Electronics Plus keyboard haul
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
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I took my second trip to Electronics Plus today. Here are the good that came home with me.
1. Apple Keyboard. Small-ish, Alps Salmon tactile switches. This came home with me instead of an Apple Extended Keyboard. None left.
2. 3. Two Apple M0110A Mac Plus keyboards. As they had mutually exclusive sets of broken sliders and missing key caps I brought both home. I will make one working keyboard and gladly pass on the other to anyone looking for parts. None left.
4. Apple Extended Keyboard II. Alps White damped/silenced sliders. Nothing special but an old personal favorite that brings back lots of good memories from high school. Cindy has 5-10 more.
5. Unknown. Fujitsu Clicky 3rd generation switches. A wonderful feeling heavy metal backed keyboard. I enjoy these switches. Cindy has 2-3 more.
6. Sperry Unisys terminal keyboard, my second. Keytronics foam and foil. Cindy has about 5 more.
7. ComputerLab International terminal keyboard. Vintage Cherry White and Vintage Cherry Black. Amazing smooth feel. These will be a worthy host to my Round 5a keycaps. I will need to feed 7bot to get enough keys. I'll build it as an ISO board. Cindy has about 3-4 more, some missing key caps.
8. Texas Instruments AT ANSI keyboard. Alps white clicky switches. Cindy has I think 2-3 more, maybe missing keys.
9. Tandy TRS-80 PC keyboard. Fujitsy linear 3rd generation switches. A little scratchy but will be amazing when cleaned and lubricated. Cindy has I think 8-10 more. OMG these keycaps are hard to pull and often take the slider with them.
10. IBM Model M, Lexmark 1995 (!), silver label buckling spring. None left.
11. Acer PS2 keyboard. Alps white clicky switches in ANSI layout. Cindy has one more.
12. IBM Model M, 08 Jun 1989. Closest I've seen to 28 Jun 1989. Buckling spring. Protected by vinyl keyboard cover so in almost new condition. None left this nice though Cindy has 50-100 more Model Ms in various condition (including Dell and AT&T branded variants upstairs and also 50-100 rubber dome Ms.)
Not keyboards:
* PS2 cable for eldorange. He recently bought his first Model M which has no cable. eldorange this is a gift from me and Cindy. PM me and I'll get it sent your way.
* 3M DK-468 keycap puller. Not purchased from Cindy but from here: http://www.stanleysupplyservices.com/3m ... r/p/46-001. Nicest ring type key puller I've ever used. Made from extra durable plastic, grips keys like none other. Way better than the usual Chinese ones.
I took my second trip to Electronics Plus today. Here are the good that came home with me.
1. Apple Keyboard. Small-ish, Alps Salmon tactile switches. This came home with me instead of an Apple Extended Keyboard. None left.
2. 3. Two Apple M0110A Mac Plus keyboards. As they had mutually exclusive sets of broken sliders and missing key caps I brought both home. I will make one working keyboard and gladly pass on the other to anyone looking for parts. None left.
4. Apple Extended Keyboard II. Alps White damped/silenced sliders. Nothing special but an old personal favorite that brings back lots of good memories from high school. Cindy has 5-10 more.
5. Unknown. Fujitsu Clicky 3rd generation switches. A wonderful feeling heavy metal backed keyboard. I enjoy these switches. Cindy has 2-3 more.
6. Sperry Unisys terminal keyboard, my second. Keytronics foam and foil. Cindy has about 5 more.
7. ComputerLab International terminal keyboard. Vintage Cherry White and Vintage Cherry Black. Amazing smooth feel. These will be a worthy host to my Round 5a keycaps. I will need to feed 7bot to get enough keys. I'll build it as an ISO board. Cindy has about 3-4 more, some missing key caps.
8. Texas Instruments AT ANSI keyboard. Alps white clicky switches. Cindy has I think 2-3 more, maybe missing keys.
9. Tandy TRS-80 PC keyboard. Fujitsy linear 3rd generation switches. A little scratchy but will be amazing when cleaned and lubricated. Cindy has I think 8-10 more. OMG these keycaps are hard to pull and often take the slider with them.
10. IBM Model M, Lexmark 1995 (!), silver label buckling spring. None left.
11. Acer PS2 keyboard. Alps white clicky switches in ANSI layout. Cindy has one more.
12. IBM Model M, 08 Jun 1989. Closest I've seen to 28 Jun 1989. Buckling spring. Protected by vinyl keyboard cover so in almost new condition. None left this nice though Cindy has 50-100 more Model Ms in various condition (including Dell and AT&T branded variants upstairs and also 50-100 rubber dome Ms.)
Not keyboards:
* PS2 cable for eldorange. He recently bought his first Model M which has no cable. eldorange this is a gift from me and Cindy. PM me and I'll get it sent your way.
* 3M DK-468 keycap puller. Not purchased from Cindy but from here: http://www.stanleysupplyservices.com/3m ... r/p/46-001. Nicest ring type key puller I've ever used. Made from extra durable plastic, grips keys like none other. Way better than the usual Chinese ones.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
The ComputerLab International terminal keyboard — the white switches appear to be [wiki]Taiwan jet axis[/wiki], and the black switches look suspect to me too, possibly Yali.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
The white ones are presumably linear?
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
I thought the first one was supposed to have apple orange switches. Please correct me if I am wrong, but there are only two apple keyboards like that the apple extended keyboard I and the apple extended keyboard II.
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Consider yourself corrected, Redmaus!
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Standard_Keyboard
Those look salmon to me. And XMIT's AEK II's are cream, as they should be.
@XMIT: Are you quite sure about the Cherry switch branding on those ComputerLab boards? I do need to get something MX to wear Round 5 here as well! But I'm not in the mood for fakes.
Also, haven't you tried a real keypuller?
I wouldn't bother with a ringpuller, they've a bad habit of scratching up caps every once in a while. I haven't harmed anything though with one of these wire fellas.
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Standard_Keyboard
Those look salmon to me. And XMIT's AEK II's are cream, as they should be.
@XMIT: Are you quite sure about the Cherry switch branding on those ComputerLab boards? I do need to get something MX to wear Round 5 here as well! But I'm not in the mood for fakes.
Also, haven't you tried a real keypuller?
I wouldn't bother with a ringpuller, they've a bad habit of scratching up caps every once in a while. I haven't harmed anything though with one of these wire fellas.
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
Yes. I will get good macro shots when I tear into the keyboard. The F keys seem to be something else but the main keys look and feel like vintage Blacks in addition to actually saying Cherry on the key switch casing.Muirium wrote: ↑Are you quite sure about the Cherry switch branding on those ComputerLab boards?
I do need to get something MX to wear Round 5 here as well! But I'm not in the mood for fakes.
You mean like this?Muirium wrote: ↑Also, haven't you tried a real keypuller?
Though Cindy says she managed to break even one of these. She tends to use a PCI slot cover.
Normally I wouldn't either. This one is different. Really, try one out sometime. Somehow the plastic is softer while the whole puller is vastly stronger and stiffer. I don't know exactly what these are made out of but they are really high quality.Muirium wrote: ↑I wouldn't bother with a ringpuller...
- photekq
- Cherry Picker
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Various Cherry Corp keyboards
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder (1st gen)
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black (55g springs)
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
The Cherry ones are the best for 1u->2u keys. The wires are already spread, you just put it over a key then push them together.
- facetsesame
- Mad Dasher
- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Ducky Legend
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac
- Favorite switch: MX red for linear, white for click
- DT Pro Member: 0092
I'm fairly sure that your number 5 there is a Data General keyboard for their later Dasher terminals, as used with their Nova minicomputers.
Your ComputerLab 122 should look stunning with Round 5a caps. I've thought about doing exactly the same myself!
Your ComputerLab 122 should look stunning with Round 5a caps. I've thought about doing exactly the same myself!
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Dashers haunt Facet, like a Great White did for Captain Ahab.
Those ComputerLab caps: doubleshots clearly. But who made them? Are they Cherry profile?
I had one of those Cherry keypullers just like Photekq's picture, but I gave it away to someone in need of their first wire puller. The Filco style works better for me.
Those ComputerLab caps: doubleshots clearly. But who made them? Are they Cherry profile?
I had one of those Cherry keypullers just like Photekq's picture, but I gave it away to someone in need of their first wire puller. The Filco style works better for me.
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
I've always preferred the wire filco style puller over the clip in whatever form. Something like this would be nice:Muirium wrote: ↑I had one of those Cherry keypullers just like Photekq's picture, but I gave it away to someone in need of their first wire puller. The Filco style works better for me.
- eldorange
- Location: Philippines
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M, IBM M4-1
- Main mouse: A4Tech w/double click
- Favorite switch: swithces I can afford
- DT Pro Member: -
Hi XMIT and Miss Cindy!!!
I am so overwhelmed and NEVER expected your SDL cable gift!!!!
XMIT I just sent a private message...Please read it....
I am so overwhelmed and NEVER expected your SDL cable gift!!!!
XMIT I just sent a private message...Please read it....
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
Responded to PM.
As for all of you ring style key puller haters - I hate the cheap ones just as much as all of you do. Has anyone actually tried the 3M DK-468?
As for all of you ring style key puller haters - I hate the cheap ones just as much as all of you do. Has anyone actually tried the 3M DK-468?
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
you mean this:
on really tight sitting caps I have slipped and in the worst case scratched the keycap with clip style key pullers. But I have never tried the 3M DK-468 itself.
on really tight sitting caps I have slipped and in the worst case scratched the keycap with clip style key pullers. But I have never tried the 3M DK-468 itself.
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
Both! Definitely two tone caps though: light gray and dark gray.Hak Foo wrote: ↑Does the TI board have two-tone caps or is it just filthy?
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
Does the Acer really have Alps? Not Acer switches?
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Need a higher res photo to be sure, but looks genuine Alps to me. Acer switches have a smaller housing with odd corners:
Incidentally, Google+ hates me and won't me zoom either. Bastards. JPEGs are files! Let us load them.
Incidentally, Google+ hates me and won't me zoom either. Bastards. JPEGs are files! Let us load them.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
Series:Findecanor wrote: ↑Does the Acer really have Alps? Not Acer switches?
KB-101A/102A — Alps SKCM Blue
601X — Alps SKCM Blue/White (6083 is also Alps, but low-profile switches)
631X — Acer switch
651X — rubber dome
The same case designs got re-used across the different series (whether every case shape was used for every series, I don't know, though — I doubt that the skinny case was used for the 601X).
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
for a key puller I just use a couple bent paper clips.
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
I've seen tons of variations on the paper clip type. Cheapest solution. Who doesn't have paper clips at hand?
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
It would be sad to not have paper clips at your disposal.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact: