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Offline E TwentyNine

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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 02 December 2014, 18:10:54 »
Just sold for $289.69?   Buyer backed out??


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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 02 December 2014, 18:16:07 »
Just sold for $289.69?   Buyer backed out??

Different keyboard. That one was 11SEP87, this one is 01AUG87.
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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 02 December 2014, 18:33:28 »
Ah, okay.   Wonder why the "F" and the "J" keys are 2 piece?   On my '87 boards those keys are one piece as well?

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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 02 December 2014, 22:57:19 »
Ah, okay.   Wonder why the "F" and the "J" keys are 2 piece?   On my '87 boards those keys are one piece as well?

F and J are the ones that have tactile bumps so you can find home row by feel.  The one piece caps don't have tactile bumps as far as I know, so someone probably put two piece caps on as an upgrade to add those tactile bumps at some point.

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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 03 December 2014, 09:10:58 »

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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 03 December 2014, 09:20:45 »
Ah, okay.   Wonder why the "F" and the "J" keys are 2 piece?   On my '87 boards those keys are one piece as well?

F and J are the ones that have tactile bumps so you can find home row by feel.  The one piece caps don't have tactile bumps as far as I know, so someone probably put two piece caps on as an upgrade to add those tactile bumps at some point.


My one piece caps have the tactile bumps.   I could upload photos .....

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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 03 December 2014, 09:24:17 »
Ah, okay.   Wonder why the "F" and the "J" keys are 2 piece?   On my '87 boards those keys are one piece as well?

F and J are the ones that have tactile bumps so you can find home row by feel.  The one piece caps don't have tactile bumps as far as I know, so someone probably put two piece caps on as an upgrade to add those tactile bumps at some point.

FJ being two-piece while the rest is one-piece has been seen before on SSK's.   Believe some came from the factory that way.
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Re: SSK, Currently at $153 shipped USA
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 03 December 2014, 09:26:34 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301413209083

another one.

That's the guy with the recent reddit barn find of 4 ssk's with the interesting legends.  There's a thread about it somewhere here...
Daily driver: SSK or Tenkeyless IBM AT
1984 Model M Industrial Prototype ⌨ 1992 Black Oval Industrial SSK ⌨ 1982 5251 Beam Spring ⌨ 89 Key "SSK" ⌨ M13 triplets