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GE/Marquette (Unicomp) Model M UNZ4416, white tenkey
« on: Sat, 09 September 2017, 05:21:24 »
Hey, this is interesting:

GE marquette Keyboard ECG/Cath





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





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?
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Re: GE/Marquette (Unicomp) Model M UNZ4416, white tenkey
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: GE/Marquette (Unicomp) Model M UNZ4416, white tenkey
« Reply #2 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.
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