Unicomp mini group buy

7bit · 23 Jan 2013, 08:02

fossala wrote:
maxmalkav wrote:Are those industrial shells still provided by Unicomp? ...
... No longer are now.

Sold out?

Preparing refunding money ...

TacticalCoder · 23 Jan 2013, 19:52

Hey 7-bit and lal, I must admit that I lost track by now as to what happened.

Who has the stuff? lal or 7-bit? if it's lal, where is lal located?

I'm in Belgium, who's going to ship to me?

7bit · 23 Jan 2013, 20:01

TacticalCoder wrote:Hey 7-bit and lal, I must admit that I lost track by now as to what happened.

Who has the stuff? lal or 7-bit? if it's lal, where is lal located?

I'm in Belgium, who's going to ship to me?

We have decided that it is easier that I ship. I think I will get the stuff in a few days, if not tomorrow.

lal is not far away from me compared to the distance these packages took, but his city is equipped with a much nicer customs office than mine ...

Some items got lost. I will find out what is still there and then ship.

Or should I wait for delivery of the replacement stuff from Unicomp ... ?

TacticalCoder · 24 Jan 2013, 00:09

7bit wrote:Some items got lost. I will find out what is still there and then ship.

Seen that you said there were spare industrial cases in addition to the ones ordered I'm not too worried for the 3 industrial cases I ordered ; )

(there was also a set of black keys)

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 09:16

Where did I say I've got spares?*

*) Please see first post on this page ...

paat · 24 Jan 2013, 13:59

Wow. After such a long time i've never thought that this thing will probably come to an end. I hope my Unicomp Spacesaver is still in good condition after this trouble. Looking forward to type on it very soon.

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 14:11

I've got the stuff here. I count later today. Seems the industrial shells are all well, but have to count them. Of 3 122 key black shells, one is missing a nd at least one cracked.

Also, if lal isn't heavy smoker, thefer... must be becuase everything smells like smoke.

Any tip how to deconterminate IBM plastic?

Or wait, I can experiment wth the cracked one first.

Also, why did certain people (mostly from certain nations) never learn how to pack such that everything arrives in one piece and nothinh gets lost!

I've expected bubble wrap, but all shells where just packages as they where with thin plastic wrapping you see in the photos. No wonder that there where so many things damaged!

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 14:14

korne · 24 Jan 2013, 14:46

7bit|INDGRAYSH | 6 (oOo shiiiiiiit me wan't one of those!!!)

What do u wan't? my sister, my soul, some spanish wines trolololo

We need to force unicomp for SSK revival + Industrial cases

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 14:52

Sister might be OK. How old is she?

korne · 24 Jan 2013, 14:55

7bit wrote:Sister might be OK. How old is she?

30 but i doubt she accept to be traded for a keyboard case haha

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 14:59

korne wrote:
7bit wrote:Sister might be OK. How old is she?

30 but i doubt she accept to be traded for a keyboard case haha

OK, I take her. Please pm me your address, so I can ship the shell ...

TacticalCoder · 24 Jan 2013, 17:34

7bit wrote:Of Industrial grey shells, only 13 came in.

I suggest everybody gets at least one:
7bit|INDGRAYSH | 6
TacticalCoder|INDGRAYSH |3
Ascaii|INDGRAYSH |1
xbb|INDGRAYSH |1
Luhmaniac|INDGRAYSH|1
nathanscribe|INDGRAYSH |1
krstf|INDGRAYSH| 1

14 ordered, so only one missing.

You took 6 for you? So you could do away with 5 right!?

I'd really like to get the 3 I ordered after so long: I've got about 8 beige Ms here waiting for a new cover

Regarding the blank black keys I don't mind if you ship only 120 instead of 122 keys or even a few less than that : I've got spares here from a previous tiny-group-buy (the one with Gilgam) so there's really no big deal here.

ttyl

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 19:02

Maybe there are 14. Just have to count for long enough to come to the right figure ...

edit: OK, they are 14. Just found another one in the box.

The thing with the smoke was not nice, lal!!!

I must throw away all the package material (except the original boxes which hopefully will not stink anymore in a few years ...).

The key caps smell nice, because they where in plastic bags.

I will take some photos of the stuff and start shipping tomorrow.

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 20:55

Does anybody know if Unicomp still has IBM LED stickers?

I only got one in grey (with text) and one with ugly symbols in black.

korne · 24 Jan 2013, 20:58

7bit wrote:Does anybody know if Unicomp still has IBM LED stickers?

I only got one in grey (with text) and one with ugly symbols in black.

If im not wrong they do, u sould ask maxmalkav i think he bought some recently

Ascaii · 24 Jan 2013, 21:02

Grey one should be mine.

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 21:04

Ascaii wrote:Grey one should be mine.

Nope, it's mine!!!*

I will run "Unicomp mini group buy Round 2" really soon.

grasshopper · 24 Jan 2013, 21:09

Are the black shells the pre-96 design?

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 21:15

grasshopper wrote:Are the black shells the pre-96 design?

Yes, they are. I think there does not exist a new design for the 122 key keyboards anyway.

Luhmaniac · 24 Jan 2013, 21:34

7bit wrote: I will run "Unicomp mini group buy Round 2" really soon.

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7bit|LEDGRAY|18<-------- one LED cover with text
7bit|LEDBLACK|6
grasshopper|LEDBLACK|4<-------- one LED cover with ugly symbols
grasshopper|LEDGRAY|3
woody|LEDGRAY|2
Ascaii|LEDGRAY|1
xbb|LEDBLACK|1
Luhmaniac|LEDGRAY|1
mmd|LEDGRAY|1
TacticalCoder|LEDGRAY|1
TacticalCoder|LEDBLACK|1
nathanscribe|LEDGRAY|1

I'm in!
Shipping costs shouldn't be a problem since they would fit into an envelope.

Ascaii · 24 Jan 2013, 21:56

I ordered an industrial shell and a grey LED cover. MIIIIINNEEEEEEE

snoopy · 24 Jan 2013, 22:13

Wow, all that awesome industrial cases. Sadly this groupbuy happened long before I joined dt

7bit · 24 Jan 2013, 22:26

Things that arrived or got lost:
- all LED covers, except 2.
- one 122 key black shell.
- BLACK101SH no sight of it, sorry!

+ all industrial grey shells arrived and seem intact!
+ 2 122 black shells, one slightly damaged.
+ all 5 3270 emulators survived!
+ BLACKBLANK101 seems complete. Space bar is intact.
BLACKBLANK102 or is it the 102 set?
Only one black blank set is there ....

+ SPRING I did not count them, but there are still quite a lot.
+ there are 3 keyboard boxes. Have to see which they are:
UNICOMPSPBLACKDE
UNICOMPM102UK

Photos and a more closely examination of what is there, tomorrow.

TacticalCoder · 24 Jan 2013, 23:44

7bit wrote:+ BLACKBLANK101 seems complete. Space bar is intact.
BLACKBLANK102 or is it the 102 set?

I think that one was for me... Got a little distracted while I was writing the previous message and wrote "If there are a bit less than 122 keys, no issue".

I meant to write: "If there are a bit less than 101 keys, no issue". But anyway, if it's mine: no problem. I've got both 101 and 102 keys M's so shift size and number of keys doesn't really matter. No big deal if some are broken either (it happened in my previous mini group-buy).

Glad to hear that the space bar is intact

Btw 7bit... Could you wait until we all get our stuff before starting group-buy two?

I'll probably need a few LED stickers and stuff seen that they got lost : (

7bit · 27 Jan 2013, 16:31

Here are some photos of the stuff that survived:

TacticalCoder · 28 Jan 2013, 00:48

Hey 7bit,

nice pics, thanks : )

Do all the industrial cases come with a LED display already or did you use one of those that arrived to take the picture?

grasshopper · 28 Jan 2013, 01:00

How come Unicomp are still using IBM boxes?

maxmalkav · 28 Jan 2013, 01:42

korne wrote:
7bit wrote:Does anybody know if Unicomp still has IBM LED stickers?

I only got one in grey (with text) and one with ugly symbols in black.

If im not wrong they do, u sould ask maxmalkav i think he bought some recently

They do, you can find them at their site, in the "Misc" category

fossala · 28 Jan 2013, 08:47

grasshopper wrote:How come Unicomp are still using IBM boxes?

Look at the date on them. I guess its NOS.