I tried contacting Unicomp a few months ago about the caps or this board. They still have some of the blank caps in this color scheme but no more printed ones :(. And I'm not spending $250 on this. My hunt continues :(
I think that will hit $100 shipped for today....I tried contacting Unicomp a few months ago about the caps or this board. They still have some of the blank caps in this color scheme but no more printed ones :(. And I'm not spending $250 on this. My hunt continues :(
They can just make new ones in that colour blue any time they want, I believe.
Unicomp were selling these off cheap on their website not long ago.Lol, yeah i remember seeing this in their "bargain rack" for cheap.
My Kentucky saver. I must say this, so good.Of all the blue and white key caps on the Kentucky Wildcats board, the F-row would've likely been the set I tossed in the trash. I guess some people actually want the word Kentucky splashed across their keys.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zdgMsf3l.jpg)
I just got off the phone with a really nice guy from Unicomp and he said the reason they don't offer the Kentucky Wildcats key cap set is because they're pad printed, which doesn't measure up to their quality standards.The issues with pad-print keycaps for buckling spring keyboards are well documented. I just wish it were possible for companies (like unicomp) to develop a better process and use that.
I just got off the phone with a really nice guy from Unicomp and he said the reason they don't offer the Kentucky Wildcats key cap set is because they're pad printed, which doesn't measure up to their quality standards.The issues with pad-print keycaps for buckling spring keyboards are well documented. I just wish it were possible for companies (like unicomp) to develop a better process and use that.
I just got off the phone with a really nice guy from Unicomp and he said the reason they don't offer the Kentucky Wildcats key cap set is because they're pad printed, which doesn't measure up to their quality standards.The issues with pad-print keycaps for buckling spring keyboards are well documented. I just wish it were possible for companies (like unicomp) to develop a better process and use that.
I wonder if it would be possible for QWERKeys UV printing equipment to accommodate BS caps. We could order sets of colored caps and have them print the white legends (as well as other colors and custom images) onto them. Someone should take my idea and run it through them. Out.
Also I'm just putting this out there as I own a wildcat board. The blue modifiers are not all the same color, so to say just the pad printing is a quality issue is an understatement. I still really like the board and I plan on using the caps on my Kishsaver eventually, but it's a little annoying.
I'll be picking up blank blue 1x keys for the function row as I don't want to modify the existing F row.
Also I'm just putting this out there as I own a wildcat board. The blue modifiers are not all the same color, so to say just the pad printing is a quality issue is an understatement. I still really like the board and I plan on using the caps on my Kishsaver eventually, but it's a little annoying.
I'll be picking up blank blue 1x keys for the function row as I don't want to modify the existing F row.
I can vouch for this.
I once ordered 4 different printed red Esc keys. They were ALL different.
Also I'm just putting this out there as I own a wildcat board. The blue modifiers are not all the same color, so to say just the pad printing is a quality issue is an understatement. I still really like the board and I plan on using the caps on my Kishsaver eventually, but it's a little annoying.
I'll be picking up blank blue 1x keys for the function row as I don't want to modify the existing F row.
I can vouch for this.
I once ordered 4 different printed red Esc keys. They were ALL different.
well, unicomp's dyesubs are always a little different across sets. THis was in theory fixed with their new machine, but we'll see. The pad print issue is separate, though.
Here's a very rare IBM with printed RGB kit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-1391401-VINTAGE-CLICKY-COMPUTER-KEYBOARD-MODEL-M-WHITE-1984-/251594587473?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9434bd51
How good a price is that for the Model M with RGB keys? I get free shipping with the item.
Doesn't Unicomp already offer single unit pad printed keys (http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK)? I'm not sure what the qualitative difference is between that and the Kentucky Wildcats pad printed caps.
Doesn't Unicomp already offer single unit pad printed keys (http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK)? I'm not sure what the qualitative difference is between that and the Kentucky Wildcats pad printed caps.
They don't do pad printing anymore I guess. I can only order blank blue keys. Also Unicomp won't make the blue modifiers anymore so there's that too.
How good a price is that for the Model M with RGB keys? I get free shipping with the item.
Entirely reasonable, if just a bit on the high side.
Those RGB keys are $12 + shipping per set, so with that factored in the keyboard is at about $50.
If you were patient you might do slightly better, but if you want the RGB keys anyway, just do it.
Doesn't Unicomp already offer single unit pad printed keys (http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK)? I'm not sure what the qualitative difference is between that and the Kentucky Wildcats pad printed caps.
They don't do pad printing anymore I guess. I can only order blank blue keys. Also Unicomp won't make the blue modifiers anymore so there's that too.
The link I posted is for custom printed keys, which I assumed were pad printed. There's this link (http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/KEY) for blank caps.
Doesn't Unicomp already offer single unit pad printed keys (http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK)? I'm not sure what the qualitative difference is between that and the Kentucky Wildcats pad printed caps.
They don't do pad printing anymore I guess. I can only order blank blue keys. Also Unicomp won't make the blue modifiers anymore so there's that too.
The link I posted is for custom printed keys, which I assumed were pad printed. There's this link (http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/KEY) for blank caps.
Yep they still do dyesub, but not pad printing (ex. white pad printing on these blue keys)
Too bad we couldn't get them to try black dye sub on black keys
Too bad we couldn't get them to try black dye sub on black keys :)