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Title: GE/Marquette (Unicomp) Model M UNZ4416, white tenkey
Post by: ander on Sat, 09 September 2017, 05:21:24

Hey, this is interesting:

GE marquette Keyboard ECG/Cath (http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-marquette-Keyboard-ECG-Cath-/122691945907)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lt0AAOSwILFZsZND/s-l1600.jpg)


A Unicomp/GE Model M with a real numpad, rather than the usual bright-yellow dedicated-function keys, e.g.:


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It's way overpriced ($299, yeesh), so I can't really consider it a Great Find—but it's the first I've ever seen like this, how about you?

Title: Re: GE/Marquette (Unicomp) Model M UNZ4416, white tenkey
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 10 September 2017, 21:56:21

Kinda takes the fun out of it without the yellow keycaps.

Still looking for a set if anyone has some they don't want.

Very overpriced if it is just a standard Model M with some special legends on the keycaps.

Title: Re: GE/Marquette (Unicomp) Model M UNZ4416, white tenkey
Post by: ander on Mon, 11 September 2017, 06:24:45

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 10 September 2017, 21:56:21

Kinda takes the fun out of it without the yellow keycaps... Very overpriced if it is just a standard Model M with some special legends on the keycaps.

I agree about the price. Ironically, though, the white caps (or "keys", if they're one-piece, LOL) actually makes it rarer than one with yellows—and rarity's a keeb thing, right?

And dude, them's a lot of special legends, in red and green. And it has the GE/Marquette logo, and the sticker with the tech-support numbers... And look how unusually sparse the numpad legends are.

I wouldn't mind having one of these at all, to compliment my yellow-key version. Alas, though, they think it's a medical supply. Oh well.