deskthority

Hello there,
I am interested in buying a few keycaps from Unicomp for my Model M (red ESC for example).

I just wanted to know if the font matches the original font of a Model M or if there are visible differences...

The font is the same, the legends are noticeably more fuzzy, though. Not bad if you use them on their own, but mixed with original caps it stands out.

Nuum's quite right. They're not great when mixed. Even the colour's a bit off: Unicomp mods are a bit too creamy.

Let's play Spot the Unicomps!



A fun game for all the family. (Apart from the owner!)

Mind, not even IBM was really all that consistent over the years. My SSK in this picture is wearing 100% IBM originals.



Some are the SSK's 1992 originals. Some are from a ~1984 XT. Look at the function row! Things changed a lot over the years.

IBM was quite inconsistent in the weight and placement of legends.

I harvested a couple of sets from 1980s originals that had very dark legends crammed up into the very top left corners, almost to the point where top surface started breaking over to the side slope.

Muirium wrote: Nuum's quite right. They're not great when mixed. Even the colour's a bit off: Unicomp mods are a bit too creamy.

Let's play Spot the Unicomps!



A fun game for all the family. (Apart from the owner!)

I spot ctrl!

Yeah the gray caps I got from unicomp are pretty shit. Some keys feel clunky and some don't even press right. When I put on my IBM SSK original caps they all press perfect and legends are super sharp

Wrong. That Control is original! I should probably take a better picture… if these bloody clouds break up. That was back in winter when photography is all but useless up here.

I spot enter and arrows (?). That Enter is quite an eyesore...

Yeah, the Enter is correct and baaaad. The arrows, I need to check.

That Enter...

WTB: authentic IBM ANSI horizontal Enter key.

(My others are all in use. On SSKs and my Kishy.)

Pm me mu I might have something.

Even with bad imagine quality that Enter sticks out like a sore thumb xD . It's amazing, the difference in print quality Oo .

Redmaus wrote: Pm me mu I might have something.

O really?