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Offline cactux

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« on: Fri, 06 January 2012, 23:38:47 »
As you may notice people love full customization ( different shells colors, multiple keycaps colors, etc).  
Is Unicomp willing to provide suche degree of custumisation to there customers. Also as you may know the ten key less boards are very popular ( The real space savers) are you going to offer that this kind of boards, like in the old IBM days?
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Offline zmenchho

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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 14:08:56 »
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As you may notice people love full customization ( different shells colors, multiple keycaps colors, etc).  
Is Unicomp willing to provide suche degree of custumisation to there customers. Also as you may know the ten key less boards are very popular ( The real space savers) are you going to offer that this kind of boards, like in the old IBM days?

I see there is a HUGE request for a tenkeyless keyboard.... please submit your request at http://support.pckeyboard.com !!!  pressure pressure pressure! ;)
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 14:18:37 »
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I see there is a HUGE request for a tenkeyless keyboard.... please submit your request at http://support.pckeyboard.com !!!  pressure pressure pressure! ;)
A Unicomp employee is TELLING US to put on the pressure by submitting a ticket request for a tenkeyless, buckling spring keyboard at http://support.pckeyboard.com...

I expect everyone here to submit a request.
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Offline sordna

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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 14:38:21 »
Done! I also attached my mockup in the ticket.

Hmmm, someone should tell OCN, Deskthority, KBDMania and other forums to participate in this effort!

« Last Edit: Tue, 15 January 2013, 20:12:02 by sordna »
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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 14:38:48 »
I have done so! I really hope they make one!
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Offline HoboBob

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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 14:43:15 »
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A Unicomp employee is TELLING US to put on the pressure by submitting a ticket request for a tenkeyless, buckling spring keyboard at http://support.pckeyboard.com...

I expect everyone here to submit a request.


Done! SSK + EnduraPro tenkeyless requested :thumb:
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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 14:43:27 »
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Hmmm, someone should tell OCN, Deskthority, KBDMania and other forums to participate in this effort!
Thanks for volunteering!!

(I have posted a notice at the top of the forum for folks to submit a request.  We'll see what the response is.)
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Offline sordna

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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 15:16:57 »
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Thanks for volunteering!!

Ok, announcement done on Deskthority.

Any other volunteers with accounts on OCN or KBDMania to spread the word ?
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« Reply #8 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 15:17:11 »
Done.
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Offline cactux

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« Reply #9 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 15:24:31 »
ticket submitted :-)
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« Reply #10 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 15:34:34 »
Along these lines, could I get a black Customizer (Or Ultra Classic or whatever they're called these days) with dark green keycaps as things currently are?
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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 16:04:01 »
Since there is probably about to be a lot of pressure from this community towards Unicomp to make a tenkeyless/spacesaver model. Is there a preferred message we should be sending and what setting should we use. I think if everyone does their own thing on this then it might seem more like a nuisance than a actual set of people trying to make a difference.
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//Something to make it obvious that we at geekhack are very interested.
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//What we want to tell them, summed up in just 1-2 lines so that they don't have to read lengthy explanations or angry messages like do it or else.
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Offline NormaJean

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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 16:24:00 »
I submitted a ticked, I was pretty sad when I saw that Unicomp was not likely o producer a spacersaver and now that this is going on and that we have an employee on the board I feel much better, regardless of the outcome, I appreciate that Unicomp is listening :D
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Offline 002

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« Reply #13 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 18:10:22 »
I've submitted a request too but I'm not getting my hopes up to avoid dissappointment.
I would have thought that if it was even remotely possible for UNICOMP to make SSK's, they would have done so a long time ago?
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Offline Spharx

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« Reply #14 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 18:20:03 »
The layout that bugfix made would be superb because it would fit the needs of ansi and iso users.

Also it would be easier for unicomp to produce just one model. We should firstly decide what we really want.
« Last Edit: Sat, 07 January 2012, 18:30:57 by Spharx »
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Offline cancelx

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« Reply #15 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 19:22:16 »
Ticket submitted!
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Offline sordna

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« Reply #16 on: Sat, 07 January 2012, 23:12:22 »
Honey, I shrunk the keyboard!
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« Reply #17 on: Sun, 08 January 2012, 08:15:55 »
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Offline Ekaros

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« Reply #18 on: Sun, 08 January 2012, 09:52:53 »
I belive it's far easier to accomodate multiple layouts with BS than it is with MX.

Isn't both 104 and 105 basicly the same board but different caps and hammers placed differently? I have understood they use same matrix and mountings, but diference is keys and where hammers are placed. So both ISO and ANSI is about same in dificulty and can be done at same time?
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« Reply #19 on: Sun, 08 January 2012, 12:19:37 »
I submitted a ticket and I also created a poll to conceivably help Unicomp gauge their market.
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Offline zmenchho

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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 09 January 2012, 07:48:34 »
Thanks to everyone who created a request! we have a HUGE demand and we have enough request to keep our engineers busy for awhile!!!
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Offline NormaJean

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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 09 January 2012, 09:20:27 »
That's a really nice thing to hear, also I wanted to mention that getting an answer from you so shortly regarding the matter.
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #22 on: Mon, 09 January 2012, 11:36:45 »
Yeah, thanks for that quick reply Zach.  Hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later.
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« Reply #23 on: Mon, 09 January 2012, 17:53:10 »
submitted! really hope this happens.  I will help spread the word and buy a couple boards if they do come into production.  Please include media function as well as the embedded numpad like in the ibm ssk.  Also that little patch where the two buttons are for the trackpoint could we remove that?  I know its so you can use the same mold and just punch out the holes but it doesn't look very slick. :X
I think we can get at least 100 sold in a pre-order just from people at geekhack and maybe more at deskthority.  There is other people interested that want SSKs but can't afford the premium, also Unicomp has new springs and keycaps, not to mention customization.
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Offline sordna

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« Reply #24 on: Mon, 09 January 2012, 21:14:59 »
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Also that little patch where the two buttons are for the trackpoint could we remove that?  I know its so you can use the same mold and just punch out the holes but it doesn't look very slick.

If it means it will make including a trackpoint impossible, I'd rather have that patch there. Molds are expensive, they need to make one-fits-all.
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« Reply #25 on: Mon, 09 January 2012, 21:51:39 »
can't they just cut it from a nice and straight mold :X makes it fugly imo :X
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Offline h2oxide

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« Reply #26 on: Tue, 10 January 2012, 17:16:01 »
The reply I received from Zach, 'We have many requests for a tenkeyless, buckling spring keyboard and it is on our development wish list. But at this point we have not committed to releasing such a keyboard.'
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Offline cactux

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« Reply #27 on: Tue, 10 January 2012, 17:24:06 »
^ zmenchho could you please let us know if our requests are going to be consider in the very very short term or my grand kids are going to use your first TKL ?
« Last Edit: Tue, 10 January 2012, 20:27:04 by cactux »
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Offline zmenchho

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« Reply #28 on: Wed, 11 January 2012, 06:34:59 »
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^ zmenchho could you please let us know if our requests are going to be consider in the very very short term or my grand kids are going to use your first TKL ?

Cactux, I can not comment on that at this time.... however, you should stay in touch :)
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« Reply #29 on: Wed, 11 January 2012, 13:07:58 »
I submitted my ticket a few days ago. :becky:
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