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Title: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: Pr0grammed on Sun, 05 July 2020, 21:42:03

Thanks

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: yui on Mon, 06 July 2020, 01:55:24

well for fun i would recommend the 122 or trackball versions as those are not your typical 100% keyboards but all unicomps are very similar inside, the typing experience should be the same

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: E TwentyNine on Mon, 06 July 2020, 06:41:10

Wait for their new SSK.

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 06 July 2020, 11:20:42

Either wait for their Mini Model M, or check out their New Model M which has a brand new mould/design

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: powwu on Mon, 06 July 2020, 21:58:25

Quote from: ch_123 on Mon, 06 July 2020, 11:20:42

Either wait for their Mini Model M, or check out their New Model M which has a brand new mould/design

Do you have any information on this "Mini Model M"? I've never heard of it before and I'm interested

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: no, the other guy on Mon, 06 July 2020, 23:00:35

I have a 122 and I wouldn’t give it away.

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: Beef Supreme on Thu, 09 July 2020, 18:04:58

I second the new model M. For what its worth I picked one up and enjoy it.  ;D

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: Maledicted on Thu, 09 July 2020, 18:17:15

I own too many Model Ms, but none made in the last 30 years or so. Even so, I'm holding out for the mini M myself. I figure the removable USB cable and form factor make it unique enough to finally dive into the world of Unicomp, whereas most else you can just find for relatively cheap from IBM in one Ebay search.

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: Kavik on Mon, 13 July 2020, 10:47:29

The trackball versions look cool, but the trackball is utterly useless because its DPI is set for CRT monitors from the '90s, so I recommend against those.

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: downtownHippie on Mon, 13 July 2020, 21:45:17

If it's for fun - get a 122.

I'm a Sun layout user so Unicomp is one of my few options.  I'm interested in the mini/ssk/tkl when it comes out, if it's Sun layout.

Title: Re: I'm thinking of getting a UNICOMP board for fun. What do you recommend and why?
Post by: funkmon on Tue, 14 July 2020, 09:45:20

Quote from: Kavik on Mon, 13 July 2020, 10:47:29

The trackball versions look cool, but the trackball is utterly useless because its DPI is set for CRT monitors from the '90s, so I recommend against those.

Same for the pointing stick versions for both IBM and Unicomp, though apparently if you're a madman you can dremel out huge holes in the Unicomp keycaps and then it's actually surprisingly functional.

I recommend the New Model M like others in here. It's easily their best built board, and it reduces the footprint of the Classic while retaining most of the weight because the case is so much better. As a bonus, it's the only one that genuinely looks okay with the Unicomp logo in the LED cluster.