Unicomp SpaceSaver

Anyone owned, or owns one of these keyboards?

I notice on their website it is labeled specifically for OSX and mac use with the F keys having the multimedia function, anyone used this on a windows machine?

Ive been wanting one of these keyboards for a long time and I was specifically thinking about the space saver model, and I just want to read what you guys have to say about it.

Thanks!

I have two IBM Spacesavers. Which one are you talking about? The super old one? The slightly more modern ones?

Screenshot?

oh man...the IBM spacesaver industrial in black is the holy grail of keyboards

StoleMyOwnCar said:

I have two IBM Spacesavers. Which one are you talking about? The super old one? The slightly more modern ones?

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An original one would be sweet but I'm thinking about getting a modern Unicomp one that is USB. They have a model that is compatible with Mac, and I am trying to see if I can find a used one.

jojo69 said:

oh man...the IBM spacesaver industrial in black is the holy grail of keyboards

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Never seen it! Embed a pic please?

Holy crap! That thing is freaking cool!!

Thanks for sharing

Freaky, you are missing the Back/Forward buttons.



And for space saving, consider the laptop keyboard-converted-to-desktop:

I have five or six. They are well made keyboards with buckling spring switches similar to the original IBM keyboards. As I recall unicom used to make keyboards for IBM. If you like loud clicky keyboards you'll like these.

Just ordered a Unicomp Ultra Classic 104 tonight. Hopefully will have it soon (it's shipping via UPS). I'm excited. I'm currently using an IBM Model M keyboard, and the only thing I'd change about it is to get a Windows key, so that I can power through Windows 7 and Windows 8. Other than that though, it's perfect!

FrEaKy said:

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I have this one, it's pretty good if you want a tenkeyless rubber dome keyboard. It feels pretty decent and it at least has the windows key. Also it's the only friggin tenkeyless rubber dome I could find with a full set of arrow keys and whatnot. Thinking back on it a bit of a waste of money since it's still a bit too big for travel with my Surface Pro, but it's not a bad keyboard. The only thing is that it doesn't actually have USB. You have to buy an adapter for it... or at least I did for mine.

The other one I have is also rubber dome and similar to the one above, but an older type. For some reason I can't find any pictures of it. It basically has smaller arrow keys and it's less wide (I think the stuff above the arrow keys is compressed). It still has the track pad, too. Mine from Ebay was kind of... eh. Grimy, kind of gross. The keys had a lot of resistance, too. It was super thick rubber dome, like it had rubber underneath the keycaps iirc. I didn't like that one much.