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I've seen boards like that come with blue alps - but it honestly could be anything. hard to see cap profile at that angle. The seller responded and said that it was a uncommon clone board and it feels cheap but clicky, whatever that means. He won't remove a keycap edit: he came through it was futab...

The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else that it could be however. The case is a different shape, so I don't think it's that board you are mentioning. https://imgur.com/a/S2d5OkQ is a...

The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else that it could be however. The case is a different shape, so I don't think it's that board you are mentioning. https://imgur.com/a/S2d5OkQ is a...

https://deskthority.net/wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though. The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else ...

https://deskthority.net/wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though. can you remove badges from omnikeys? Thats what I thought aswell but I don't see any badges and they are pretty distinct You can sorta see the outline where ...

Dingster wrote: ↑

10 Jul 2019, 16:26

wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though.

can you remove badges from omnikeys? Thats what I thought aswell but I don't see any badges and they are pretty distinct

Someone on facebook marketplace is selling this lot of keyboards and I was wondering what packard bell keyboard is to the right of the omnikey and the yellowed one and the one to the right of that one. He did not give any other information.

So early white alps are practically the same thing as blue alps? Is that universal for all keyboards or just omnikeys. It's actually much more, uh, complicated than that. The simple version would more accurately be that late blue Alps sound and feel the same, or nearly the same as very early white ...

I think that that layout would be so nice to use because I like having dedicated arrow keys, but I don't need function keys or a numpad. I also like that it is separated in a block something that you don't get with 65 percents, or at least not with anything that I have seen.

I hope I'm not breaking any rules because I don't really know how the ebay tab works but I saw this and did not buy it and was wondering if I made a mistake or not. it was this https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173958361440. What's the chances that thi...

I hope I'm not breaking any rules because I don't really know how the ebay tab works but I saw this and did not buy it and was wondering if I made a mistake or not. it was this https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173958361440. What's the chances that this...

That is a crazy find. My favorite model f layout and layout in general. I don't mind dropping the F keys but having a nav cluster or numpad on the right is great without taking up much space. Reminds me of a tkl at layout or something even if that makes no sense

I bought another xt off of ebay that I got really lucky with and it has prestine foam. I cant say if it is just that or the lack of rust/cleaner in general, but it feels much smoother and the tactility is much more pronounced. typing on the board with no foam feels almost linear. The sound is much m...

Can't you get any board with an at layout? Does it have to be modern

You put floss in the springs of your board and it reduces the pinging. it's not the same as what you did

AJM wrote: ↑

20 Jun 2019, 13:59

Rezene wrote: ↑

20 Jun 2019, 01:07

I'm sure that atleast the top case was re painted. the thing for the feet wire is white....

Well, it should be white. I have never seen one in grey, till now.

That's weird. I figured they were are grey but with a sample size of one that probably wasn't very sound

There was a couple of small scratches on both sides of the clip it was maybe opened but i'm not sure. I made a typing test here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQoBGNrdl2w it sounds very similar to my board that had no foam maybe a little more bassier.

I'm sure that atleast the top case was re painted. the thing for the feet wire is white. How do you know for sure that someone didn't put new foam in? is there some give away that it is original foam?

You got really lucky with that. I've seen a few examples of good foam, in fact, this new old stock IBM 5155 Model F XT has pristine foam in it. ;) This has deliciously thick, yet slightly fuzzy legends btw. It also has a pleasant new old plastic smell which is fading the more I use it. :( Enjoy you...

That's not new foam, you are just very lucky that the foam has kept well over the years. The stuff US Models F use seems to hold up much better than the white-skinned foam in all three UK Models F XT I have opened, which was completely disintegrated in each of them. That is also not a second layer ...

I bought this off of eBay for 60 bucks and shipping because I thought it was too good of a deal not to and I was in a spending mood. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Model-F-Personal-Computer-Mechanical-Clicky-Keyboard-XT/173932478857?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 It...

This is one of the sets I received. Not cleaned or anything. https://i.imgur.com/J8JtPx0.jpg I may be a little biased but sharp and clean lettering on f's looks super nice. In my experience with the US models, the lettering is quite thick and bold - but slightly fuzzy. Slightly. The UK ones appear ...

Just how clean are the legends on those XT modules? only issue with mine is the "smudged" legends, although an unused module certainly wouldn't hurt. This is one of the sets I received. Not cleaned or anything. https://i.imgur.com/J8JtPx0.jpg I may be a little biased but sharp and clean lettering o...

I can't think of another reason why the boards feel like shit after putting them together. I'm going to assume the hammering apart and hammering back into place is what's possibly bending the metal and intorducing an inconsistent feel to the board. It's driving me nuts. It wasn't as bad on the firs...

I have no foam on one of my Model Fs. The keyboard works and sounds great. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21888&p=444524&hilit=model+f+xt+restoration#p444524 When compared to the another Model F I own, that does have a foam, the sound on the one without a foam is slightly more pingy. P...

Foam is extremely important. Every Model F is different in terms of feel and sound, but generally you can tell straight away when the foam is bad. Several UK Model F XTs I've bought all had a type of foam with a white "skin" on one side, but this variety always disintegrates with age. With two of t...

The main purpose of the foam is to stop the key barrels from wobbling because if they wobble the flippers can become dislodged meaning you will lose the click and the switches will stop functioning. I would just make a new mat its really easy. get some 3mm neoprene foam and some leather hole punche...

I just spent the good part of the day restoring my model f xt. I took it apart and the foam was terrible. Super sticky and barely even there. I took it out and cleaned everything off, the only problem was that I don't have any spare foam so I tried to do it without any foam and see what happened. Wh...

That IBM board is crazy! is that the first documented one?

Taking off that protective film is the most satisfying finale of every keyboard restoration. Only once it happened to me that a little bit of the print got off together with the film. (Maybe warming it up with a hair dryer could have prevented that?) it was not satisfying at all. The film was stuck...