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So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:39:15 »
Their reply:

......thanks for your interest in our keyboards. We have had many requests for a tenkeyless, buckling spring keyboard. It is on our new product wish list and some effort has begun on it's development. It takes 8 to 12 months to bring a new product to market.

Best regards,

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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:48:20 »
Woot - This is going on my MUST HAVE list

Thanks for sharing
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:53:39 »
I keep telling myself that it's just a dream, they'll never do it but then stuff like this always sucks me back in.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:58:00 »
I got the exact same response tp4. I know it will happen eventually
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 16:26:04 »
Quote from: Flip on Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:58:00
I got the exact same response tp4. I know it will happen eventually

Just tell us you didn't get it 10 years ago.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 16:31:40 »
Nah it was recent. About three weeks ago, when I saw iMav's thread asking everybody to spam Unicomp.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 16:54:45 »
Wouldn't it be great if they made a buckling spring keyboard the size of the Poker?  :D
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 16:56:41 »
Quote from: Flip on Fri, 15 February 2013, 16:31:40
Nah it was recent. About three weeks ago, when I saw iMav's thread asking everybody to spam Unicomp.

" iMav's thread asking everybody to spam Unicomp" ->  Oh - so we torture them until they say whatever we want.
This practice can lead to unreliable information.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:07:20 »
I don't mean it like that, lol. By "spam", I mean he wanted all us geeks to go submit a 1 or 2 line request for a TKL board, and to show our appreciation and attention for the company / SSK boards. I shouldn't have said spam

Edit;
Besides, it's the person's job, who ever it is, that looks at the support tickets. They get payed to "be tortured" ;)
« Last Edit: Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:09:18 by Flip »
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:54:00 »
Just look at the Red Alert for buckling spring thread and how long a month has been. Le sigh.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 18:22:36 »
I think at this point, Unicomp Time(TM) has eclipsed Valve Time(TM).
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 22:02:02 »
ask this question again in a year. the answer will be "soon™".
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 23:22:45 »
Quote from: rootwyrm on Fri, 15 February 2013, 18:22:36
I think at this point, Unicomp Time(TM) has eclipsed Valve Time(TM).

Lol, when will Half-Life 3 come out? About the same time the Unicomp tenkeyless comes out.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:22:45 »
Reminds me of how they wanted to make a buckling spring Mighty Mouse (aka. M4-1) It never happened in the end.

That said, if they are going to make one this time around, I hope a trackpoint option will be available.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 21 February 2013, 12:03:17 »
just pray they don't pull a duke nuke'em on us.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 21 February 2013, 12:38:12 »
Quote from: harrison on Thu, 21 February 2013, 12:03:17
just pray they don't pull a duke nuke'em on us.

I don't care if they take 10 years... but if it comes out really sh_ttty... I would be angry...
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 02 April 2013, 09:07:42 »
I really want this thing to come out right now. My Model M is great and all, but reaching my mouse is really starting to hurt my arm after adjusting to TKL's.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 02 April 2013, 17:05:14 »
Quote from: morpheus on Tue, 02 April 2013, 09:07:42
I really want this thing to come out right now. My Model M is great and all, but reaching my mouse is really starting to hurt my arm after adjusting to TKL's.

There is a easy fix for that... Learn left hand mouse driving.
Brain catches up really fast.
I did the switch few years ago and never came back.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 02 April 2013, 20:01:01 »
Quote from: ch_123 on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:22:45
Reminds me of how they wanted to make a buckling spring Mighty Mouse (aka. M4-1) It never happened in the end.

That said, if they are going to make one this time around, I hope a trackpoint option will be available.

Yeah, there's about, oh, a couple hundred thousand reasons for that. Presuming Lenovo was even willing to license them TrackPoint III or IV.
Oh, and then there's the new tooling - would require a new upper plate from scratch due to the EnduraPro != M13. Plus all new chassis tooling - you can't just modify the upper and lower halves.
So yeah. I wouldn't even consider it remotely likely.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 00:33:12 »
Quote from: BucklingSpring on Tue, 02 April 2013, 17:05:14
Quote from: morpheus on Tue, 02 April 2013, 09:07:42
I really want this thing to come out right now. My Model M is great and all, but reaching my mouse is really starting to hurt my arm after adjusting to TKL's.

There is a easy fix for that... Learn left hand mouse driving.
Brain catches up really fast.
I did the switch few years ago and never came back.

That is innovative. I never thought of using a left handed mouse. Do they even sell left handed mice? I'm not sure I'd get used to the buttons being inverted. But I will try it....thanks for the idea!
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 00:39:22 »
Quote from: morpheus on Wed, 03 April 2013, 00:33:12


That is innovative. I never thought of using a left handed mouse. Do they even sell left handed mice? I'm not sure I'd get used to the buttons being inverted. But I will try it....thanks for the idea!


You can configure them however you want within windows.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 00:42:03 »
Quote from: Bro Caps on Wed, 03 April 2013, 00:39:22
Quote from: morpheus on Wed, 03 April 2013, 00:33:12


That is innovative. I never thought of using a left handed mouse. Do they even sell left handed mice? I'm not sure I'd get used to the buttons being inverted. But I will try it....thanks for the idea!


You can configure them however you want within windows.



I just found how to do it, thanks!
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 06:29:37 »
Using a left handed mouse routine did the trick!

I never thought using my mouse left handed would be so easy. It's not as hard as it seems.

Thanks a lot to Buckling Spring!
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 07:23:35 »
so did i. it is surprisingly convenient...
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 09:12:29 »
Left hand mousing is great. I just wish there was a left-hand Joy Pen.

I keep mice on both sides now, a trusty old Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical on the left and Joy Pen on right. Very flexible and conveniwnt if you have the desk space.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 03 April 2013, 11:56:48 »
i will believe unicomp's tkl buck spring board when i see it. also, if and when unicopm finally decides to make these they better not try to equip them with plastic cases. i need my buck spring boards heavy heavy.

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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #26 on: Mon, 29 April 2013, 10:54:43 »
Quote from: tricheboars on Wed, 03 April 2013, 11:56:48
i will believe unicomp's tkl buck spring board when i see it. also, if and when unicopm finally decides to make these they better not try to equip them with plastic cases. i need my buck spring boards heavy heavy.
Apologies for the thread necromancy, but I'm wondering why they wouldn't just make them the same as the old IBM branded ones: I bought three of the 85 key space savers from Unicomp a couple of years or so back and they're really very nice keyboards; surely they could just start making them again?  I hope they resume the old heavy-duty casing, as much as I like the newer 104-key Ultra Classic types, they're slightly creaky in comparison.
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #27 on: Mon, 29 April 2013, 11:48:39 »
they should make m15
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Re: So... Emailed Unicomp about dem' tkl
« Reply #28 on: Mon, 10 June 2013, 10:16:49 »
Quote from: rootwyrm on Tue, 02 April 2013, 20:01:01
Quote from: ch_123 on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:22:45
Reminds me of how they wanted to make a buckling spring Mighty Mouse (aka. M4-1) It never happened in the end.

That said, if they are going to make one this time around, I hope a trackpoint option will be available.

Yeah, there's about, oh, a couple hundred thousand reasons for that. Presuming Lenovo was even willing to license them TrackPoint III or IV.
Oh, and then there's the new tooling - would require a new upper plate from scratch due to the EnduraPro != M13. Plus all new chassis tooling - you can't just modify the upper and lower halves.
So yeah. I wouldn't even consider it remotely likely.

I was moreso referring to their resistive pointing stick. Not quite as good as the Lenovo one, but I'd settle for it.

Quote from: developej on Mon, 29 April 2013, 11:48:39
they should make m15

There's all sorts of mess over the M15, there was a patent dispute with the inventor of the original Goldtouch keyboards, and the tooling was sold to Maxiswitch who subsequently 'misplaced' it.
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