Author Topic: Cheap Model M spacesaver (Read 5144 times)

strum4h · « **on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 05:39:03 »

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-/320692334363?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aaac0af1b#ht_974wt_1139

Has a few odd looking keys but considering the only other one up on ebay is like 200$. Thought someone might want to take a gander.

ashort · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 06:14:15 »

the odd looking keys are missing keycaps.

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[FONT="]Some of the key caps are missing but it does have all of the key bases. All of the letters have their key caps.[/FONT]

If that price holds, and if you can replace the keycaps, it looks like it might be a real bargain.

kpeezy · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 08:08:03 »

I've been watching this for days.

chongyixiong · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 08:22:49 »

Quote from: kpeezy;341970

I've been watching this for days.

LOL. Majority of Geekhackers share your sentiments, my friend.

ashort · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 09:01:01 »

Notes say it was manufactured in 1984, but the sticker on the board very clearly says 1988. Still, wicked old for a piece of GOOD GEAR that you can still use for the next 20 years.

ebacho · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 09:21:14 »

Well, I'm going to be bidding on this mostly for some of the keycaps. I have a 1393464 (which also has the weird legends) that is missing the ' " [ ] keys.

kpeezy · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 09:34:53 »

Damn you and damn this thread. He needs a second space saver eh? Can't even let us other fools get a first one.

Soarer · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 09:51:29 »

LOL... it's not cheap, it's an auction that hasn't finished yet!

kpeezy · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 10:09:11 »

I'll bet you it ends quite a bit cheaper than the last 3 or 4 I've seen on ebay. I think every one of them went above $200. This one isn't even listed as a space saving model.

edit: Wow, I didn't notice this listing while it was active: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1395682-Model-M-Industrial-Space-Saver-Keyboard-Dwr-/190525308451?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2c5c317e23

MissileMike · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 10:12:34 »

Quote from: kpeezy;342054

I'll bet you it ends quite a bit cheaper than the last 3 or 4 I've seen on ebay. I think every one of them went above $200. This one isn't even listed as a space saving model.

edit: Wow, I didn't notice this listing while it was active: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1395682-Model-M-Industrial-Space-Saver-Keyboard-Dwr-/190525308451?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2c5c317e23

Holy Crap! I didn't notice it either

Soarer · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 10:33:11 »

Quote from: kpeezy;342054

I'll bet you it ends quite a bit cheaper than the last 3 or 4 I've seen on ebay. I think every one of them went above $200. This one isn't even listed as a space saving model.

Do any of the missing keys have legends unique to that SSK?
If not, I'd wager that this one too will end up at about $200 or more.

snerual · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 10:39:58 »

This 'cheap' one with the missing keys already had it's own thread: http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?17703-IBM-SSK-1393691-missing-keycaps

kpeezy · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 12:17:31 »

Quote from: Soarer;342070

Do any of the missing keys have legends unique to that SSK?
If not, I'd wager that this one too will end up at about $200 or more.

I don't doubt that it could now that it's been posted on geekhack. When it was listed as a generic IBM model M though without geekhack exposure I don't think it would have gone that high.

Sam · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 18:18:22 »

Quote from: kpeezy;342025

Damn you and damn this thread. He needs a second space saver eh? Can't even let us other fools get a first one.

If you want a SSK, you've got a few options:
1) Be willing to shell out some big bucks for a regular option - chances are plenty will see it, even if it is poorly described.
2) Search eBay night and day waiting for one of those elusive BIN listings for a cheap price where the seller doesn't have a clue as to what he's got.
3) Perhaps wait until summer when lots of Americans go on vacation and forget about eBay. I haven't been tracking prices for that long, but based on my limited data, seems during the summer prices are depressed.
4) Visit all the thrift stores and recyclers around the country trying to find a cheap SSK.

Sam · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 18:31:53 »

Quote from: ripster;342058

That $500 mini sure was ugly.

I'd say I wouldn't have paid that much but then I'd have to post my own Supply Curve meme for threadcrapping.

Well, if you think Industrial SSKs are so ugly how about if I offer you $500 for yours? Willing to sell it for that price? It's almost new, right?

Sam · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 18:47:46 »

Quote from: MissileMike;342057

Holy Crap! I didn't notice it either

I mentioned it in another thread soon after it was sold. Why the sad face? You wish you could have bought it for that price? MissleMike, one of the SSK high rollers.

Just wondering what your opinion is on what the market price should be for such a used SSK Industrial? I haven't seen any other sales, and Ripster's not into divulging what he thinks the price should be. Clicky keyboards sold one just like this, but they don't list what their prices were for sales that have finished.

MissileMike · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 21:23:43 »

I would have paid 500 for it, yes. Not for any reason other than I want one for my collection.

wanabe · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 21:26:30 »

here's your chance... http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=653

Sam · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 21:31:18 »

Ok, that's what I thought. Given standard nice condition used SSKs are going for $250 these days on eBay, I think $500 is quite reasonable for a keyboard that's probably tens if not hundreds of times rarer than standard SSKs. Just wanted to know what other SSK collectors thought though. My guess is that Ripster only thinks it's ugly because he doesn't have one.

Me, I'd take either this model, or Ripster's Lexmark Industrial SSK with the standard keycaps. If I had to choose only one though, I guess I'd go for this with the unusual keycaps, especially being they're blue and really stand out.

I'd say $500 for this (1395682), Ripster's Industrial SSK (41G3600) , or Ripster's Financial SSK (1395217) would all be a good guess for the market price if there was a collector who wanted one. All three seem to be some of the rarest of the SSKs.

strum4h · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 05 May 2011, 22:24:23 »

I want a mini so bad because I love tenkeyless boards. I hope I will get one of these someday

False_Dmitry_II · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 06 May 2011, 01:27:08 »

Thank you, snerual, for posting about the other thread all of this belongs in. I find it odd that other readers are acting like this is the first mention of it.

I'm just glad I prefer tenkeyful boards. I can get those for $30.

As far as visiting thrift stores, I've had terrible luck so far. Only one that even had keyboards at all, and even then they were just rubber domes.

ricercar · « **Reply #21 on:** Sat, 07 May 2011, 09:15:07 »

Wow. $158 for a Space Saving keyboard. That's only $8 more than I bought mine for last year.

strum4h · « **Reply #22 on:** Sat, 07 May 2011, 10:44:51 »

Quote from: ripster;342965

Just to be clear for future readers a used space saving mini with missing keys just sold for $158.

Some consider that too much.

Some consider it too little.

The buyer and seller agree that it is the right price.

There's a graph that illustrates this somewhere on the site.

You love that graph way too much.

False_Dmitry_II · « **Reply #23 on:** Sat, 07 May 2011, 11:20:54 »

I thought it'd have shot up more than that. I'd probably have bid on it.

KillerBee · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 30 September 2011, 21:09:02 »

Quote from: kpeezy;342054

I'll bet you it ends quite a bit cheaper than the last 3 or 4 I've seen on ebay. I think every one of them went above $200. This one isn't even listed as a space saving model.

edit: Wow, I didn't notice this listing while it was active: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1395682-Model-M-Industrial-Space-Saver-Keyboard-Dwr-/190525308451?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2c5c317e23

I really wanted those blue keys

I would have done a key swap then sold the thing to get my money back hahahaha

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #25 on:** Sat, 01 October 2011, 15:27:03 »

Quote from: ashort;341999

Notes say it was manufactured in 1984, but the sticker on the board very clearly says 1988. Still, wicked old for a piece of GOOD GEAR that you can still use for the next 20 years.

Everyone who I showed my model M immediately looked at 1984 date (when I said mine was made in 1986). Okay, the keyboard says COPYRIGHT 1984! NOT manufactured. I wish ebay sellers would STOP making that error.

There are no space saving model Ms produced in 1984. If there are any [Ms] produced in that year, they are terminal boards with Model F stickers crossed out and written with "M" on top.

Quote from: strum4h;341942

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-/320692334363?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aaac0af1b#ht_974wt_1139

Has a few odd looking keys but considering the only other one up on ebay is like 200$. Thought someone might want to take a gander.

Those are not keys, but key stems missing the caps. Earlier Model Ms featured a two-piece keycap design.

J888www · « **Reply #26 on:** Sat, 01 October 2011, 18:28:04 »

Haven't had time to check recently; has that Comput2wk ran out of those NIB SpaceSaving kbds ?

I'm saving mine for those rich Central Kingdomers. ATM they are buying up all the properties in Hong Kong & locality and everything that is of value ie: vintage China Tea is selling for fortunes. NVM the Nipponese, they are out of contention with radioactivity.

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Author Topic: Cheap Model M spacesaver (Read 5144 times)