deskthority

Sorry for the lack of response. I was moving and also became a director at my local hacker space, so I have been unusually busy. Glad you got one. The mechanism definitely took some getting used to, but so far I really like the feel.

That is what brought me here.

@Chryos: I am really glad that I came here. I never heard of Kaypro so I assumed it was just some knockoff brand. Since the bezel opens right up once the screws are out, I was going to install an MCU to relay the serial output to USB HID, then code in some extra junk, but if this thing is unique I w...

At first I thought at was a simple spring over membrane, but this is obviously something more. Nice find, I've never heard of these before! What am I looking at? At this point I am intrigued. I assumed it was a random keyboard. I want to know the history if this thing. Is there a place I can find o...

They are moderately clicky. Not clicky in a rigid way though, they have have a soft descension. When I was cleaning it, one of the guys at the workshop said it wasnt clicky enough lol.

Honestly, I am really kind of surprised. I have never heard of this brand (granted it came out around the time I was born). With it just sitting in a pile of junk I assumed it was just some no name common keyboard.

Alright, I just got done taking it apart snapping some pics and putting it back together. I noticed that the model number on the case is HMB-35957U-14, but the model number on the bottom of the keyboard internally is HMB-35957U-18. My grandmother definitely was not the type to mess with technology b...

Im 100% sure that is exactly it. The buttons themselves do not have any switches in them, the panel itself has all of the contacts on it

Im not actually sure what the difference is between the two links. The non tactile illustration makes it appear to have a film over the sensor panel. When I took this apart it had a clear plastic film covering the sensor panel, which the spring would press onto the plastic.

klikkyklik wrote: ↑Is it not: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Oki_Gourd_Spring

Ya that's it.

Another poster on this forum had pictures of his. Its a conical shaped spring. The bottom picture I attached is showing some kind of clip. Im not quite sure of their function as they did not really hold on, but they sat between the black assembly and the membrane underneith and the clip part went in...

Unfortunately I didn't take any precleaning images. When I got to the workshop I kinda went into the zone and started to wipe it down. After I remove the pause button I figured I may as well take a pic of the layout so I can quickly put it back together. Ill take it apart again when I get home to pr...

I currently am at work but Ill throw the ones I have on my phone here. I took a couple pics as I took it apart for reference. The first image does not show how nasty it was when I first picked it up because I did a basic wipe down of the bezel before I started removing the keys. However the grime be...

Hello, I was helping move some heavy stuff into my grandmas basement (I am a nice grandson, I know :) ) and I came across an old mechanical Kaypro keyboard. It was in rough shape and she had her basement flood years ago, it was in the area that it happened. Needless to say the thing was covered in g...