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	Please welcome your new kingpin: matt3o webwit Hi everybody, After 8 years of running deskthority, I've decided to retire in that role and hand over the reins to matt3o, who volunteered to help out and take over. My role from now on is as some…			AdrianMan 24 minutes ago	20	478

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XT Zenith Z-150 converter? itzmeluigi I was curious if anyone has been able to get their black label XT Zenith Z-150 to work with a converter such as a Teensy with soarer firmware or Orihalcon's XT to USB adapter. I was going to… 1, 2, 3, 4		hasu 3 minutes ago	90	3770
Alps Appreciation ohaimark Oh Alps, your price high Your colors, shapes unending Like namesake mountains (Thread started due to Chyros' "DO ITTTTTT.") 1 ... 91, 92, 93		Hypersphere Today, 17:03	2783	85350
Zenith Z-150 black badge still not convert-able? Sup I was thinking about getting one but i read people saying that it isn't fully convertible and that there are still issues. I also haven't seen any documentation of someone successfully converting one…		Hypersphere Today, 16:54	3	118
	Unknown Alps Switches Keyboard w/ built in Track Pad. lumpybutt33 I found this decent little unlabeled keyboard with really nice tactile alps switched in it. The layout is nice and it has a built in track pad. the…	abrahamstechnology Today, 15:18	7	375
	Post the ugliest keyboards you've seen! Blaise170 We've all seen them - keyboards which look like a unicorn vomited on it or with austere modifications on classic vintage keyboards. The… 1 ... 15, 16, 17	__red__ Today, 14:17	481	16725
	Genovation PLUM Ortholinear Keyboard \| Need Information whiffysole Hello everyone, I recently got my hands on one of these Genovation PLUM keyboards that I'm sure you're fairly familiar with. While taking it apart out…	whiffysole Today, 08:11	0	42
IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread Prelim Hi guys, I've search the forum but I can't find a thread for keyboards identification... so I thought the best was to create one by myself. Here's the first one since I have no clue of… 1 ... 105, 106, 107		leoc Yesterday, 21:06	3203	113300
	Blind test: keyboard sound comparison challenge hansichen Hello fellows, recently we've seen some controvery about the sound of keyboards and different switches and manufacturers. Talking about switches is…	orihalcon Yesterday, 20:50	4	93
What do "M" and "F" stand for? digital_matthew Hey everyone. I was just curious as to what the "M" and "F" represent for IBM keyboard model designations. (I'm too lazy to do the research, so I thought I'd just ask.) Thanks!		__red__ Yesterday, 00:18	13	435
	What's the most underrated keyboard (in your opinion) and why? snacksthecat I'll go first Wyse WY60 ASCII https://i.imgur.com/xEqGYs… Switches Vintage Cherry MX Blacks. Unrivaled… 1, 2	abrahamstechnology 14 Dec 2018, 17:12	50	2488
	should we make a new XT layout group buy? andrea-i As naive as the title says : ) I know there's the XTant and I don' particularly like that solution, this is more what I have in mind: DSC03658.jpg …	__red__ 14 Dec 2018, 12:43	26	792
IBM Model M 1392373 ? zx_spectrum I couldn't find real data about 1392373. aside from the fact that it is french/canadian ISO, It has strange connection cable . and what about its protocol ?		andrewjoy 13 Dec 2018, 16:49	3	188
	NEC 8801 MKII Adapter Muramasa I’ve had this blue alps board for quite some time and wondered if anyone knew of any adapters?	snacksthecat 13 Dec 2018, 16:42	3	148
Does the asymmetry bother you? Wendell When I moved from typewriters to PCs in the late 1980s, one of the things I really disliked was the huge asymmetry of the 101-key layout. With the alpha keys directly in front of me, the… 1, 2		__red__ 12 Dec 2018, 15:49	43	4190
	Typing Demo XL - Cherry solid-state capacitive switches (Cherry KFN-3) Chyros As requested by a viewer, a typing demo of a rather uncommon switch; Cherry solid-state capacitive! Hope you enjoy! :) HWmxLfZuMdQ	Chyros 12 Dec 2018, 13:53	11	289
"Solid" mechanical keyboard with ISO-DE layout (100 %) ghostdawg187 Hey guys, I want to buy my father his first mechanical keyboard for Christmas. He is an old fashioned programmer but has never possessed a mechanical keyboard in his programmer life. So it is time to…		ghostdawg187 12 Dec 2018, 08:54	8	207
	a wild IBM Model F appears...with a thai exclusive layout?!? andrea-i Scrolling reddit/mechanicalkeyboards I noticed this nice post: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKey… And then something odd, look at this: …	mcmaxmcmc 12 Dec 2018, 08:22	6	333
Decent Rubber Domes thread green-squid I thought it would be a good idea for all of us on a budget to have a thread where we can collect all the decent rubber dome/slider over dome boards in one place, so that we know what's up… 1, 2		TheInverseKey 12 Dec 2018, 01:37	40	936
	Bought a Digicomp DR-70 Astrology Microcomputer [1981] Kankurou1010 https://imgur.com/a/4HgqT57 Well, I got it. It's pretty freaking cool. MEI WEAB switches. https://deskthority.net/wiki/MEI_T-5_s……	flowerlandfilms 11 Dec 2018, 23:50	2	237
Need HELP!! IBM5291 Bigfoot converter bhatara007 Yesterday, I recived IBM5291 bigfoot and I find solution how to convert to usb. I just find Soarer converter v.1.20 beta4 to do that but I am guessing D0, D1, D2, D3 , D4, D5, D6 etc. are the pins on…		mcmaxmcmc 11 Dec 2018, 19:56	1	89
Model F AT not working Shifty Hey all, I got an F AT off of ebay a few weeks back, but I've had no luck getting it going. The seller said it was working when he last used it, but that was over 6 months ago. I ordered a soarer's…		JBert 11 Dec 2018, 19:34	9	347
Do you type properly? ruhtraeel As in, do you keep your fingers on home row, etc? If not, what do you do differently? I'm curious, because I personally don't believe that there is a proper way to type. I notice that when… 1, 2, 3		Touch_It 11 Dec 2018, 15:44	75	2391
	Alps switch identity? elecplus I have looked through the Alps switches on the wiki, and I can't find these. These came from an old Apple keyboard. It says Alps in the logo on the…	Chyros 11 Dec 2018, 06:59	7	216
NBM RT6671? reececonrad https://www.ebay.com/itm/143012503713?… Anyone know about this particular model? I'm guessing it's Hitek switches of some sort, but I cannot find anything about it. Seems to be in very nice…		reececonrad 11 Dec 2018, 05:15	5	176
	Post a picture of your ideal keyboard layout! Chyros If you could have any keyboard layout, what would it be? Post a picture (doesn't have to be pretty, doesn't have to specify keys that are… 1 ... 10, 11, 12	davkol 10 Dec 2018, 18:19	357	20890
	Toshiba-branded Alps Bigfoot keyboard with red + clicky Alps switches XTaran Hi, I'm new here, was only using the DT wiki as useful resource before. Over at Reddit's /r/MK I have been told I have to post my find here: I…	andrewjoy 10 Dec 2018, 16:46	15	544
	The Korean Custom Keyboards #1: 356 Series sixty Since a bunch of people always ask "omg what is that keyboard???" every few weeks, whenever someone links a picture from OTD, I… 1, 2, 3, 4	mcmaxmcmc 10 Dec 2018, 09:09	110	42661
Matias Mini Quiet Pro: what's it like to live with? vometia Bit of an impulse-buy, this : unable to sleep in the early hours I'm hammering away on my Model M and becoming increasingly uncomfortable that my gf is asleep in the next room and at this… 1, 2, 3, 4		vometia 10 Dec 2018, 08:17	118	2781
PCB for the 50-key IBM 4740 TerminalJunkie After seeing the XTant, FSSK/FEXT, Model MF, and the 3277 PCBs, I'm wondering what the PCB of the 50-key IBM 4740 keyboards look like. (That's the 10 x 5 ortholinear one). I know that a number of…		John Doe 10 Dec 2018, 01:19	8	530
	Zenith ZFA-138-42 Mods + Video with Typing Sounds Hypersphere The Zenith ZFA-138-42 keyboard is similar to the Zenith Z-150, but the former has been lightened up a bit for use in a "portable" computer.…	Hypersphere 09 Dec 2018, 18:07	0	61
Sound/Lighting operator keyboard? abhibeckert I'm having trouble finding a good keyboard for use in a sound/lighting desk at a theatre. Can you guys help find one? I need: 1. Tactile switches The operator will typically rest their finger on a…		__red__ 09 Dec 2018, 07:15	9	297
Problems with my AEKIIs... Johnnya101 Hi guys, New to mechanical keyboards, but not to vintage things. Have a bunch of old apple keyboards Im refurbishing/cleaning, and came across two Apple Extended IIs. AEK 1: Works great! No…		Johnnya101 09 Dec 2018, 00:57	4	194
	Zenith Z-150 Makeover Hypersphere In spite of myself, I like the form factor of the Zenith Z-150 series, and the 100-1886 model sports the visually appealing black label. However, the…	Pumaeggs 07 Dec 2018, 15:04	13	407
[Advice Needed] Options for ortholinear keyboards Ralph_IT Sorry if this thread doesn't belong here. I looked through the wiki and ortholinear keyboards caught my eye, splitted ones specially. As I visited some of the sellers, I had trouble trying to decide…		Ralph_IT 07 Dec 2018, 07:37	12	336
Capacitive vs Regular (membrane) Buckling Spring Tactility? zx_spectrum I know very well the sound difference between capacitive and membrane buckling spring switches. i own a model m keyboard and i have watched a lot of videos for sound comparison. but i would like to…		Noodle 05 Dec 2018, 14:09	20	796

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