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Offline orihalcon

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Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« on: Mon, 27 June 2016, 19:01:57 »
Pretty sure these are Unicomp APL Caps which you can still get from their website for $35.  Don't think they made industrials with APL caps originally.  All of the real APL boards I've seen have "APL" on the side front face of the Backspace key, so just keep that in mind.  Still will probably go for a lot, but to say the caps are "rare" is kind of misleading.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262499549856

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Offline Techno Trousers

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Re: Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 27 June 2016, 19:19:58 »
I thought they looked like Unicomp APL caps as well. I saw another seller doing that, and I have mixed feelings. They are decent caps, but not up to the original IBM print quality. I feel like sellers should identify aftermarket modifications like this, when they are aware of it. Replacing a single missing cap is one thing, but implying that these APL caps are OEM seems borderline dishonest to me.
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Offline E TwentyNine

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Re: Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 27 June 2016, 20:23:38 »
They're definitely Unicomp caps.  There's some minor differences immediately noticeable from real IBM caps.
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Re: Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 27 June 2016, 20:30:32 »
I wonder how high this one will go. That Industrial on Goodwill sold for quite a chunk of change several months ago, after all.
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Re: Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 27 June 2016, 21:12:09 »
"rare APL keys"

Nice sales tactic, *******!
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Re: Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 27 June 2016, 21:41:53 »
Nice, clean keyboard though :)
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Re: Industrial M with Unicomp APL Caps
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 28 June 2016, 02:25:50 »
LOL—why would an Industrial have APL caps? Maybe there was a mechanic in some garage who was studying programming between car repairs?
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