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It's best to take the logo out with a toothpick before doing the retrobrite.

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wobbled wrote: 01 Jun 2025, 01:29 Bruh wtf happened lol, why is this gap so jaggedy and well, big…IMG_3538.jpeg

Thomas' review units also have a big gap under the function key row. I can't stop noticing it in his review.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yzcEtwSFz9I

Someone put a black IBM sticker over the original inset metal IBM personal computer badge. If you look closely, the black sticker is crooked. The left edge is slightly lower than the right. Check if the black sticker is flush with the silver badge.

He'll likely do what Kickstarter did. Let buyers know the increased cost due to tariffs and allow them to cancel the order if they don't want to pay it.

https://updates.kickstarter.com/first-l ... f-manager/

With a keyboard that is this damaged, it is unreasonable to expect a customer to tear apart their whole keyboard, examine each piece and reassemble them. Not many people have the time, patience and skill to do this. Even if they could, they might not be able to differentiate between a good part and ...

Slim chance, but anyone know what this is? I can't find anything on the brand, and the keyboard looks very generic. Seller doesn't know anything so can't help me. I'm expecting it to be rubber dome.

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EDIT: the seller sent me this, looks like some kind of white ALPS variant?

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kbdfr wrote: 05 Mar 2025, 08:27 Registering with DT obviously works again, somebody must have fixed that.
Whoever that was, thanks

But you have to deal with spammers again.

It looks like the "View quoted post" button recently changed to use Font Awesome.

See this quote for example.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250115054802/https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=45&p=521801&sid=0a3a9995c054194d340fc4168ea01abc#p521801

The javascript assets version went from 45 to 52 ...

I just wonder if materials used in modern products (of course not only keyboards) are still good enough.


Rubber domes in the early 2000s and now are still using pretty much the same materials. The design is already so optimized there is not much more that can be taken out.


I mean repeated ...

DMA wrote: 31 Jan 2025, 08:30 Not sure if I should preserve those first prototypes for some museum - or even for the future shop LOL. "One in Stock! Brand New in Box FSF Barrel And Flipper Prototypes, part 101 or 102"

Please don't take that page from Ellipse's playbook.

Six millions isn't a bad number but still far from 50 millions to 100 millions. I don't trust those Kailh claims anymore.

I do like mechanical keyboards and will probably buy another one again but a cheap Microsoft where I completely brushed off F J homing bars and was still performing in an ...

The lifetime count is the average number of presses until the keyswitch no longer actuates. Even if the keyfeel is scratchy, loses the click, or loses the tactile feel.

May I be the first to say congratulations Ellipse for refusing to spend his company's money to purchase this website and letting it be bought out by a couple of bitcoin kids which has led to this outcome! This is the literal hell scenario everyone was worried about and it came to pass.

By the way ...

soyuz wrote: 03 Jan 2025, 11:53 I can tell you what ellipse will say, which is to congratulate you on how ragged your product looks because of his shitty workmanship though.

Not even a $10 off coupon to buy another?

https://old.reddit.com/r/razer/comments ... y_honored/

It's a Compaq monitor and keyboard. The computer is a laptop in a docking station.

https://www.techspot.com/article/2112-compaq/
https://www.muzejzeravica.org/en/item/4505

I believe that "new model f Labs LLC" cannot legally sell in Europe:

it is a company (US LLC)
avoiding legal guarantee obligations (2 years)
avoiding right to return (15 days)



There are cases where the manufacturer's warranty is more limited than the country's consumer laws. In that ...

There is a problem with the bold text ... I am sure that he would expel me out together with some other members.


There is no purpose in banning or censoring members because they can easily go to another keyboard forum such as Geekhack or Keebtalk. This will further diminish the value is buying ...

People are unlikely to purchase something for large sums of money unless they can get significant returns for it. Most hobbyists do not have that much money to spend buying the forum back. This means the only people who would buy the forum are businesses or venture capitalists.

Since Ellipse is ...

There is technically nothing wrong with Ellipse's actions from a legal standpoint. He is within his full right to treat this knowledge as trade secret. However, this behaviour is selfish because after all production runs of the keyboards are done, the molds and machinery will be destroyed. This ...

Is this keycap pink or grey?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326362229988

I didn't know ITW made capacitive leaf switches that look like the ones made by Digitran. I also haven't seen a capacitive variant of the Xerox 820 II keyboard.

The ITW variant has a different key stem and the tip of the metal leaf is embossed.
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/Xerox/820-II.html ...

It's a Wyse ASCII keyboard with custom keycaps.

wiki/Wyse_ASCII

I suspect this is nothing but a repetition of the "black or mid-gray letters on the white screen" arguments I had 20+ years ago with the web developers when I worked at the Green Mud Bank. They could not understand that while mid-gray text might look better when eye-scanning the page as a whole (a ...

depletedvespene wrote: 21 Jun 2024, 19:29 Thing is, they don't know what a REAL "dark mode" is.

Some apps have a dark mode (dark grey) and an AMOLED dark mode (black). Dark grey themes are preferable because grey to grey transitions are faster and less smeary than white to black.

Brother dome and foil.

wiki/Brother_dome_and_foil

It's an IBM 3276 compatible keyboard with Futaba MD switches.
wiki/Futaba_MD_series

There are lots of IBM compatible keyboard that use non-IBM switches such as Honeywell SD and Keytronic foam and foil switches.

There is one right here that has been up for ages.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156097039475

The leaf spring that MY uses for membrane actuation flexes when bottoming out in a way that imparts a very unusual feeling to the key travel. This combined with the difficulty in restoring the switch makes them an unattractive switch all around.


I would also mention the kind of MY switch you ...

Maybe more sellers should try this strategy to get more views.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256424872194
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256423969930
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256424628408
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256424718991

Canon copier keyboard

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204107602951