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Offline happylacquer

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Re: IBM Model M SSK!
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 12 January 2017, 14:46:03 »
Crazy that such a dirty board got $155 before shipping. damn.

Offline orihalcon

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Re: IBM Model M SSK!
« Reply #2 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!

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Re: IBM Model M SSK!
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: IBM Model M SSK!
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: IBM Model M SSK!
« Reply #5 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...

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