deskthority

Here you go. My first Model M, first buckling spring board, first Unicomp, and first non-Cherry switch mechanical board: my New Model M, which was only brought into the world last month.

I'm inclined to agree with sharktastica's assessment that the key feel and sound are very similar, though not 100% identical, to a classic IBM Model M (I have since bought a 1990 one that I've restored and it is remarkably close with some subtle differences). But two significant factors have put me off keeping it:

1. My health is crap right now, and for directly related reasons, my financial situation changed unexpectedly in a short span of time.

2. I very quickly developed kind of a love-hate relationship with this board because of some minor niggles which are enough to bother me but probably won't bother most people (to the extent that Unicomp told me I was the first person to mention most of these things and they didn't even believe me when I first raised them). These are things that affect every New Model M produced by Unicomp, and indeed several other keyboards produced by Unicomp, not things that are uniquely "wrong" with this particular example. But I don't want you thinking I'm hiding anything from you, so I'll lay everything out and let you decide for yourself.

It's probably a very good idea to watch my unboxing video if you're potentially interested in buying the board, because it will show you a lot more clearly what it looks like from various angles than a handful of photos can:
Since I don't go into it in detail in the video, here are my niggles so you can figure out if they bother you or not. I have exhausted 2 months of my life trying to get Unicomp to handle this stuff with extremely limited success and I think I have finally given up; frankly, their internal attitude toward this struck me as not only incredibly uncooperative, but downright hostile. So it's probably simpler and better for everyone involved if I just sell the board whilst being 100% clear about what it is and what it is not.
GALLERY: https://postimg.cc/gallery/2mK9YwX

If interested, please PM me or catch me on Discord if you've got me there (yes, I'm in the DT server). Pricing depends on whether you want the whole package with all the keycap options or just the board itself and no extras, but this is essentially a brand new board (I only used it for about a week or so) and is therefore priced close to, but still slightly below, the usual UK asking price. You can have the board itself for £120 but it'd arguably be better for both of us if you take some or all of the extra keycaps as well, which I'll post photos of separately below. I paid over $70 in shipping alone to get this thing here from the US, and although you can buy these from the UK reseller when they have them in stock (they didn't when I bought this one), you won't have the luxury of seeing exactly which specific board you'll receive, as you do here.

If you want the board with zero extras: £120 + shipping.

If you want the whole lot: £160 including UK shipping, obviously with a bit of an uplift if it's going elsewhere in the world.

Occurs to me that maybe the lack of a clear price is putting folk off, so just in case, let's for simplicity's sake call it £120 if you just want the board without any other keycaps, and clearly if you do want some fancy extra keycaps then we can figure it out depending on what you do and don't want. I think I'll take some photos of all the keycaps I've got so you can decide if you just want the whole bunch as a bundle (which would be a bit cheaper overall) or you can cherrypick and I'll sell the others separately.

To be clear, by the way, one of these just sold and the only thing that one had over mine is that it was floss modded. Conversely, it did not have the green LEDs or the PS/2 connection, or the (imo nicer) white-and-grey on black colour scheme. This is, intentionally, stock. It's barely been used, and was manufactured 2 months ago. The issues with mine are also present on every other New Model M being manufactured by Unicomp, they are not specific to this one; Unicomp has confirmed this explicitly in no uncertain terms. And they are very minor issues in the scheme of things, it's just that I seem to be more bothered by them than everybody else seems to be!

So, basically: bump, £120 for the board itself, we'll figure out the keycaps if anybody is interested in buying the board (let's say £160 inc. UK shipping if you want the lot, otherwise we'll figure out what you want and what you don't). Or if you already have a Unicomp or IBM board that you just want some extra keys for, gimme a shout and you can buy those on their own. Pics incoming.

Bit later than planned, but here goes. Top post updated with a bundle price, obviously let me know if you only want the board or any of the keycaps individually and we might be able to figure something out.