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The Lofree Kickstarter campaign actually had something along the lines of: "Gateron Blue clicky switches, to make this keyboard feel and sound like a typewriter". I laughed to convulsions and vomit.

On a side note: I haven't took apart the WheelWriter yet, but the keys feel *a lot* springy, even though that typewriter has been typed on to shreds (the caps are extremely shiny, not a common sight for IBM keycaps, made of the densest PBT known). I believe this is due to the fact that the board is ...

I currently have two Model Ms (regular and 122) and a WheelWriter. Based on these and others, I believe that a high number of broken rivets slows down the return of some keys (they feel less springy). But the sound does not change.

green-squid wrote: ↑You can't respond to that unless you're in the DT club.

Maybe webwit had a reason to post it in the DT Club area...?
Edit: I'm not implying anythig here

Unfortunately, that is precisely the part that will go

Something big is coming my way.

News about the restoration/conversion...?

Very nice Sangdrax, thanks for sharing!

I'll closely follow this restoration. Good luck!

https://www.ebay.it/itm/142726033796
Australian beamer at 100 AUD. Auction's over in 10 minutes. SOMEONE DOWN UNDER GET THIS NOW

Nice work!

This thread is painful.

Ottimo ritrovamento! E, anche se è un po' che lurki, benvenuto!

kbdfr wrote: ↑ Indeed

Yup, I'm one of those

The F is the best for daily use. The beamspring is the keyboard you pull out for one hour on Sunday evening, to write your journal.

The sad thing is that they are, from an entrepreneurial point of view, sitting on a pile of money. I'm not talking only about classical membrane buckling spring switches.

Also, as an option, it is pretty easy to make it yourself. The construction involves getting some Arduino implementation (I used the Leonardo Pro Micro, that costed me 3€ shipped, although it took a month to arrive :D but you could pay more and get it from a local seller) and soldering four contacts...

Slom wrote: ↑Scrolled past this so often, and only now realised that it probably is magnetic reed instead of F&F
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY- ... 2880715246

When you think you've seen every possible arrow cluster arrangement there comes another one.

I really have to start searching for recycling centers and scrappers. Awesome find!

I wanted to make an offer for the industrial black badge German Model M, but later changed my mind.
In the end it went for 145€.

rip

Hmm. What is that beast?

There are strange things afoot in the vintage keyboard arena. I wonder if some new cryptocurrency millionaires are starting to buy keyboards? If I was a conspiracy theorist I'd think that someone is trying to artificially bump up the prices. As we all know, all it takes for prices to skyrocket on e...

derzemel wrote: ↑ something smells fishy here

Very.

It's that the market for mechanical's is expanding DAILY hence the manufacturers aren't stupid to ignore this current situation. Which is ironic, considering that Cherry managers decided to ignore a lot of stuff so far. For example, Chinese clones that qualitatively surpass original Cherry MX switc...

The position and profile of those macro keys makes so that they'd be useful for quite a few applications but absolutely not for gaming.

JP! wrote: ↑
Beamstation prototype:

Spoiler:

I think I should tell my employer that the office does not meet my ergonomic needs therefore I will need to work from home.

beamstation.JPG

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People... Are you waiting for Easter?

See some videos on youtube that says that this keyboard is the best ever so i'm thinking on purchasing the xwhatsis adapter on ebay. This really deserve the trouble ? Well, you have the luck to have one on hand so... You can try it and decide if it's worth it. (The conversion is very easy.) I can't...

https://www.ebay.it/itm/The-Chyron-Infi ... 2500746255

For those who like big boards and cannot lie.