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I've got the IBM branded one, and I have to say it's one of my favourite keyboards. However I think the IBM 5576-002 is better since it produces less of a clangy noise and requires slightly more force, even though they have the same switch. I'm thinking that it must be because of the smaller case, w...

Wingklip wrote: ↑Ay my boy. I have the same board but how to use it with soarer's converter? Or are you just using it over usb?

I'm using it with the IBM 5551 PS/55 that it was designed for.

But I have tested it with a modern PC, I just used a generic active adapter that I found in a draw somewhere.

arkanoid wrote: ↑Here you go.

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Fantastic, thank you both!

You could buy MM9 directly from the Tokai website. In both 2007 and 2016, the prices were as follows: MM9-1 20個パック ￥1,500.-(￥1,575.-) MM9-2 20個パック ￥1,400.-(￥1,470.-) MM9-3 10個パック ￥1,100.-(￥1,155.-) MM9-4 10個パック ￥1,300.-(￥1,365.-) Google figures 20個パック is "20 packs", but I assume at that price it's ...

My IBM 5576-001 is missing a keycap, as pictured here: http://i.imgur.com/FHheojV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VRjMJ3J.jpg And I was just wondering: does anyone know a place where I can get custom printed gray keycaps? Or does someone have a replacement they could sell me? I don't know what kanji is suppo...

Ratfink wrote: ↑Really? Your profile says Tokyo.

Yeah, I just moved to Sydney, thanks for reminding me to update my profile.

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DeChief wrote: ↑Please tell me you picked up one of those IBM PS/2 era monitors in the background, I would KILL for a reasonable price on one...

PM me details and I'll take a look when I go back.

I live in Sydney, Australia. You sure you could post a whole monitor to me for less than a trillion dollars? ;P

Sigmoid wrote: ↑Some people couldn't solder if their lives depended on it... Some are using equipment that was probably made for joining stormwater drainpipes together...

I'm probably one of those people, my Hakko gets damn hot.

Please tell me you picked up one of those IBM PS/2 era monitors in the background, I would KILL for a reasonable price on one...

Best in my personal opinion? No idea, I'd have to try them all first. So far Cherry MX are on top, with different colours for different purposes. Rubber dome are at the bottom of the pile, even Topre didn't feel that great to me, though I didn't get much of a try on them. From what I remember buckl...

Definitely vintage collectors, and to some extent, fetishists too; the project revolves around a brand/line of vintage computers after all. The type of switch I use ultimately doesn't matter a whole lot, just as long as it's better than these horrendous stock keyboards (which isn't difficult, any r...

Since the Matias clicky switches are out of stock on their website and I wasn't able to find them elsewhere, I've gone with some Cherry MX blues for now. I'm pretty sure they're clones, but I'll have to wait and see.

Now this is more like it. I was expecting this thread to complete go under, but I'm glad to see some healthy discussion going on. The superiority of the MX switch design doesn't mean they offer the most refines typing experience in all of their different variants. But I have yet to see a modular buc...

Wodan wrote: ↑Aw it's a shame the OP killed the OP.

Dudebro ... don't surf the hype ... make Cherry great again!

Well what point is there asking what I was originally asking when it was entirely shot down by every reply so far? Quite disappointing.

@DeChief, as Ratfink suggests, you should probably research switch types yourself (and possibly purchase a switch tester) and make a decision based on your own personal preferences instead of just getting whatever people have the "highest praise" for. The thing is, this project will probably eventu...

Or, you know, you could search around the web yourself instead of making us do your work for you. :| :roll: :? Hey, are you implying that I'm lazy?! :x :x :x Well you wouldn't be far from the truth... :lol: But really, the purpose of this thread is to find out directly from you guys what the genera...

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I've been told to just go with Cherry switches.

Edit: The general topic is about which switches are "the best" in your personal opinion, and which would be best for a commercial product that I'm working on.

...and I saw some interesting things. Over near the mainframe terminals and mag tape drives there was this giant kanji keyboard. The guy said that to select which kanji you wanted to type, you would have to use the numeric keypad to the left upon pressing the kanji key (his English wasn't great so I...

Wow, could they be the mysterious Omron B3G switches? I've never as much as seen a picture of them =o . I just noticed they were Omron switches after looking more closely. They do kind of look like the drawing in the Japanese spec sheet in the wiki. That would be exciting! EDIT: I think I found wha...