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by digital_matthew
12 Feb 2024, 15:34
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keyboards in movies/TV series!
Replies: 528
Views: 335896

Re: Keyboards in movies/TV series!

Beam spring(?) on MST3K Agent Double 007:
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by digital_matthew
01 Feb 2024, 15:13
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: Future of DT
Replies: 440
Views: 6985008

Re: Future of DT

I was starting to get the shakes...
by digital_matthew
25 Dec 2023, 16:14
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Deskthority Secret Santa 2023 & Photo Thread
Replies: 39
Views: 114395

Re: Deskthority Secret Santa 2023 & Photo Thread

Santa delivered no fewer than four keyboards to my hearth last night: IMG_1820.jpg From bottom to top: IMG_1824.jpg An Apple Extended Keyboard 2. This is the first Apple keyboard I've ever owned. If someone knows of a good ADB to USB converter please let me know as I'd like to put it in my rotation....
by digital_matthew
15 Dec 2023, 15:03
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Deskthority Secret Santa 2023 & Photo Thread
Replies: 39
Views: 114395

Re: Deskthority Secret Santa 2023

It has arrived...
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The box tantalizes me with its heaviness, but I shall be a good lad and wait 'til Christmas morn...
by digital_matthew
12 Dec 2023, 19:09
Forum: Workshop
Topic: 5251 Troubles
Replies: 13
Views: 5954

Re: 5251 Troubles

I managed to plug the keyboard into my laptop without making the computer go nuts. Other USB keyboards work when I plug them into it, but no keys register when I plug in the 5251 (I use Switch Hitter as a diagnostic tool). When I look at Device Manager it recognizes the 5251 as a "HID Compliant Cons...
by digital_matthew
01 Dec 2023, 15:34
Forum: Workshop
Topic: 5251 Troubles
Replies: 13
Views: 5954

Re: 5251 Troubles

I did that, and while it said "Flash Successful" the keyboard is acting even crazier now, to the point where I can't open folders or start programs even if I plug in a working keyboard. I need to shut down and restart in order to have a working computer again :(
by digital_matthew
01 Dec 2023, 02:27
Forum: Workshop
Topic: 5251 Troubles
Replies: 13
Views: 5954

Re: 5251 Troubles

So I followed the steps, but I don't think QMK Toolbox is detecting the keyboard. After several attempts at flashing it says "Flash Complete", but the keyboard is totally unresponsive. I don't think it recognizes the bootloader. (Note the buttons are greyed out, but that's because I plugged in a wor...
by digital_matthew
30 Nov 2023, 20:43
Forum: Workshop
Topic: 5251 Troubles
Replies: 13
Views: 5954

Re: 5251 Troubles

Okay, so I was able to get the keyboard into bootloader mode. At that point do I just export the keymap.json from the QMK configurator link you gave me?
by digital_matthew
30 Nov 2023, 19:36
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Deskthority Secret Santa 2023 & Photo Thread
Replies: 39
Views: 114395

Re: Deskthority Secret Santa 2023

Okay I'm in.
by digital_matthew
29 Nov 2023, 03:54
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keyboards in movies/TV series!
Replies: 528
Views: 335896

Re: Keyboards in movies/TV series!

IBM 3278 in the 1991 martial arts cheese-fest "Tiger Claws":
by digital_matthew
26 Oct 2023, 17:39
Forum: Workshop
Topic: 5251 Troubles
Replies: 13
Views: 5954

Re: 5251 Troubles

PCB tracks coRRRRRRRosion? Could also be breadcrumbs ingress - even very small particles getting under the plate materially lower the levels (although on the beamspring it will likely cause spontaneous keypresses rather than chatter). Ugh. I was afraid of that. I hope it's possible to simply clean ...
by digital_matthew
25 Oct 2023, 18:36
Forum: Workshop
Topic: 5251 Troubles
Replies: 13
Views: 5954

5251 Troubles

Hey all, My 5251 keyboard has been acting up of late. It started out as the R key very intermittently chattering, then the I key would sometimes not register unless I upped the voltage threshold. Now when I plug the keyboard in it seems that all of the keys are on at the same time according to Capse...
by digital_matthew
30 Jun 2023, 14:52
Forum: Workshop
Topic: IBM Model M Screw, Nut and Bolt Mod
Replies: 109
Views: 163743

Re: IBM Model M Screw, Nut and Bolt Mod

For no other reason than I find the nuts easier to work with when I don't have to deal with the barrels themselves. Also the panheads have a smaller diameter than the washers, so there's less chance of the barrel plate cracking when they are tightened.
by digital_matthew
29 Jun 2023, 03:49
Forum: Workshop
Topic: IBM Model M Screw, Nut and Bolt Mod
Replies: 109
Views: 163743

Re: IBM Model M Screw, Nut and Bolt Mod

Between the thinness of the sheet metal and the curvature of the backplate I'm not really sure it would be worth it. Now if somebody could do the flush riveting like they use on airplanes that would be something. For what it's worth I use panhead bolts too, but the heads are on the plastic side of t...
by digital_matthew
25 May 2023, 02:40
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8663
Views: 3792704

Re: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

Hmm, been having some weird behaviour recently and it's just baffled me. Every now and then, a particular key will stop responding at all until the keycap is removed and it's reset, even though everything appears fine. It's always one of the same few keys so far--S, E, 4, left alt; in those areas. ...
by digital_matthew
10 May 2023, 16:02
Forum: Mice & other input devices
Topic: Matias makes a mouse
Replies: 44
Views: 90972

Re: Matias makes a mouse

davkol wrote:
14 Mar 2023, 18:00
Ducky Secret was PBT. Apparently some version is still available.
As a Secret owner I can confirm. It's a good, solid mouse, though the buttons are developing quite a shine, and the insulation on the cord has split. :cry:
by digital_matthew
09 May 2023, 06:20
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 5992831

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

IBM keypad with a very special key indeed... https://www.ebay.com/itm/195751322025?hash=item2d93b021a9:g:8n8AAOSwmWNkWLC9&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4AEUzGP5a92lIhmiRakEdooJ8GCumf4ZpheYO8FQxlOECkokvXlbSSmjZz1S74JGK4WBlxu30KEuIkK0cWB%2BD8r52tz3vNbHd7N4Cu%2Fj6Gr6o0amz7AWdrVlw1Q8HDPN0Ue1jfBe6d1%2BMXdaF6b02lx...
by digital_matthew
05 Jan 2023, 16:38
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Shortening a Model F space bar
Replies: 4
Views: 1784

Re: Shortening a Model F space bar

Just in case fohat's suggestions don't work for you, Model F spacebars are almost always made of PBT. XMIT made a post about gluing PBT caps here:

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by digital_matthew
03 Jan 2023, 20:37
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 5992831

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

IBM Model F122 at a not-terrible price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/134396739441?hash=item1f4aab7f71:g:sNcAAOSwHixjtE1B&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoBHVTddE55h0GJNt0ZZpyJLnMU%2B0H5IooIGqp8%2FIeIFdi7BfKRp9jIXA9%2F9tk8lfl4pInDC7YfgH3WQ%2BRcR9KJluMms5A9aZ0Xei57aYFZ1ri3jOScGNrUr%2F0DQqswb%2BLKcNU9tvK1wPKumJ3LMjwO...
by digital_matthew
28 Dec 2022, 21:08
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Micro Switch 76SD5-3 / SD-16126
Replies: 8
Views: 9495

Re: Micro Switch 76SD5-3 / SD-16126

JP! wrote:
14 Dec 2022, 00:01

It seems this keyboard might be haunted.
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Lol I guess that's one way to hold down something while you paint it.
by digital_matthew
25 Dec 2022, 18:03
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deskthority Secret Santa 2022 and Photo Thread
Replies: 49
Views: 79199

Re: Deskthority Secret Santa 2022 and Photo Thread

Santa was very good to me this year: IMG_1573.jpg Santa sent a note with his loot. He seems to know my keyboard collection well. Since I already have IBM, Alps, and Cherry keyboards, he sent me three keyboards with switches I've never tried, let alone own. IMG_1574.jpg The first is an SMK Monterey s...
by digital_matthew
23 Dec 2022, 20:32
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deskthority Secret Santa 2022 and Photo Thread
Replies: 49
Views: 79199

Re: Deskthority Secret Santa 2022 and Photo Thread

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The box is enticingly large and heavy...
But I will be a good boy and wait until Christmas to open it.
by digital_matthew
02 Dec 2022, 03:50
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Deskthority Secret Santa
Replies: 35
Views: 10885

Re: Deskthority Secret Santa

I'd be game to ship in the U.S.A.
by digital_matthew
08 Nov 2022, 13:17
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 5992831

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

Sub-kilodollar White Whale: https://www.ebay.com/itm/314220415011?hash=item4928ff0823:g:mLoAAOSwTHZjaRQw&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4CelVxuuQ4tR8L%2Ff3nTXZ%2FAXUQJnGo5CoyAyjmmjAybuD4pbQ03q4MkOhWLnSYm%2FpSMVuOgdlmTc8ot3FG0cnmuHQXtlD3z8VQD08s3PByeld2iSXq5w7IpikBA%2FxdjDJswAPOdGF45tI0iHaWi7nUW95KyqIF9FQOzgE9...
by digital_matthew
26 Oct 2022, 02:12
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Retyping Books
Replies: 21
Views: 19491

Re: Retyping Books

I hear it's also a great way to sharpen one's typing skills. I may need to try it myself soon.
by digital_matthew
06 Oct 2022, 01:57
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Here is my Unicomp New Model M with Green Lock Lights
Replies: 3
Views: 2820

Re: Here is my Unicomp New Model M with Green Lock Lights

apastuszak wrote:
05 Oct 2022, 01:06
Anyone know whart that empty socket at U2 is for?
I'm not sure but it may be a diagnostic port.
by digital_matthew
29 Sep 2022, 21:21
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: what is the best keyboard
Replies: 101
Views: 32408

Re: what is the best keyboard

According to Midjourney it's this:
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by digital_matthew
22 Sep 2022, 02:50
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keyboard on a motorcycle, yeah!
Replies: 4
Views: 2740

Re: Keyboard on a motorcycle, yeah!

The babe holding the F XT is about to have a bad day when her shoelace gets stuck in the back wheel.

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