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by hydandata 3599 days ago
Yep they make pretty decent clones. I have special edition they did on Massdrop but sadly the 70g keys are causing major pain and I have to use my other keyboard with Topre switches for doing work :(
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They actually aren't clones. IIRC, they took the original diagrams, plates, etc., from IBM, who wasn't using them.
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.

THE PAIN!

I'm such a fool.

It was so terrible the first time. I wanted to cut off my hands. It went away and I got back to work. Eventually I had to stop work every hour from the pain.

It can't be the keyboard! My precious PS/2 buckling spring model M! I've been using it for fifteen years without trouble! THIS IS THE BEST KEYBOARD IN THE WORLD! I am such a fool.

No more model M, no more pain.

I have no idea what the pain is, as you haven't specified, but I'm glad you don't have it.
That's funny, my own carpel tunnel symptoms improved a lot about 6 years ago when I switched to a unicomp keyboard.
They actually use the original IBM tooling, I think. They bought it in the 90's. Around the same time they designed their website.
They just recently re-designed their website, its rather swollen now.