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IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 13:12:01 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Space-Saver-Clicky-85-Key-Keyboard-/181270704191?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2a3493703f

Currently $202.50

States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 13:14:39 »
It's ISO!

Very nice :)

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 13:17:08 »
Whoever wins this, if you want to make up some of the cost of the board, I will trade you money, and my set of SSK caps for the caps on this board that have the blue numpad subprint.

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 13:23:31 »
Whoever wins this, if you want to make up some of the cost of the board, I will trade you money, and my set of SSK caps for the caps on this board that have the blue numpad subprint.

you can ask unicomp if they print you a set of ssk keycaps with that blue subprint. (afaik they can do it) But you have to specifically ask for the blue color, else you only get the standard grey. I know that they did it somewhen in the past. And also I think the caps on that iso board come from unicomp.

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 13:25:31 »
Whoever wins this, if you want to make up some of the cost of the board, I will trade you money, and my set of SSK caps for the caps on this board that have the blue numpad subprint.

you can ask unicomp if they print you a set of ssk keycaps with that blue subprint. (afaik they can do it) But you have to specifically ask for the blue color, else you only get the standard grey. I know that they did it somewhen in the past. And also I think the caps on that iso board come from unicomp.

So far, the things that I've seen come from their printing lately are off, sometimes very much so.

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 13:30:53 »
Whoever wins this, if you want to make up some of the cost of the board, I will trade you money, and my set of SSK caps for the caps on this board that have the blue numpad subprint.

you can ask unicomp if they print you a set of ssk keycaps with that blue subprint. (afaik they can do it) But you have to specifically ask for the blue color, else you only get the standard grey. I know that they did it somewhen in the past. And also I think the caps on that iso board come from unicomp.

So far, the things that I've seen come from their printing lately are off, sometimes very much so.

I recently bought a set of ssk keycaps, and they're perfect. You can't really see a difference to the original sets. But you're right, I don't know why, but it seems they can't print single keycaps correct. They're always off (I just have to look at my geekhack keys or esc keys from them). Seems like they use another process there.

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 14:20:48 »
States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice
Unicomp produced SSKs for a short time. I believe they just used the back stock of parts they had from Lexmark. See for example:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/label.jpg
(Credit to webwit for the images.)


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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 15:05:48 »
States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice
Unicomp produced SSKs for a short time. I believe they just used the back stock of parts they had from Lexmark. See for example:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/label.jpg
(Credit to webwit for the images.)

Why did they stop? When was this?

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 15:13:59 »
States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice
Unicomp produced SSKs for a short time. I believe they just used the back stock of parts they had from Lexmark. See for example:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/label.jpg
(Credit to webwit for the images.)

Why did they stop? When was this?

Because they ran out of THE BACK STOCK OF PARTS THEY HAD FROM LEXMARK?

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 15:17:47 »
States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice
Unicomp produced SSKs for a short time. I believe they just used the back stock of parts they had from Lexmark. See for example:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/label.jpg
(Credit to webwit for the images.)

Why did they stop? When was this?

Because they ran out of THE BACK STOCK OF PARTS THEY HAD FROM LEXMARK?

True :) And when was it?

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 06 December 2013, 15:40:51 »
I think iMav got the last one just a couple of years ago.

What was the "Canada" marking, weren't they all made in Lexington?
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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 07 December 2013, 20:05:45 »
States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice
Unicomp produced SSKs for a short time. I believe they just used the back stock of parts they had from Lexmark. See for example:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/label.jpg
(Credit to webwit for the images.)

Why did they stop? When was this?

Because they ran out of THE BACK STOCK OF PARTS THEY HAD FROM LEXMARK?

True :) And when was it?

Webwit claims to have purchased the last one from them. The image of the label is linked by myself. Hence the title of "last mini".

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Re: IBM Model M Space-Saver “Clicky” 85-Key Keyboard
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 05:08:38 »
States it is made by Unicomp for IBM but I understood Unicomp never had the plans for the Spacesaver.
Good deal, bad deal, or fake?

I had no idea where to post this but here seems like a decent choice
Unicomp produced SSKs for a short time. I believe they just used the back stock of parts they had from Lexmark. See for example:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_last_mini/label.jpg
(Credit to webwit for the images.)

Why did they stop? When was this?

Because they ran out of THE BACK STOCK OF PARTS THEY HAD FROM LEXMARK?

True :) And when was it?

Webwit claims to have purchased the last one from them. The image of the label is linked by myself. Hence the title of "last mini".

the one webwit has, is the one from imav. webwit mentioned it somewhere on dt.