Now, if Unicomp would change the label covering the LEDs to something more cleanly designed like the one in the pic, I think I might be a bit more interested. But me, being as anal as I am, I don't like a few things about Unicomp boards when comparing them to the original model M by IBM. (My comparison to follow in a couple of days)
I have to say, when you find a model M that doesn't have any kind of fading or yellowing (like both of mine), I think they look GREAT. Before I took mine into the office just after the Christmas holiday I thought it looked solid, professional and high quality considering its age right down to the way the LED area appeared. A lot of old computer gear just looks...BAD...even though I spent a lot of time using it when it used to be state of the art. I didn't think that at all about the model M. I have not seen a Unicomp in person, but all of the pictures I see on their site don't appeal to me. I'd rather have the 20 year old IBM. I would not rather have a 20 year old mouse, monitor, processor, case, sound card, operating system, speakers (well, maybe in a few cases), cell phone, storage or anything else. But keyboard? It didn't bother me at all.
I found it odd that within 15 minutes I received a "what's with the ancient retro keyboard" comment from a co-worker of nearly identical age and experience as myself. Maybe he meant to say, "Hey, what's with the AWESOME ancient, retro keyboard?" LOL
