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   Sean Dennis to Dave Drum   
   IBM PS/2   
   01 May 19 13:23:05   
   
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   Hello Dave,   
      
   01 May 19 06:54 at you wrote to me:   
      
    DD> IIRC Unicomp is the result of a group of Lexmark suits buying Itty   
    DD> Bitty Machine Co's licence, design and production facilities rather   
    DD> than see production end in favour of the cheaper (in every sense)   
    DD> cheesy Chinese rubber-dome (squishy) examples that the bean counters   
    DD> were dictating.   
      
    DD> Back in the mid-1990s if memory serves.   
      
   That's what I've heard also but the suits quit Lexmark to run Unicomp.  Either    
   way, I'm glad they're still around making keyboards.   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
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