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Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 14 November 2009, 11:23:47

I've noticed that many of Unicomp's keyboards have have beige backspace keys instead of gray ones. Anyone know why?

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 14 November 2009, 11:41:37

pics?

Any of the ones I've seen that were meant to have grey keys have grey keys.

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 14 November 2009, 12:10:36

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Unicomp_keyboard.jpg)
Here's one.

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: Gingerbread on Sat, 14 November 2009, 12:26:03

Quote from: kishy;132442

Maybe I'm imagining things but the key shown in that photo looks the same as the other surrounding keys.

I think that's the problem - I think he means that it should be the same colour as some of the grey keys on the board, such as the enter key.

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: kode on Sat, 14 November 2009, 15:01:43

I'm more likely to call them "white" and "gray", myself.

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 14 November 2009, 15:24:18

For most keyboards with that color scheme, they aren't white and gray. They're yellow and brown.

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: msiegel on Sat, 14 November 2009, 19:14:33

all i know is that some newer ibm keyboards have blue enter keys
:P

...we still don't know why

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: BucklingSpring on Sat, 14 November 2009, 19:22:17

You guys got me wonder and just check.
- My two beige Unicomps have grey BS
- My two black on black Unicomps are as advertized.
(black on black all the way)

Title: Unicomp's Backspace Keys
Post by: kode on Sun, 15 November 2009, 07:10:26

Quote from: microsoft windows;132484

For most keyboards with that color scheme, they aren't white and gray. They're yellow and brown.

Cream white and ecru (which is a grayish brown), perhaps, yeah.