That's an interesting idea... but I don't like gel wristrests. (...reminds me too much of the wimpy, politically-correct post-90's - and I'm going for a more rugged, manly, 70's keyboard look. Keyboards should be firm, not flaccid. )Mikelittoris wrote:Forget about the plastic cover, looks like a gel wristrest would fit right in there
Post your IBM beam springs here!
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- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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You love to code APL?
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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What do you need APL for when you have the fastly superior 68k assembler to create your own boot loader and infinite blob demo?
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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I imagine all your texts scrolling right to left in a wildly colored sinus scroller.
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Sounds like high-carbon steel. Nice stuff, if you're making knives. Keyboard cases, not so much.
You'll have to coat or seal it with something in order to keep it from oxidizing from moisture in the air. Might try wiping it down with alcohol and then mineral oil, or an oil/beeswax blend. Or prime it and paint it in the stock color?
You'll have to coat or seal it with something in order to keep it from oxidizing from moisture in the air. Might try wiping it down with alcohol and then mineral oil, or an oil/beeswax blend. Or prime it and paint it in the stock color?
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There's no way I'm going to repaint it in the stock (drab beige) colour after all the work I did to remove it. When you've got a metal keyboard, the last thing you should do is paint it to look like old yellowing plastic.
No, I'll keep it unpainted. I don't want to coat it with anything clear either because it would get that modern shiny "fake metal" look. The occasional black smudge is fine.
Now I just have to work on connecting the damn thing.
No, I'll keep it unpainted. I don't want to coat it with anything clear either because it would get that modern shiny "fake metal" look. The occasional black smudge is fine.
Now I just have to work on connecting the damn thing.
- daedalus
- Buckler Of Springs
- Location: Ireland
- Main keyboard: Model M SSK (home) HHKB Pro 2 (work)
- Main mouse: CST Lasertrack, Logitech MX Master
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring, Beam Spring
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The things I'd do to own one of those beam spring APL boards... Now, if I had the keycaps of that, and put it onto one of these -mr_a500 wrote:APL tripleshot keycaps:
- Madhias
- BS TORPE
- Location: Wien, Austria
- Main keyboard: HHKB
- Main mouse: Wacom tablet
- Favorite switch: Topre and Buckelings
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I got a dirty 3278 Beam Spring today. That is one strange bastard. The switches feel perfect, and it is definitely true: beam springs feel a little bit like Topre, but with a clicky IBM sound. Just great. I don't know if i can repair everything, but i'm really looking forward to start tinkering. One problem is that a cap is missing. Two or three cap stems (or whatever) seem to be twisted, and the Back Space key doesn't click. On the case the right wand (this cap separator) is broken a little bit, but i think that's not a big thing. What i really like is that the manuals are there, and they are in a very good shape.
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- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
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All of mr_a500's photos are dead as of this posting.
I finally got mine yesterday:
http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-d ... 10212.html
I finally got mine yesterday:
http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-d ... 10212.html
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that being said, they also stipulated that there is no storage limit or time if you account is paid up, but past members and trial users who do not sign up may have their images deleted to free up resources...
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- Favorite switch: Alps plate spring; clicky SMK
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No one should ever use imageshack for anything, they’re terrible. You should definitely back up everything locally, but imgur is the best free image host I know of for stuff that you want to post publicly, and don’t care about the precise image file being preserved (they strip metadata and somewhat aggressively compress jpeg images).
- Touch_It
- Location: Nebraska, United States.
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Classic USB 103 key (work) IBM F 4704 107
- Main mouse: Logitech g502 Proteus Core
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring (yet to try Beam Spring)
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Haha, the Internet would break.mr_a500 wrote:Ah, so they expect you to pay and keep paying to host images? I wonder what would happen if YouTube did the same for videos.
I used to use imageshack till I realized photoshop seemed far superior for my needs. Always ran into issues with imageshack