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   Message 526 of 1,530   
   Dave Drum to Shane O'Neill   
   IBM PS/2   
   01 May 19 06:33:00   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux  Apr 30 2019 GCC 7.3.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Linux r3.114 Apr 30 2019 GCC 7.3.0   
   -=> Shane O'Neill wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    SD>  KW> I know Unicomp used to make them, when mine wears out in 2050 I'll   
    SD>  KW> look them up.   
      
    SD> It's the same company. :)   
      
    SO> I have been toying with picking one of the Unicomp's up over the past   
    SO> year...But I keep seeing conflicting reviews and info about they arrive   
    SO> in pieces requiring reassembly (Which is not an issue, just   
    SO> concerning). Another I keep coming across is the machining tools making   
    SO> the keys and such are old and creating keys that are wobbly, loose, not   
    SO> always the click effect like the ones of 20+ years ago.   
      
    SO> I know people have huge expectations and will post negative reviews way   
    SO> more than positive. So I am just wondering if anyone on here has picked   
    SO> up a recent Unicomp and what do you think?   
      
   I've never understood people's desires to stop strangers in the street   
   and, unsolicited, brag about how badly they were screwed over by (fill   
   in the blank). Yet they won't tell anyone about a good deal they got.   
      
    SO> Wish I did not toss my 2 old M keyboards away years ago! Argh!!!   
      
   The Keytronics knock offs work well .... for less money. I'm typing this   
   on one. My housemate says "It's a cheap Chineee copy". To which I reply   
   "Wasn't cheap, bub."    
      
   Still half or less the price of a Unicomp model M can be considered a   
   bargain in most places. And it should out live a dozen chicklet models.   
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