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I tried 20 or so switches, and while the binding issue is sorted, they lost some of their characteristically bassy sound (obviously not as bassy as blue alps but still, with the Northgate chassis, they are quite nice), and so I'm not entirely happy with the result. I think the best thing to do is ...

I have some white alps that bind a little on off centre key presses. They are currently in the Omnikey that I restored around 18 months ago. I have a NIB AT101 I bought a few years ago and was considering swapping parts of the switches, specifically the top housings and the sliders. Who has ...

The switches won't usually fall out, they will need a gentle pull. If there's even a minute piece of solder between the pin and the pad then it will not come off at all. When I desoldered all of my Northgate Omnikey I teased the pins towards the centre of the pads by using the iron to put a little ...

Holy crap is that a Space Cadet?

...And are you typing it on a Lisp machine?

No I put the plug into a DB9 breakout board and wired it up to the Pro Micro. The plug is quite large for what it is (which is why I thought it might be possible), but it's not large enough on the inside to house the Pro Micro.

You could take out the 2 screws from the plug and dismantle it to save ...

I believe they're from 1984. But I went the fully external Pro Micro / Hasu route so haven't opened the case. Glad you like it!

Here you go, 72 in stock:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-6112884-Japanese-Keyboard-Japanese-Letter-Typing/382243958765

Promise you won't saw it in half or anything.
Well, that's tooootally not extremely tempting... It's so inexpensive (being in the US), it makes a good project, etc...but I ...

This is the only reference I can find to it:

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54841.0

Here you go, 72 in stock:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-6112884- ... 2243958765

Promise you won't saw it in half or anything.

They still have dozens in stock on eBay. Every time they get to less than 10 in stock they get another hundred from somewhere.

Thanks It's quite an amazing board. Really unctuous switches. I don't know how to describe them other than... well they're just great, aren't they The Realforce will be in its box for some time I think. This is too much fun. And it's not all that loud, with earphones in

Ok I've actually swapped computers from the laptop to the desktop and it appears to be working better. I'll do some testing and report back. I've turned down the solenoid (doh, didn't notice the slider at the back of the board). I'm typing on it now actually, it's very cool. :) apart from the fact ...

Cool, so I've soldered up the Pro Micro and connected to a breakout board. There are a few keys that aren't working: the 2 on the number row, the s and the z, the left shift, and a few others.

I haven't soldered in a resistor; could this be the problem? Here is the keymap, can I have a few tips ...

Ok cool, I've reset the Pro Micro and put Hasu's firmware on it. (Please check below and tell me if anything looks wrong).

root@laptop:/home/ash/tmk_keyboard/converter/ibm4704_usb# avrdude -p atmega32u4 -P /dev/ttyACM3 -c avr109 -U flash:w:./ibm4704_usb_rev1.hex

Connecting to programmer: .
Found ...

I'm stuck. I can't seem to reset the Pro Micro. Soarer's controller firmware is on the Pro Micro, and I want to put it back into bootloader mode to load the Hasu firmware. Tried connecting the rst / gnd pins but doesn't seem to do anything.

I've used this https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard to create a keymap and a hex file. It's an extremely well-documented and thorough repository. It's the wee early hours here so I'll flash the hex tomorrow and do some soldering.

Ah so it appears Soarer's converter is only for when we want to desolder the CPU and replace it. And it appears that Hasu's converter is for converting the protocol (an external mod, for example). So I'll reset the Pro Micro and try and put Hasu's firmware on it.

Keyboard has arrived, switches are just amazing. I mean, really amazing, some of the best I've tried. It's a great thing and well worth having even if you have to pay the high shipping price (I'm in the UK).

Can I have some help with converting it from the Deskthority community?

Here's what I've ...

What does the DB9 plug look like on the inside if you unscrew it? I wonder if the Pro Micro can actually live inside the body of the plug if the connector were removed, then the original wires could be hooked up to the Micro - it might look quite tidy instead of it being held in another enclosure.

I'm starting my next project which is to convert a Pingmaster to USB.

I bought one of the 15 or so remaining Japanese Pingmasters from Mendelson's on eBay. I'm in the UK so I paid the 50 quid postage.

I don't feel bad about it because I have decided to only buy vintage boards if they are NIB. My ...

Interesting. So if the motherboard doesn't understand ps/2, then the Soarer's converter would need passing through an active converter?

Interesting idea of layers, this means that Excel users (for example) wouldn't lose the muscle memory of key combinations involving ctrl.

I'm building a new PC for my 30th which I'm using as an excuse to buy a new keyboard. As an Emacs user, I want to control where the control, and preferably also the alt and caps lock keys, sit on the keyboard.

I have an Omnikey that I use, but I want something modern as a change of pace / something ...

Well it's been a few weeks, I stuck an SSD in there, put Linux on it, replaced the keyboard, and it's purring along nicely.

I like the keyboard, it's nice and tactile. I haven't removed a cap so I'm not sure what sort of keyboard it is. I really like the trackpoint. I turned the sensitivity way up ...

Bought a T420 with the 1400x900 screen, i5, 320GB, 4GB for 139 British pounds. Looked in great condition on eBay. Also bought an ANSI as-new T420 keyboard 'cos I prefer the wide enter key. On its way via UPS, if I'm ever in the house when they turn up...

Secretly Alps are still alive, making SKCM Blues, stirring-up the market and sending Chyros all the boards to review. He must have got to that Alps factory employee. How dare you Chyros. :lol:

XMIT is on the money. We come here to have good-natured keyboard chat.

Everyone have some Ovaltine and ...

This would be my first ThinkPad, I'm going to go for the old keyboard because it looks fantastic and I've heard great things. If I bought one with the chicket key style I would feel a bit sad.

I'm extremely tempted to get a ThinkPad. I use Linux at home but I bought a Macbook Pro about 3 years ago. Although lots of people dual-boot Linux on Macbooks, it's not really for me. I get the impression that Macbooks just don't like running Linux very much at all. Broadcom Wifi, difficulties with ...

I was thinking of buying a T420 or maybe a T520 or maybe an X220, when I was browsing around the Internet, and found this link:

http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-time-machine

It's from 2015 but I can't find any recent information about it. Anyone know if this is happening? There was ...

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In statistics we would call this an outlier.

People have been very positive on YouTube and reddit and elsewhere. Deskthority can be so negative sometimes. I support Chyros. His videos got me to see a world beyond Cherry.