walkr3 on Thu, 12 January 2017, 09:33:11
Ending soon: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rare-IBM-1392934-Model-M-Space-Saver-PS-2-Clicky-Keyboard-09-17-91-/381912438914?hash=item58ebc15882:g:W30AAOSwA3dYboAM#viTabs_0 I'd grab if I had the cash
Title: Re: IBM Model M SSK!
Post by: happylacquer on Thu, 12 January 2017, 14:46:03
Crazy that such a dirty board got $155 before shipping. damn.
Title: Re: IBM Model M SSK!
Post by: orihalcon on Thu, 12 January 2017, 20:26:37
Hmm, I was actually surprised that it went for that little.  SSK's seem to fetch more like $200 or more I always though.  This one could be cleaned to look like new.  That marker would come right off with isopropyl alcohol too!
Title: Re: IBM Model M SSK!
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 13 January 2017, 07:09:36

That marker would come right off with isopropyl alcohol too!


Maybe. I have found that "older" (years? decades?) marker and adhesive residue will sometimes work its way down into the plastic and become impossible to remove completely.
Title: Re: IBM Model M SSK!
Post by: rustywok on Mon, 16 January 2017, 19:47:50
I was watching this auction but decided against bidding. I did notice the darker marker scribble was applied over a piece of transparent tape so that might come off okay with the tape but that faded marker spooked me. I did a test on a junker keyboard case with Magic Eraser as suggested in homemaker's forums. It basically sanded the plastic away. I took a look at the test spot today and the marker I thought I had rubbed away was back. Very faint but noticeable.
Title: Re: IBM Model M SSK!
Post by: ander on Fri, 20 January 2017, 18:57:59
Hmm, I was actually surprised that it went for that little.  SSK's seem to fetch more like $200 or more I always though...

Depends on how hysterical people happen to be at the moment, apparently.