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SSK with square silver logo
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:02
by HAL
Last Saturday I bought this for 15 € at a flea market in Vienna.
- Since the ESC key was missing I replaced it with a red one from Unicomp.
- IBM_Model_M_SSK_1391337_top_1280x853.jpg (150.94 KiB) Viewed 6310 times
After some initial cleaning I realized that I had made a fantastic bargain.
- IBM square silver logo
- IBM_Model_M_SSK_1391337_silver_logo_1280x853.jpg (136.44 KiB) Viewed 6310 times
For its age this keyboard is in fantastic shape. Almost all rivets were intact.
- No big scratches or marks on the back side
- IBM_Model_M_SSK_1391337_back_1280x853.jpg (98.19 KiB) Viewed 6310 times
I guess square silver logo SSKs are almost as scarce as industrial SSKs.
- The birth certificate on the back states that to this day this keyboard is 30 years old.
- IBM_Model_M_SSK_1391337_label_1280x853.jpg (205.15 KiB) Viewed 6310 times
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:02
by HAL
How the SSK 1391337 was created
For the picture(s) with the square silver logo I actually took two pictures:
one with an SSK, and another one with a Model M silver logo keyboard (at the exact same position).
Then I cut the silver logo out of the 1390131, resized it to 60% and put it on the SSK.
- transfer of silver logo to the SSK
- Transfer_of_a_silver_logo_onto_the_SSK_1391337.jpg (138.07 KiB) Viewed 5886 times
The original label looked like this:
- Only the number seven was from another keyboard.
- Original_IBM_Model_M_label_1390131_before_conversion_to_1391337.jpg (175.42 KiB) Viewed 5886 times
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:03
by photekq
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:04
by Khers
WHAT!? I thought square label SSKs were mythical creatures that some claimed to have seen but no one could prove existed...
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:07
by webwit
Your zipper is down.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:10
by photekq
Oh shit. I thought it was an April fools joke when your OP was empty..
That is absolutely amazing.. I have a new dream keyboard that I'll never get!
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:12
by Invisius
lol at the number "1391337"
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:13
by emdude
Incredible, quite the 1337 board indeed.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:16
by seebart
°!°
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:18
by Khers
webwit wrote: Your zipper is down.
Not again!
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:28
by zuglufttier
Very nice! And by that I mean not only the photos
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:30
by jerue
wowowowow. Best find of the year...if not the century...
It's almost a little sad that there aren't any special keycaps on that board, they look standard to me.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:33
by Abstractions
Beautiful, amazing. The new king of SSK's.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:34
by Nuum
I hate April fools...
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:34
by photekq
Abstractions wrote: Beautiful, amazing. The new king of SSK's.
Yeah. Forget industrials. This is what I want.
HAL, it's not photoshopped, is it?
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:37
by webwit
Also, Unicomp has finally released a 60% keyboard.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:39
by seebart
°!°
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:44
by elecplus
Email
lorenzo@nyceonline.net if u want NIB SSK. He is insisting on ebay prices, so I can't buy them. He has 4 of them left, NIB, no cables. These are the same as the ones I sold last year. He won't sell for less than like $250 each.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 00:49
by Chyros
Haha wow, that picture actually looks pretty convincing xD . And it's not even April in this country! xD
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 15:24
by seebart
°!°
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 15:26
by Redmaus
With it being April 1st, I find this hard to believe...
EDIT: neat way to sneak it in with the date label
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 15:29
by seebart
°!°
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 15:36
by Findecanor
Nice date on that back label... Almost got me there.
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 15:52
by photekq
Posted on April 1st, apparently made on April 1st, part number ending in 1337.. All points towards a fake!
However, those photos look too real! I put it through plenty of clarify/brightness/contrast changes in photoshop but I couldn't see any evidence of photoshopping. You did a good job on that HAL!
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 16:25
by Halvar
That's impressive! (I will never be able to trust a Model M label any more ...
)
EDIT: Ha! My barcode reader app says that the barcode actually means:
IBM3213901311114425
Bloody fraud!
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 16:47
by Alkhar
Good Job !
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 17:02
by idollar
Nice !
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 17:12
by emdude
No.. it can't be..!
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 17:18
by Sayso
Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 17:24
by HAL
Halvar wrote: That's impressive! (I will never be able to trust a Model M label any more ...
)
EDIT: Ha! My barcode reader app says that the barcode actually means:
IBM3213901311114425
Bloody fraud!
Happy April's Fool day everybody!!!
Yes I was to lazy to also fake the barcode
