Multi-wide key caps from Unicomp
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
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At last, multi-wide keys from Unicomp! In white, pearl, pebble, gray and black, with or without legends!
They just announced it on their Facebook page.
I'm mostly interested in gray and black with no legends, but I'd like to know what is the difference between pearl and pebble. Could someone please illuminate me?
They just announced it on their Facebook page.
I'm mostly interested in gray and black with no legends, but I'd like to know what is the difference between pearl and pebble. Could someone please illuminate me?
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
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Pearl and pebble are the original colours found on an IBM Model M. Gray is used in the uglier Unicomp-branded Ms, and black is... just black.
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
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- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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I know what black is Yeah, I agree, the grey keys they put on their black boards are not very good-looking (or the combination of the two). So would pearl be the light color on the IBM Model M, and pebble the darker one? Or the other way around?scottc wrote: ↑Pearl and pebble are the original colours found on an IBM Model M. Gray is used in the uglier Unicomp-branded Ms, and black is... just black.
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
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I think so, but I wasn't completely sure, so I left it out.LLRnR wrote: ↑... So would pearl be the light color on the IBM Model M, and pebble the darker one? Or the other way around?
- LLRnR
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- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
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Haha, OK. I love the English language, but sometimes it's too much of a stretch for me... pearl and pebble are not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about colors. Something like #D1D1C7 is more expressivescottc wrote: ↑I think so, but I wasn't completely sure, so I left it out.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
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You'll have to revoke your French citizenship now :-)LLRnR wrote: ↑Haha, OK. I love the English language …
- 0100010
- Location: DFW TX, US
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- Main mouse: Trackman FX
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Nice - I guess they do listen to the feedback provided in their customer surveys; this has been something I have been asking for on the surveys for my past three orders.
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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I don't have anything to lose here I don't have my French citizenship yet, but I'll be working on getting it... in a few years from now (I'm a Romanian immigrant).Daniel Beardsmore wrote: ↑You'll have to revoke your French citizenship now
The thought did occur to me. I also asked for multi-wide keys in the last survey. They might not have the marketing skills of other companies, but they seem very receptive and they're very helpful with support tickets on their website.0100010 wrote: ↑Nice - I guess they do listen to the feedback provided in their customer surveys; this has been something I have been asking for on the surveys for my past three orders.
Thanks! The mystery is now solved!0100010 wrote: ↑To answer your question above, Pearl / Pebble are the normal Model M beige key colors; Pear being the light color, Pebble being the darker color.
- Redmaus
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- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
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A little odd, this happened exactly when they replied to a special order request of mine about needing extra ANSI keys for model M 122 key bolt mods.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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I had a feeling you were not French, and your apparent act of sacrilege only confirmed it to me :)LLRnR wrote: ↑I don't have anything to lose here :P
- Redmaus
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- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
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Who knows... The layout on it is reasonable. Although I still like my SSK morezts wrote: ↑any ETA on the TKL they've been working on?
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- Location: CA, USA
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yep, the exact reason I'd like a new Unicomp TKL to preserve my SSK But, really. I'm not sure why it takes them so long to produce something that would sell, and probably sell better than all their other KB models together. The TKL (or smaller) is a trend they need to catch and ride.