IBM SSK club!

depletedvespene · 10 Nov 2017, 17:25

Which one of those was ISO in the first place? I can't tell the difference between each.

POTV · 10 Nov 2017, 17:32

The two lower SSK’s should be ANSI - according to the Backspace Keys, which are similar

feltel · 06 Jul 2018, 17:58

I'd like to join the club. Am I allowed to?

With this board my Model M collection is nearly complete. The board I got from @Puree is in an amazing condition. None of the rivets are missing, it is clean and practically like a new one. Originally I planned to convert it to ISO, but it would be a shame to pop of the rivets. So I ISOfied it as far as possible. Instead of the Print-Screen, Scroll-Lock and Pause keys I placed media keycaps I got from Unicomp. I planning to build an external Soarers converter box sometimes soon, so I'm able to map media functions to those three keys. Regarding customization I did not want to do an "RGB mod" as it seems rather common. So I went the light blue way, which I kinda like.

Proudly presenting my SSK:

... nice green sublegends for use in the financial sector:

... birth certificate:

... together with its larger brothers:

depletedvespene · 07 Jul 2018, 00:43

depletedvespene wrote: ↑Unless, of course, my other SSK takes that place (once it gets back to me).

It got back to me, and it was good. And then I decided to transform it into something unique: the XXK.

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Yes, I had posted it on another thread, but it has to go here as well, doesn't it?

JP! · 07 Jul 2018, 00:57

depletedvespene wrote: ↑ It got back to me, and it was good. And then I decided to transform it into something unique: the XXK.

I like it

Scarpia · 07 Jul 2018, 20:17

depletedvespene wrote: ↑ It got back to me, and it was good. And then I decided to transform it into something unique: the XXK.

Go home IBM, you're drunk.

kekstee · 11 Jul 2018, 01:58

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depletedvespene · 11 Jul 2018, 02:53

Is this a terminal SSK or just the keycaps from one?

kekstee · 11 Jul 2018, 09:47

It's a terminal SSK. I put in an M controller instead of converting the real one so far.

andrewjoy · 11 Jul 2018, 17:12

You dont get the embedded number pad if you do that right ?

I know at one point webwit ( i think) was selling replacement controller chips for SSKs , i wonder if you put one in a normal M controller it would work ?

kekstee · 11 Jul 2018, 17:28

Yes that's correct.
First time I hear about those replacement chips, that might work.

andrewjoy · 12 Jul 2018, 12:41

They where NoS original IBM ICs from SSKs

webwit · 12 Jul 2018, 15:12

I have still plenty left...

andrewjoy · 12 Jul 2018, 16:00

did you ever try one in a 101 matrix ?

webwit · 12 Jul 2018, 19:33

Nope.

hansichen · 12 Oct 2018, 22:49

Finally I can join this club

There will come quite a few pictures including the unboxing procedure to build up some hype

Spoiler:

depletedvespene · 12 Oct 2018, 23:28

Let me, from the very bottom of my heart (and liver, and gallblader, and kidneys), be the first to say...

ENVYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Contragulations!

JP! · 12 Oct 2018, 23:43

That is breathtaking.

wobbled · 13 Oct 2018, 00:23

PHWOAAAHHH that is a nice SSK, grats bro!

ramnes · 13 Oct 2018, 22:36

Wow, an industrial SSK in ISO, what a find! How many are known so far, including this one? Three, maybe four?

I only know two: the one that tinnie found, and one that sold for a pretty high price on ebay.ca quite some time ago, if I remember correctly.

hansichen · 13 Oct 2018, 23:47

I personally only know of the one tinnie found but I haven't followed it that closely. That one is apparently the same "version" as mine. While mine has the Iso-de product number his had the Iso-uk part number. There should be other versions too according to the part number wiki.

SilenceGoo · 16 Oct 2018, 05:12

Is there any difference between the grey and industrial grey ssk? Typing feeling same at least.

hansichen · 16 Oct 2018, 18:42

The boards itself are the same, just the colour is different. They are very rare and sought, an ansi industrial ssk with blue caps already sold for over 1000$

SilenceGoo · 17 Oct 2018, 09:13

hansichen wrote: ↑The boards itself are the same, just the colour is different. They are very rare and sought, an ansi industrial ssk with blue caps already sold for over 1000$

Just the difference of the color makes the price of 1000+$?

Unbelievable insane...

hansichen · 17 Oct 2018, 10:27

IBM prices exploded quite a bit... The blue keys of these car repair shop indy SSKs are fairly neat and I hope that people pay extra for them. I wouldn't expect a normal indy ssk to fetch such prices but you never know

tinnie · 22 Apr 2019, 02:16

ramnes wrote: ↑
13 Oct 2018, 22:36
Wow, an industrial SSK in ISO, what a find! How many are known so far, including this one? Three, maybe four?

I only know two: the one that tinnie found, and one that sold for a pretty high price on ebay.ca quite some time ago, if I remember correctly.

nah I'm sure mine is still in snoopy's hand.

Chyros · 22 Apr 2019, 14:14

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Thanks to a recent, generous donation I've joined the SSK club!

It's a very nice one; ISO- and bolt-modded. It was originally a '1472, now in ISO UK layout. I'm not normally one for the space-saving team, but I now understand what people like about these; it does have a certain je ne sais quoi. Naturally, there will be a review in the future!

depletedvespene · 22 Apr 2019, 14:18

Chyros wrote: ↑
22 Apr 2019, 14:14
Thanks to a recent, generous donation I've joined the SSK club! It's a very nice one; ISO- and bolt-modded. It was originally a '1472, now in ISO UK layout. I'm not normally one for the space-saving team, but I now understand what people like about these; it does have a certain je ne sais quoi. Naturally, there will be a review in the future!

Welcome! It's a bit surprising to discover you weren't a member already, though. Something tells me you ARE going to miss having the numpad around...

(during these weeks, I am testing having an SSK with an M50 to its left, with the numpad and extra keys in there - results have been... underwhelming so far; I intend to post about this the next weekend)

Chyros · 22 Apr 2019, 15:18

depletedvespene wrote: ↑
22 Apr 2019, 14:18

Chyros wrote: ↑
22 Apr 2019, 14:14
Thanks to a recent, generous donation I've joined the SSK club! It's a very nice one; ISO- and bolt-modded. It was originally a '1472, now in ISO UK layout. I'm not normally one for the space-saving team, but I now understand what people like about these; it does have a certain je ne sais quoi. Naturally, there will be a review in the future!
Welcome! It's a bit surprising to discover you weren't a member already, though. Something tells me you ARE going to miss having the numpad around...

(during these weeks, I am testing having an SSK with an M50 to its left, with the numpad and extra keys in there - results have been... underwhelming so far; I intend to post about this the next weekend)

It's not a keyboard I would've bought myself - but it's a great collector's piece, obviously

. Yeah, I'll definitely be missing the numpad - although I'm using a fullsize as a backup at the moment at least

. Also, I swap boards a lot during testing and pre-testing - besides, I have quite a lot on my schedule at the moment, so it'll be a while xD .