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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ander on Wed, 30 May 2018, 19:39:42
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Hey guys,
I was browsing Unicomp's website today and noticed they offer this APL key set (http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/USAPLSET) with blue sublegends, which seems like a cool alternative to the standard orange ones:
(http://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/APL%20Keyset_800x290.jpg)
In fact, the only APL color they're currently showing is blue. I doubt they've actually discontinued the orange—but as you know, they tend to overlook things online. (I understand they have a bunch of products they haven't even made webpages, which you have to order by phone.)
Your choice of 101- or 104-key set, $35 + shipping.
The good news is, since only alphanumeric and punctuation keys have the APL symbols, you needn't use any of their text-legend keys, which are so noticeably different from IBM's/Lexmark's originals. (Did anyone ever figure out why they switched to such an inferior font? They seem to have a general preference for mechanics over esthetics—but why mess with something that looked so good?)
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Well that's just dandy!
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Ain't it? I'd rather tell people about APL sets than eat.
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that retro aesthetic with modern Windows logo keys is kinda weird haha
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Gives the blue label case a reason to exist.
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that retro aesthetic with modern Windows logo keys is kinda weird haha
That'd be only if you were using them on a 104-key Unicomp board, of course. I was thinking of using them on a classic M. In fact, I've ordered a set for that purpose. This concludes the part of the GF thread where I mention if I've bought the thing myself or not.
Gives the blue label case a reason to exist.
LOL... You could also use them on one of Unicomp's paradoxical blue-logo industrial-gray cases (http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/1394942).