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Hypersphere wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 16:14

You might be able to purchase a 7u spacebar from Matias. Send them an email to ask.

I've just contacted Matias, and they do indeed sell individual caps if you contact them directly! (At least for the spacebar.)

Thanks!

I'm looking for a black 7u spacebar, in whatever mount it may be. Specifically, I'm looking for a black Alps Electric-made black spacebar, but I've only known a single board that comes with it, and I don't have enough money to actually obtain such a set just for a spacebar, so that's out of the ques...

I just noticed that that the connector's pins are so bent! Otherwise, this is a great restoration! Love how IBM boards clean up so well.

Bump... the board still doesn't work.

Lbibass wrote: ↑

22 Feb 2019, 14:44

Quite a nice set! Too bad about there being no homing keys. How are the Hirose Clears in there?

They are so nice! Extremely smooth, a nice sound to boot because of the stem. Feels very comfortable to type on too because of the light progressive springs. They're awesome.

Technically an OG Cherry JP Dyesub set... these are Hirose JP Dyesub keycaps!


It's a beaut.

I've reassembled the board, with all of the bolts and the foam removed. It still doesn't work.

So, I received a Model F AT a couple days ago. My first buckling springs keyboard! Looks great, feels great. Love this thing. (I'll get a better picture of this thing when it actually works. :) ) https://i.imgur.com/13rt29A.jpg The one problem though is that none of the "switches" work. The lock lig...

Very nice! Though please retrobright the 8 keycap so that it'll blend with the rest. Otherwise, perfect! Nice job!

Are the keycaps completely white or are they beige? They look really nice! Good job on the pictures!

Myoth wrote: ↑

17 Feb 2019, 21:47

snacksthecat wrote: ↑

17 Feb 2019, 21:25

Petition to rename this little guy as the PingMini

it should be called pingsaver !

Pingsaver's already taken though.

Good luck finding the Pingmaster btw! I have one but I don't wanna sell it.

I have a pretty incomplete set of an M0118, missing Ctrl, a shift, and a \| key that's next to the ISO enter. I'm not sure what you are looking for specifically, but if you're still interested, just PM me. I'm also im the US.

Keycaps with interchangeable stems... why is this not a thing yet? Getting them hand-aligned with the required submillimetrical position (so as they wouldn't look "crooked") would be a pain in the ass for most people (and downright impossible for gits with thick, clumsy fingers, like myself). Perha...

Keycaps with interchangeable stems... why is this not a thing yet?

abrahamstechnology wrote: ↑

23 Jan 2019, 02:17

What Alps (or clones) are these?

Seems like plain old Yellow Alps to me. I believe some of them can come without the LED cutout.

I brought home the Micro Switch board (it's really a word processor) and a bunch of Model Ms. Photos if and when the kids give me a break... Hey, I'll take 1 of those Ms if you have too much ;) ..., there were a bunch of PS/1, PC XT, 286 and 386 systems of various generations. I may go back some ti...

I brought home the Micro Switch board (it's really a word processor) and a bunch of Model Ms. Photos if and when the kids give me a break... Hey, I'll take 1 of those Ms if you have too much ;) ..., there were a bunch of PS/1, PC XT, 286 and 386 systems of various generations. I may go back some ti...

But... does it work? Nice pictures.

You can do whatever you want with these 2 pics I took when I made a craigslist deal of a 5140 at school lol. They aren't great quality pictures, but I hope that somebody can out them into use somehow.

my Monterey dome with slider board also came with a 1.25u Esc key... what a weird board

matt3o wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2019, 08:29

mcmaxmcmc wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2019, 05:15

Do we have a way to find out the source of the pictures in the background still?

not from a Jedi.

*cough* Somebody should make that a thing. *cough*

Wow, these are great finds! Congrats to all of you.

Do we have a way to find out the source of the pictures in the background still?

Man, I wish I could've been there! It seems so fun to just dig and loot stuff. Too bad I'm in northern California. Wish the best of luck to everyone who's going! (someone get me a Model M/F if there's one from the pile for shipping price pls)

PM on a quote on a single 7x Screw-in stab.

I just have a small hunch it's an electrolytic capacitor giving up or disconnected. I'd say to check them, but of course, check the others too.

I just discovered that my ancient Harman/Kardon amp has a legendary Alps Black Beauty potentiometer inside. I always wondered why its volume knob felt superior to anything else. It's such a silky smooth and perfectly dampened knob action... Now I know that not only Alps keyboard switches, but also ...

TinLethax wrote: ↑Cool Caps ,Where can I get this in Thailand. I'm Thai people.

Honestly, just ask around in Thai keyboard communities. (I got mine from an FB group.) They are't very common though, so it'll take a while to get a hit. You can also go find them in the many e-dumps that exists there.

Bump. At this point I'm just looking for the R5 Arrow keys.

I'd like to make an NKRO keyboard in whatever ways I can; what are the ways to achieve this? I heard that USB has some limitations, but I don't know much about that. I know the fact that I'd need diodes for the matrix, but that's all I really know and I feel like there's more to that.