It makes one think what Unicomp must have in their warehouses. Maybe even a spare 2260 Display Station.That would be amazing. :D
Probably a dumb question, but where does one get the innards for one of these cases? Building an essentially new Model M does appeal to me, but where to get the actual electronics and such on the inside? Clickykeyboards has a few things, but certainly not all.Take Model M
Many thanks,
Bob
Ah, I see! ;DIt should be just the plastic parts, add your own lock light sticker, badge and birthday sticker.
Capitalism is a beautiful thing, isn't it?
I just wonder whether the case has a label with a, "born on," date as that would doubtless increase the value. Since its a bare case, I'm guessing not. Still, I've been wanting another Unicomp with custom keys and this may be a nice chance to grab one. Buy a modern Unicomp, buy the grey case, swap out the parts, and voila!! Does that sound okay?
PS. It looks like the closest modern Unicomp to the grey case on sale is their "Classic" model. Does this sound accurate?
The model number on this case is 1394942 but I thought this would have been from an industrial M13(?) I picked one up for the hell of it.
"Yes the covers we are selling have the room for our traditional 101 layout.
We have removed a plastic ridge on the inside of the cover to allow the card to fit correctly.
Unfortunately as the covers are no the 103/104 layouts will not fit. however, you could possible cut off the two areas on the cover were the 103/104 keys would be and it would fit."
I also ordered some brilliant white key caps with red lettering to use as the legends. That should make for a nice color combo.
Mine arrived today.Cool! I bought one too, its coming tomorrow.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/eBxGUOH.jpg)
I'll be transplanting an '88 Model M's guts into it.
Hope you didn't forget to order the space bar.
Huh?
I take it you're asking for the link, so here it is:
http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/category/Surplus
Didn't someone say that they were sold out?Same here. Looks like 4-5 people got one including me. Idk if they are sold out or not. Still shows on their website for now.
I pounced on this the minute I saw it even though it mostly drained my Paypal account.
After someone posted this in public, I think that it was only a matter of hours.
QuoteHope you didn't forget to order the space bar.
Nope, I didn't. Do I need to? The case is for a 101 key layout and I ordered a 101 key Unicomp Classic, so it should be possible to just swap the one into the other.
surrounded by the more subdued traditional colored keys.
Ouch. Is that shipping or shipping with import duties? Either way, that's painful.
Beautiful keyboard! I'll have to get a bright space bar, methinks.
Oh man... that industrial case is pretty tempting!
Oh man... that industrial case is pretty tempting!
I think that they were gone within a few hours of being posted on DT.
An odd thing, the LED holes look rough, almost like they were Dremeled out. I'm not sure if Unicomp did that or if it came that way from IBM.
Yea, I put a small bit of duct tape on the new holes from the inside to prevent any light leakage through the label.An odd thing, the LED holes look rough, almost like they were Dremeled out. I'm not sure if Unicomp did that or if it came that way from IBM.
Unicomp did that in prep for using the small over the numpad controller.
Someone mentioned it here or at DT, but it's pretty obvious custom drilled.
Check out their page now: http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/category/SurplusI wonder what else do they have in their warehouses! SSK, Model F, beamsprings, 2250/2260, Selectrics...
It looks like they dragged some authentic 101 key IBM Model Ms out of storage. Some of Wordperfect lettering on the keys for those so inclined. Boy, that brings back some memories, Wordperfect on a 386...
Bob
EDIT: They're Lexmarks, but one of them has the IBM logo on the front.
Everything they have would be membrane M based, cap BS production was long done when they took over.But haven't IBM used that plant since the '60s?
Everything they have would be membrane M based, cap BS production was long done when they took over.But haven't IBM used that plant since the '60s?
The IBM Lexington plant was mentioned as operational in 1958, manufacturing typewriters. I suspect this is the same plant that Unicomp is now using, but I have no hard evidence for that. One factor that suggests otherwise is that the plant employed thousands of workers during its heydays, while Unicomp doesn't sound like it employs ~5,000 workers on its assembly lines.Everything they have would be membrane M based, cap BS production was long done when they took over.But haven't IBM used that plant since the '60s?
I know that site was Lexmark at some point, but I do not know if Lexmark had expanded to that location after the IBM sale or if that was a pre-existing IBM site that was taken by Lexmark.
The IBM Lexington plant was mentioned as operational in 1958, manufacturing typewriters. I suspect this is the same plant that Unicomp is now using, but I have no hard evidence for that. One factor that suggests otherwise is that the plant employed thousands of workers during its heydays, while Unicomp doesn't sound like it employs ~5,000 workers on its assembly lines.
But otherwise, it doesn't sound impossible.
Oh that makes sense too (http://agarioforums.io/emotes/%2Bshy.png)The IBM Lexington plant was mentioned as operational in 1958, manufacturing typewriters. I suspect this is the same plant that Unicomp is now using, but I have no hard evidence for that. One factor that suggests otherwise is that the plant employed thousands of workers during its heydays, while Unicomp doesn't sound like it employs ~5,000 workers on its assembly lines.
But otherwise, it doesn't sound impossible.
IBM's main plant in Lexington was where Lexmark still is. New Circle Road. If this ever was an IBM building, it's a secondary location.