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Offline aggiejy

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While digging around in my dad's shop...
« on: Sun, 02 October 2016, 21:27:07 »
HOLY COW!!!
Today has been an amazingly happy day, and no one IRL understands, so I have to share here...

I was visiting my parents house (~7 hours away) and was rummaging through an area of my dad's shop that used to be "my corner". It's been nearly 20 years since I've done so. I literally lost my breath when I saw this box...

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I tell myself, SURELY that's not what it says on the box. But then I noticed the shipping label said it was actually shipped to me! I ORDERED IT IT LONG AGO!

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But I open it up, and holy cow... it's an unused '91 SSK!

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Now, I have no recollection of ordering such a thing. But it's not surprising that I would have... the SSK was what our computer labs had in middle school. I've always been fascinated with it. The best I can guess is that when it arrived, it had no cable, and I had no clue what that port was on the back. I likely threw it in the shop and forgot about it.

I'd guess I ordered it somewhere between ~1993-1996... the tracking numbers obviously don't work anymore.

As it turns out, I did by a SSK from @mkawa a few years back (a '92), but its forever a Smallfry remembrance board.
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It's nice to have another one, and one with a ~20+ year-in-the-works history.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Clack on my fellow obsessionists...
« Last Edit: Sun, 02 October 2016, 21:29:53 by aggiejy »
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 02 October 2016, 21:38:01 »
haha dude that is awesome! I would have shat myself as well if I found that. That's super cool that you used SSKs in elementary school, I was definitely born in the wrong decade... I used ****ty rubber dome Dell keyboards through my entire education.

Congrats on the new(?) addition to your collection!
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 02 October 2016, 21:45:15 »
That's what I call a "barn find"! Enjoy!
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 02 October 2016, 22:46:08 »
Great find!
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 03 October 2016, 07:42:09 »
 :eek: i hope one day i'll find some korean kustoms i forgot i ever ordered, a decade onwards  :p
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 03 October 2016, 07:46:36 »
Forever hunting for my birthday SSK; 07-14-95. The closest I've come was finding a 07-21-95. Great find! Hope to own my own SSK one day :thumb:
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 03 October 2016, 12:05:58 »
Your past self is very thoughtful to leave you such a nice gift.
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 04 October 2016, 13:40:06 »
Quote from: Data on Mon, 03 October 2016, 12:05:58
Your past self is very thoughtful to leave you such a nice gift.

Oh dang, that's the other possibility. I have already discovered time travel in the future.
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Offline Irving

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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 04 October 2016, 20:27:38 »
Nice find!
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 04 October 2016, 20:31:14 »
Absolutely incredible. If only we all could have ordered cool stuff for ourselves back in the day!
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 04 October 2016, 20:33:46 »
That is an awesome find! I am kinda jealous as I am still looking to get a hold of a BS board.
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 05 October 2016, 04:22:31 »
Congratulations :)

I wish I'd left myself a new SSK or any reasonable mechanical keyboard, but my old self was a bit of an idiot and threw them all out.
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 05 October 2016, 04:48:40 »
Aww man I've been looking for something like this! I mean the date of creation is just 2 days away from my birthday. Nice find!
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 05 October 2016, 07:23:19 »
Quote from: rowdy on Wed, 05 October 2016, 04:22:31

my old self was a bit of an idiot


Clearly, you are the only person on the planet like that.
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 05 October 2016, 21:50:17 »
Quote from: thatsmrdoctortoyou on Sun, 02 October 2016, 21:38:01
haha dude that is awesome! I would have shat myself as well if I found that. That's super cool that you used SSKs in elementary school, I was definitely born in the wrong decade... I used ****ty rubber dome Dell keyboards through my entire education.

Throughout my early years in primary school and through high school here in Convict Town, never even seen a Computer let alone used one.

You still have neglected parts of the world completely isolated and where I live, it's one of those places.  Strange thing it's still like that, except now I can buy anything and import it to my front door.
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 06 October 2016, 04:31:44 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 05 October 2016, 07:23:19
Quote from: rowdy on Wed, 05 October 2016, 04:22:31

my old self was a bit of an idiot


Clearly, you are the only person on the planet like that.


Yeah, I'd be an idiot to think that :))

Oh, wait ...
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Re: While digging around in my dad's shop...
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 06 October 2016, 06:19:27 »
Quote from: Elrick on Wed, 05 October 2016, 21:50:17
Quote from: thatsmrdoctortoyou on Sun, 02 October 2016, 21:38:01
haha dude that is awesome! I would have shat myself as well if I found that. That's super cool that you used SSKs in elementary school, I was definitely born in the wrong decade... I used ****ty rubber dome Dell keyboards through my entire education.

Throughout my early years in primary school and through high school here in Convict Town, never even seen a Computer let alone used one.

You still have neglected parts of the world completely isolated and where I live, it's one of those places.  Strange thing it's still like that, except now I can buy anything and import it to my front door.

I am not that old and I barely used a computer at school. It was more of a novelty than anything. Pretty much the only memorable thing was someone changing the background of the book cellar computers to "brock loves ****".
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