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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: sharktastica on Tue, 14 November 2023, 14:42:33

Title: Shark's Wiki - Unicomp New Model M
Post by: sharktastica on Tue, 14 November 2023, 14:42:33
My new wiki page for Unicomp's flagship full-size keyboard! The New Model M was released in 2020 as a larger counterpart to then-newly announced Unicomp Mini Model M (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=119742). Whilst it doesn't have the Mini M's updated membrane matrix design or its modular USB cable support, it does make use of new tooling and for the most part replaces Unicomp's older keyboards made with tooling from the '90s.

https://sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=unicompnewm

(https://sharktastica.co.uk/resources/images/model_ms/shark_UT40U4A_unicomp.jpg)
(https://sharktastica.co.uk/resources/images/model_ms/shark_UT40U4A_unicomp_left.jpg)
(https://sharktastica.co.uk/resources/images/model_ms/shark_UT40U4A_unicomp_assembly_bottom.jpg)
Title: Re: Shark's Wiki - Unicomp New Model M
Post by: funkmon on Tue, 14 November 2023, 19:35:19
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the New Model M uses the internals from the Ultraclassic entirely, right? Meaning, while not untrue, it should probably be explicitly stated that the normal Models M from Unicomp differ, so the inner assembly is not transferable to a New M, although an Ultraclassic is.

Otherwise good overview, IMO.
Title: Re: Shark's Wiki - Unicomp New Model M
Post by: clay on Wed, 15 November 2023, 07:21:20
Man I thought the cable in the new Model M has been changed to a detachable one :(
Title: Re: Shark's Wiki - Unicomp New Model M
Post by: sharktastica on Wed, 15 November 2023, 07:49:24
Quote from: clay on Wed, 15 November 2023, 07:21:20
Man I thought the cable in the new Model M has been changed to a detachable one :(

Unfortunately not, only for the Mini M. The New M is basically an external refresh and still uses the electronics of their other keyboards.

Quote from: funkmon on Tue, 14 November 2023, 19:35:19
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the New Model M uses the internals from the Ultraclassic entirely, right?

Not quite; the barrel plate and membrane assembly are the same, but the backplate isn't. Like its 5576-C01 predecessor, the Ultra Classic assembly kinda just sits there and typically double-sided taped in.

(https://sharktastica.co.uk/resources/images/articles/newm_review/newm_v_uc_profiles.jpg)

Ultra Classic left, New Model M right