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Well, I went ahead and bit the bullet, cutting the jumper. And to my surprise, it just completely fixed the problem! The converter now autodetects the board as AT, and everything works properly! It works with a passive converter too. However, the board acts like any other AT board when I force it in...

Update: I've tested it a bunch more. It seems the converter is NOT the problem, since every keyboard besides this one and my Model F AT works flawlessly with it. (I don't know why the F AT doesn't work with it. It works fine with a passive converter.) In case you're not familiar with the Soarer's Co...

I think I’m going to try another soarer’s converter first to see if it even works in XT mode. If that doesn’t work then I’ll have to assume the board is dead. I have one for a 240-degree din plug that I can probably wire up to a regular one.

Your talk about it being an AT board for sure made me question the integrity of the Soarer's converter. Sure enough, I plugged my Model F AT into the converter and it got all sorts of wacky errors no matter what mode I forced, AT or XT. So I guess that converter is dead. :/ Regardless, this keyboar...

I recently found a Datatech SPK-100, which is a relatively unknown blue alps board. It uses a standard 5-pin DIN connector, and the soarer's converter picks it up as XT, which makes sense since there is no AT/XT switch. It does have lock lights though (maybe controlled by the board itself?). Anyway...

I recently found a Datatech SPK-100, which is a relatively unknown blue alps board. It uses a standard 5-pin DIN connector, and the soarer's converter picks it up as XT, which makes sense since there is no AT/XT switch. It does have lock lights though (maybe controlled by the board itself?). Anyway,...

Same. I wasn't really part of the community until early 2015-ish, which was right around the time that chyros was publishing his first videos. Of those, the one which had *by far* the most views was his review of his ridiculously pristine mint KB-101A. :P After that, I and everyone else on the inte...

IIRC, a while ago, a 55g NT with HS went for 250$ on r/mechmarket, including box and all the trimmings; not sure how representative that is, r/mm can be a crap shoot. Just found a Datatech SPK-100 with blue alps! I can't find much information on this specific model, though I saw one go for almost $...

Just found a Datatech SPK-100 with blue alps! I can't find much information on this specific model, though I saw one go for almost $350 on eBay... anyone have any realistic price estimates?

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Hmm. Are those potentially stackpole switches?

It is sad how extravagant eBay prices are these days. People are trying to sell terminal model Ms for upwards of $100...

I guess it's too late now, but there was a listing for an F-122 with blue sublegends. Was it worth the $200 it went for? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-IBM-Model-F-122-w-Rare-Blue-Sublegends-amp-Soarer-039-s-Converter-/253196343676?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=wxnQQmlyYVzuPUsH8hgLBTj2mcA%253D&or...

Holy shit this would be amazing with a set of amber alps. 60% and numpad is a much more intelligent space saving layout than most.

Awesome. How should I arrange the down payment? Make a note in the order?

Beautiful work, Ellipse. I have some questions about the production times if you could answer before the order deadline. I want one of these keyboards, but I'm a bit low on funds right now and would like to wait for a third party review. After May 31st, when is the next time, if at all, orders will ...