Unicomp
Unicomp is a manufacturer of computer keyboards and accessories based in Lexington , Kentucky .
description
The company was founded in April 1996 when the license and machinery for buckling-spring keyboard technology (the technology behind the IBM Model M and similar keyboards) was acquired from Lexmark .
Unicomp's product range is mainly based on the latest Model M design from IBM / Lexmark and subsequent modifications and modernizations. For example, the Unicomp Customizer 101 model is an exact copy of the IBM 42H1292, a late variant of the Model M with a fixed cable and drainage holes for dumped drinks, which is made on the original machines. Unicomp offers many keyboard layouts as user-specific modifications. As a modernization of the Model M design, keyboards with USB interface and Windows , Apple or Linux keys are also offered.
Unicomp also sells spare parts for IBM / Lexmark Model M keyboards and offers repair services for models that it manufactures itself. Almost all products are manufactured in the USA at the Lexington plant. With the exception of the Value Plus / SK-720C and SK-7500 wireless, which are manufactured by SiliTek , a subsidiary of Lite-On , in the Far East.
The Unicomp keyboards are marketed directly worldwide via an in-house web shop or by telephone.
reception
In the middle of the 2000s, some recipients spoke of a (small) comeback of the high-quality Model M keyboards in connection with the Unicomp Buckling Spring keyboards.
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Top to bottom IBM Model M Square Logo 1390131 (1986), Unicomp Spacesaver M UNIZPHA (2011), IBM Model M Space Saving 1392934 (1991)
Unicomp Customizer 104 (UNI0P46), manufactured on April 25, 2005.
Unicomp Model M with the button removed, the buckling spring below can be seen.
Unicomp Model M replacement keycaps for an Apple keyboard layout : "Option" and "Command" key .
Back with identification label of a Unicomp keyboard UNI0P46 from 2005, repaired in 2009.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Margaret Buranen: Keyed In: Unicomp has the right touch. ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: BusinessLexington , July 18, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Martin Kaste: Old-School Keyboard Makes Comeback Of Sorts. In: npr.org , January 30, 2009 (English)
- ↑ Jake Seliger: Product Review: Unicomp Customizer keyboard, or, the IBM Model M reborn. May 7, 2008
