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Not at all surprised, but thank you for verifying, jeff.

It seems to good to be true, but in case it isn't count me in for two, please.

RaleghDirat wrote:Group buy, anyone?

I'm willing to be part of a group buy. I'd love to buy an SSK.

Yes please! I would love one.

Neal wrote:How did I miss this

Me too.

I'm also interested if you have any more for sale.

Did anyone here buy it? Looks like it sold for the asking price.

Looks very similar indeed. The new seller is 80 miles from the first: on opposite sides of Bristol. Wonder if these recently came out of storage down there somewhere.

How can you tell the colour of the barrel assembly: does it peek around from behind the keys in the pictures? Well spotted ...

Thanks for sharing these photos. It looks like you've got a very good Model M. I wonder why it was made in the US and not in Greenock. The white barrel assembly seems to be unique to US-made Model Ms. I've never seen a Greenock-made Model M with a white barrel assembly.

I saw yesterday that there ...

In the meantime, here's the full sized eBay listing photo:

I recently acquired a gummed up Selectric III that I'm going to work on. Thank you for the tips.

What's the situation with the SSKs? They probably were sold a long time ago, but I've said earlier in the thread that I'd buy one if there happen to be enough of them available (I don't know the order other than Muirium being first!). It would be great if you could add me to the list, matt30 ...

The SSKs are presently a mystery. Tinlong is / will look into it. I pestered him to follow up with the seller, because I really want one too; but he's got exams this week so don't expect a quick answer.

All I know for sure is that Taobao has 2 listings of SSKs by this seller: but one of those ...

Does any one know for sure if there's any SSKs available? Is it true there's at most two available? As I said earlier in the thread, I'd buy one of them if there's enough.

That's the only thing I'm interested in. I was considering a silver label Model M, but I've decided against it.

So, the total cost should be the cost of the item + the shipping from China to Italy which could be 28-37€ + the cost of shipping from Italy to the buyer?

I would be interested in an SSK group buy, but according to a thread made on Geekhack, there weren't any in stock.

snoopy wrote:Does anybody have some old advertising stuff from the ssk?

Does a commercial featuring the SSK count?

Cool find!

I'm sure some of you already know, but the Model M also features on the packaging of Windows 3.0. The IBM logo on the keyboard and monitor have been edited out. It looks high in the skies too!

I would also very much like an SSK if they ever do show up. I am interested in buying one of the Model Ms from the link that Muirium has posted above. I would love to have an ANSI Model M. It would depend on the shipping cost and import taxes though.

This isn't a great find, but I think it's an interesting find. A rubber dome Model M:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140971951108

My Caps Lock key is programmed to be the left Windows key because my keyboard is an IBM Model M. If I need to use Caps Lock I can activate it by holding down the left Shift key and pressing Caps Lock.

I also have Ctrl + Page Up/Page Down set as volume up and volume down, respectively.