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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ander on Thu, 10 November 2016, 16:01:46

Title: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: ander on Thu, 10 November 2016, 16:01:46
Thought it might interest someone as it's NIB, and these are regularly over twice as much before shipping:

Unicomp/IBM PS2 Terminal Emulator Keyboard 122-Key UNI0T52 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unicomp-IBM-PS2-Terminal-Emulator-Keyboard-122-Key-UNI0T52-Hot-Keys-Qty-24-/122218448613)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bZUAAOSwHMJYIyXF/s-l1600.jpg)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FWYAAOSwo4pYIyXK/s-l1600.jpg)


$37.99 or Make Offer + 14.00 U.S. shipping.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: ekeppel on Thu, 10 November 2016, 16:17:12
I noticed that the description features an embedded YouTube video by Geekhack's very own Chyros :-)
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 10 November 2016, 16:35:34
And, I think that quality standards were considered much better in 2007. Native PS/2 as well - no converter needed.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: chyros on Thu, 10 November 2016, 21:13:34
Quote from: ekeppel on Thu, 10 November 2016, 16:17:12
I noticed that the description features an embedded YouTube video by Geekhack's very own Chyros :-)
:D

Also, that is definitely a good deal, by the way. In fact that's a steal.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: ander on Thu, 10 November 2016, 21:33:18
Quote from: chyros on Thu, 10 November 2016, 21:13:34
Quote from: ekeppel on Thu, 10 November 2016, 16:17:12
I noticed that the description features an embedded YouTube video by Geekhack's very own Chyros :-)
:D

Also, that is definitely a good deal, by the way. In fact that's a steal.

Indeed, and it'd be just one more reason for my wife to yell at me—so, as usual these days, I'm passing it along.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: kalrand on Thu, 17 November 2016, 19:04:03
I'm pretty sure that model UNI0T52 is rubber dome.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: kalrand on Thu, 17 November 2016, 19:07:57
Quote from: kalrand on Thu, 17 November 2016, 19:04:03
I'm pretty sure that model UNI0T52 is rubber dome.

Yup it is.

Looks like mr626 found out from Unicomp in 2011 that it was here. (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=22792.msg430010#msg430010)

They pop up every now and then.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: kalrand on Fri, 18 November 2016, 01:36:14
You know what, i did a little more poking (Every so often I think about picking up a cheap rubber dome 122).

This guy's crazy, misleading paragraph and a half about the history of buckling spring keyboards is because he bought two of these from this listing here (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unicomp-IBM-PS2-Terminal-Emulator-Keyboard-122-Key-UNI0T52-Hot-Keys-Qty-24-/282219092699) (check the history of purchases to see him) and then put these up for sale for "less" with a higher shipping charge, copied the description and the photos, and added a totally misleading rant about how awesome the Buckling Spring Model M and F keyboards are.

I think he thought he was buying an buckling spring keyboad, and rather than re-listing them later as "This is the rubber dome version! Use it in your office so you don't get murdered on your lunchbreak!" he went and added a bunch of bucking spring discussion that he is extremely careful to word that it's not this board but just a general praise of the Buckling Spring Model M.

That's super ****ty.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 20 November 2016, 02:41:28
9 days later and no-one has bought either of them!

Doesn't ship to Australia though.
Title: Re: NIB Unicomp 122-key Model M (PS/2), $51.99 shipped or Make Offer
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 20 November 2016, 08:57:10
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 20 November 2016, 02:41:28

9 days later and no-one has bought either of them!


Hasn't it been determined that these are rubber-dome variants?