deskthority

Damn it. You could always try sending him a recorded-delivery snail-mail letter if worse comes to worst?

For those interested, here's how they look like inside: http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t529-secret-project-sun-keyboard-mod.html I’m surprised to see that it has a seperate dome for each key, though I suppose that would explain why it doesn’t feel crappy. I’m trying to resist hunting down on...

Has anyone tried contacting him on Geekhack?

That shininess could be due to wear on the caps. Several of the keys on my M–D have a shine but no wearing to the legends. Here are some poor phone-camera photos of the keys: ImageUploadedByTapatalk1342989767.164531.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1342989786.196459.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1342989811.4...

how can i check if its pad printed or dye-sub? In my limited experience, pad-printed legends tend to be shiny, often with a clear border around the character itself, and are ever-so-slightly raised above the surface. You have to run your finger over it to feel it, but it’s definitely there on the o...

If you're in the uk, you can get some good ones from maplins. http://www.maplin.co.uk/stick-on-feet-1840 Those square stick-on feet look ideal, even though they’re not the same shape as the ones being replaced. That said, I think I’ll give Sugru a go and see how it works out — I’m pretty intrigued ...

At least on my Alcatel one the legends are too sharp to be dye subbed, and too black to be lasered. They definitely aren't doubleshots, and I think the surface is coated. I still think they are pad printed. I just checked the McDonnell–Douglas I have side-by-side with my Model M, and I’m certain it...

Grond wrote:The case also don't look too good to me.

Is that a polite way of saying it looks like shit?

That’s a good idea. I don’t think a thread is the best place to keep that sort of information, but a section/subcategory in the wiki would be close to ideal.

Thanks for the replies. I think that Sugru might actually be perfect, and I’d also have enough left over to fix my broken iMate and a couple of USB cables that are coming apart. I hadn’t heard of it before, but it looks great.

How much is a black UK ISO Dell AT102W in good condition but with a few worn legends (Ctrl, shift, some on the home row) worth? The switches are all nice and smooth and in good condition.

I have an original AEK on which a couple of the ‘feet’ have come off entirely.  The two that are left are in a bad way. As such, it has a tendency move around slightly when typing. Any recommendations on what I should use to replace the feet?  Blu-Tack would work, but seems less than ideal. Edit: I ...

I've seen these keyboards with various brandings. Sometime ago somebody posted about a thread about some McDonnell Douglas branded ones with Blue ALPS ( here it is ), and I own an Alcatel branded one with complicated ALPS. I still wonder about the Keycaps. My guess would be pad printed ABS. I’m no ...

...you could have ALL the geekhack you want and NOT have to be logged into deskthority? What would you say to that, hmm? :) “Thank God. You can now all return to Geekhack and resume ripping each other off for little pieces of plastic in your own space”. I’d also say, “Please delete my Geekhack acco...

Depends on how the remapping is done. There are two sources for KRO issues. The matrix and the USB standard. Maybe more that I don't know about. :) If the remapping is done in software the key that is being sent is still capslock and not control so the translation is done AFTER the bottleneck so it...

Soarer wrote:No... it is counted.

Damn it.

When Control is remapped to the Capslock key is it counted as one key, or does it retain its special status as an uncounted keypress?

Am I correct in presuming that the Capslock key — like shift, Control, and Alt — is *not* counted towards a keyboard’s xKRO value? Testing leads me to believe it’s not, but I’d like to be sure.

hmm ok, guess I'll try it again later with some solderwick. I've got a desoldering pump but that didn't take all the soldering away. Solderwick is one of those things that seems like magic: hold it on top of the joint, apply heat, and watch it soak up the solder. It’s more expensive than using a so...

I have done some desoldering with alps. It's easy, and I would not recommend you to open the switches up instead of desoldering. Getting the switches together again is a pain in the ass. I second that. I’ve desoldered several hundred ALPS switches from various AEKIIs and a McDonnell–Douglas, and it...

TexasFlood wrote: C64X

Sad to see that the accursed Capslock has usurped Control from its rightful place next to the home row.

It's a keyboard.. make it much more different and people will find it too special and it won't sell. True, but do we really need fifteen only-slightly-different 80-something-key keyboards? I get the feeling that the manufacturers aren’t interested in innovating so much as making as many quick bucks...

You could try an Apple Extended Keyboard (I or II) Both great keyboards (I use an AEKI myself, having graduated from an AEKII just recently), and available quite cheaply these days. They are somewhat limited by the necessity of having a ABD–USB adaptor, like the Griffin iMate, but the investment is...

It's a keyboard.. make it much more different and people will find it too special and it won't sell. True, but do we really need fifteen only-slightly-different 80-something-key keyboards? I get the feeling that the manufacturers aren’t interested in innovating so much as making as many quick bucks...

No recommendation of a classic Buckling Spring keyboard?

I haven’t done it, because I realised any reply I sent would be saved to /dev/null, but being able to *would* be handy. When I still had Facebook, a significant percentage of my interaction with people was done via my email client; their “reply to this email to comment” function was really handy. Th...

Nah, I'm not. I was already leaving this thread but just wanted to nitpick a bit when people didn't give any arguments, you know... webwit, for example, has given very good and insightful answers which are probably very true. But anyway, I've gotten my answers, will give the Topres another try once...

Maybe the Demongolator took them?

And some of us simply put the Mont Blanc rollerball refill inside a Pilot G2 and have the same writing experience. Just depends on what matters most to you, the experience in using a particular product, or the knowledge that you possess the "best" of that product category. I’m not at all sure that’...

I’m far from a CAD expert, but this looks like a dreadful input device for technical drawing. Waving your arms in the air — no matter how precise the tracking is — will never be as precise as mouse or Wacom-like tablet. There’s a reason draughting was historically done on an angled drawing board rat...

nathanak21 wrote:like I said in that thread, sorry, im new here, im only 13, and its been a rough couple days for me

I apologise for snapping in that case. We’ve had an influx of people recently who don’t give a damn about this forum’s etiquette, and I wrongly assumed you were one of them.