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0 pointsqwertyuiop9249y ago0 comments

They actually aren't clones. IIRC, they took the original diagrams, plates, etc., from IBM, who wasn't using them.

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IBM outsourced keyboard production first to Lexmark, and then to Unicomp. Unicomp then later went and bought the patents and everything to spin-off their own products, still with the original tooling.

You'll find a lot of "Original IBM" keyboards that were built by Unicomp in license. I have a Model M4 from 2000 that was already built by Unicomp, sold by IBM with their own branding.

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0 pointsqwertyuiop9249y ago0 comments

They actually aren't clones. IIRC, they took the original diagrams, plates, etc., from IBM, who wasn't using them.

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creshal9y ago

You'll find a lot of "Original IBM" keyboards that were built by Unicomp in license. I have a Model M4 from 2000 that was already built by Unicomp, sold by IBM with their own branding.

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