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Title: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: Techno Trousers on Tue, 25 June 2013, 21:21:27: I guess it's the stickers on the keys that make this Model M worth an extra $100? :))

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Keyboard-VERY-Rare-APL-Type-/221245180416 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Keyboard-VERY-Rare-APL-Type-/221245180416)

P.S. I hate that I've mostly only been finding ironic things to post in this subforum.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: kaiserreich on Tue, 25 June 2013, 21:50:39: Or you can go to Unicomp and order a set of APL keys.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: bazemk1979 on Tue, 25 June 2013, 22:21:50: Quote from: kaiserreich on Tue, 25 June 2013, 21:50:39
Or you can go to Unicomp and order a set of APL keys.

lol correct!!!! them are APL keys but not dyesublimated, they are stickers from what I can see....
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: mkawa on Wed, 26 June 2013, 01:49:16: i have a set of the new run (i believe the only set printed on caps pearl/pebble with a metallic sparkly additive), and the APL legends are most definitely dyesubbed on.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 26 June 2013, 01:51:57: Quote from: mkawa on Wed, 26 June 2013, 01:49:16
i have a set of the new run (i believe the only set printed on caps pearl/pebble with a metallic sparkly additive), and the APL legends are most definitely dyesubbed on.

Sweet, where did you get them (ie hook a bother up)?
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: mkawa on Wed, 26 June 2013, 01:55:34: THE UNICOMP
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 26 June 2013, 01:56:55: Quote from: mkawa on Wed, 26 June 2013, 01:55:34
THE UNICOMP

Will they be for sale soon? What about the RA sets?
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 26 June 2013, 02:05:10: They have re-listed this keyboard a few times. It's always good for a chuckle.

Other things to note: look at the shaved off ] key! (easily visible in the second picture)
The above was mentioned in the previous listing, but I notice it's absent on this one.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: mkawa on Wed, 26 June 2013, 02:12:08: the best way to get these things quickly is to show that there is demand and pledge money toward product. start a ticket, request things they can produce: APL legends on standard keysets for example, and red legends on white/pebble sets is another then buy them up as soon as they run them.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 26 June 2013, 02:14:37: Quote from: dorkvader on Wed, 26 June 2013, 02:05:10
They have re-listed this keyboard a few times. It's always good for a chuckle.

Other things to note: look at the shaved off ] key! (easily visible in the second picture)
The above was mentioned in the previous listing, but I notice it's absent on this one.

Ouch! Why would someone do that to a keycap?
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 26 June 2013, 09:35:12: Well it wouldn't have fit otherwise.
The question is: where did he get a stepped 1.25(or 1.5? hard to tell) ] key in the first place; an XT?
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: poxeclipse on Sat, 29 June 2013, 07:30:47: I think they are transparent stickers glued on top of the key caps, or on the front side. And they are not APL ! I'm looking at my IBM APL I'm typing on now and they are not the same symbols.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: ___q on Sat, 29 June 2013, 16:30:02: Quote from: kaiserreich on Tue, 25 June 2013, 21:50:39
Or you can go to Unicomp and order a set of APL keys.

Does Unicomp actually still sell the APL keys? They did quite a few years ago, but I can't find them anywhere on their site now that I actually want a set...
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: snoopy on Sat, 29 June 2013, 16:39:07: Quote from: ___q on Sat, 29 June 2013, 16:30:02
Quote from: kaiserreich on Tue, 25 June 2013, 21:50:39
Or you can go to Unicomp and order a set of APL keys.

Does Unicomp actually still sell the APL keys? They did quite a few years ago, but I can't find them anywhere on their site now that I actually want a set...

Open a ticket in their system. They have/sell a lot of stuff which is not on their page.
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: Wildcard on Sun, 30 June 2013, 20:39:53: Good to know about the APL caps
Title: Re: IBM Keyboard VERY Rare APL Type
Post by: aegrotatio on Mon, 01 July 2013, 22:47:09: I wish that eBay would finally let shoppers comment on listings like every other shopping web site out there. The problem is, nobody would buy anything from them after they read the comments. Oh, well.