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Modding the Unicomp Mini M keyboard with CircuitPython

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The Unicomp Mini M, an eighty-seven-key heir to IBM's Buckling Spring keyboards, had its controller upgraded with a Raspberry Pi Pico in late twenty twenty-three. Adafruit now has a guide on reprogramming it with CircuitPython. One catch: the cable is USB A-to-A, described as 'incredibly cursed.'

Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/22/modding-the-unicomp-...

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