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I still remember the tension in the air when I pulled the first stem out with my knuckles almost turning white

Nice to see another beamer spring back to life! Especially when they are so scarse at these latitudes

Done!

That sure is an interesting timeline. Thanks for piecing this together and spreading the knowledge

Just picked mine up. They really are NOS as there was no sign of soldering on initial inspection Mine were with short white switchplates.

Thank you so much for offering this opportunity to the forum users!

Edit: I could find only one with long one now that I opened up a few more

I think those are called turret terminals. The details on soldering and such can be found on the IPC-A-610 standard :evilgeek: But yeah, you wrap a wire around it min.180° and solder it. Screenshot_20190507_110259_com.google.android.apps.docs.jpg Screenshot_20190507_110340_com.google.android.apps.do...

Signed up for 200

I'd be interested in 180 Alps if they really are "pines"

Hi Ellipse, How much would it cost to have blanks like that in the picture for an F62 like pictured? As in grey alphas and the other keys blue. The exact layout from my original order confimation (dated 19.3.2016 :lol: ) : Keys: International layout (pls specify which one on the checkout page) Layou...

I can't recall if there are any more markings on my 5251 but here's a picture of the original controller from my archives:

Thanks for the pointers and cool pictures

Some nice stuff on show there. Naturally, the non-MX ones are what catch my eye. HHKB, check. Monterey K-110, check. SSK, check. You guys did fall a little short in the Model F and beamspring department, mind! Wait, the only Model M was a fullsize? I declare this meet-up compromised! Seriously, tho...

And the last of them

Almost there:

Some more boards:

I'm finally done transferring some pictures to my computer. The attendance was quite solid and there were more people than I had expected, maybe like 35-40 or so. There were raffles for 3 sets of keys for Topre boards and a new RBG board with linear Cherry clones. There was also a typing sound recog...

I dislike that on mobile as it takes so much vertical space. Haven't seen it on desktop thou ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Personally I wouldn't try reinventing the wheel. There is a converter using the original controller already.

https://github.com/MMcM/ibm-5251-kbd

[OT] Does anyone remember the ballpark figures of what a replacement beam spring unit used to cost back in the 70's and early 80's? I remember seeing like a catalog scan or something like that here in DT, but can't find it anymore [/OT]

Will the profile info go back to left side at some point? It made the threads much more readable.

Indeed this is just amazing! How much does that thing even weigh? Anyway that's some #dta2019 material right there

Now on to the big question. How do I get my own on my preferred layout

Collection shot as 2018 comes to an end

The Nyquist has SKCL Yellow and Alps64 has SKCL Green and the rest of the boards are pretty self explanatory

Regarding the forum software, UI and such, I like them as is. Maybe add support for tags both in threads and posts to make the search better. I also agree with the focus on knowledge. I haven't made content to wiki ( :oops: ) as I find it quite a daunting task. Maybe we should have an in-depth tutor...

Solenoid is reserved exclusively for beam springs only

At long last I picked up the K110. Sorry for all the delays enrique.aliaga and Alpinist First post updated as there is nothing I'm currently looking for actively.

Slom wrote: ↑micro switch keypads, 30 dollars a piece
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Honeywell-Micr ... 2424358695

Couldn't resist when there was something so cool available NOS

Seems pretty interesting. Is is available in ISO and can the Ctrl be put into the right spot?

I'll let you guys know as soon as I know myself

Hello! I have a MiniTouch with SMK 2nd Gen “Monterey” switches (the blue ones) that I have been thinking about selling. Are you still interested? I bought it NIB on July of 2017 and it has been sitting in its box in a shelf most of the time. I have only took it to use it like 4 times, each time for...

Tropical bumb!