Fantastic looking US ISO keyboard, indeed. If you don't want it, I'll happily trade it for a US ANSI SSK!Guchay wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 20:55wri63nwovqk21.jpg
One of the most unique ssks next to the displaywrite IMO. Wanted to sell it originally, but I fell in love with it for some reason(story of my life), and has been my daily driver ever since although I own more expensive and subjectively "better" keyboards.
My OG description:
Despite common knowledge, Unicomp did in fact produce Space Saving versions of the IBM Model M up until 2007([PN: UNIO4C6](https://imgur.com/a/lS2qrX7)). They were created out of spare parts IBM gave Unicomp when they acquired their tooling and resources to create Model Ms. So essentially, you get the exact same IBM Model M SSKs produced in the early 90s but created 10 years later. Interesting features of these keyboards is the ISO layout with split left shift and an ISO enter. ISO versions of the SSK are very rare as most of IBMs keyboards were sold in the United States instead of European countries. This keyboard also has the same two piece keycaps that came with Model Ms but has blue sub-legends for the number pad row instead of the typically black. Sadly the SSK variants will most likely never be produced again despite Unicomps teasers and interests of creating them. New tooling and production costs of creating these keyboards would likely outweigh the potential profits as most Unicomp keyboards are actually sold to companies rather than to consumers. Also, the people that work at Unicomp are most likely at retirement age or have already retired which makes this even more unlikely to happen. I wish I could keep this keyboard but I’m not a big fan of the ISO layout so I’d rather have it go to someone that would appreciate it more than I would.
http://imgur.com/gallery/LqSKDymdepletedvespene wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 21:01Fantastic looking US ISO keyboard, indeed. If you don't want it, I'll happily trade it for a US ANSI SSK!Guchay wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 20:55wri63nwovqk21.jpg
One of the most unique ssks next to the displaywrite IMO. Wanted to sell it originally, but I fell in love with it for some reason(story of my life), and has been my daily driver ever since although I own more expensive and subjectively "better" keyboards.
My OG description:
Despite common knowledge, Unicomp did in fact produce Space Saving versions of the IBM Model M up until 2007([PN: UNIO4C6](https://imgur.com/a/lS2qrX7)). They were created out of spare parts IBM gave Unicomp when they acquired their tooling and resources to create Model Ms. So essentially, you get the exact same IBM Model M SSKs produced in the early 90s but created 10 years later. Interesting features of these keyboards is the ISO layout with split left shift and an ISO enter. ISO versions of the SSK are very rare as most of IBMs keyboards were sold in the United States instead of European countries. This keyboard also has the same two piece keycaps that came with Model Ms but has blue sub-legends for the number pad row instead of the typically black. Sadly the SSK variants will most likely never be produced again despite Unicomps teasers and interests of creating them. New tooling and production costs of creating these keyboards would likely outweigh the potential profits as most Unicomp keyboards are actually sold to companies rather than to consumers. Also, the people that work at Unicomp are most likely at retirement age or have already retired which makes this even more unlikely to happen. I wish I could keep this keyboard but I’m not a big fan of the ISO layout so I’d rather have it go to someone that would appreciate it more than I would.
Do you have a picture of the SSK's back side? (I'll add the one from the keyboard I posted above when I get home)
Woah. Unicomp even retained the IBM part number on this (1394047). Had I known back then, I wouldn't have scoured for SSKs on eBay in the first place! (ok, who are we kidding, I'd have bought at Unicomp AND scoured on eBay, too).
And the German version 41G3604:elecplus wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 21:0441G3601 is the PN for UK ISO in Industrial Grey. http://i.imgur.com/Ei4Od7y.jpg
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Space-saving Industrial Keyboard (84-key)
English (U.K.) 6889 41G3566
Swedish 2768 41G3567
French 6891 41G3568
German 6892 41G3569
Italian 2769 41G3570
Spanish 6894 41G3571
Belgian 6896 41G3572
Turkish 6897 41G3573
Dutch 6898 41G3574
Swiss/German/French 2772 41G3575
English (U.S.) (EMEA) 2767 41G3565Come to think of it, didn't you have at some point a terminal SSK, too?
It does not escape notice that this list of languages is shorter than what was usual for IBM. Meaning that finding, say "Belgian" or "Latin American" industrial SSKs will be as difficult as locating a technetium mine.hansichen wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 23:35
There should be a lot of different languages as well. These are industrial SSK part numbers as well:
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Feature Part Number ------- ----------- Space-saving Industrial Keyboard (84-key) English (U.K.) 6889 41G3566 Swedish 2768 41G3567 French 6891 41G3568 German 6892 41G3569 Italian 2769 41G3570 Spanish 6894 41G3571 Belgian 6896 41G3572 Turkish 6897 41G3573 Dutch 6898 41G3574 Swiss/German/French 2772 41G3575 English (U.S.) (EMEA) 2767 41G3565
