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by Rezene
07 Dec 2022, 15:44
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: scored some model ms
Replies: 13
Views: 2429

Re: scored some model ms

I second the suggestion that a thorough cleaning and a bolt mod will likely solve your "feel" problems. Do late model m's with a plastic barrel plate not feel worse than early m's? All the keys feel consistent its just consistently average. Compared to one from 1988 at my school all the keys are le...
by Rezene
07 Dec 2022, 15:38
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: scored some model ms
Replies: 13
Views: 2429

Re: scored some model ms

I second the suggestion that a thorough cleaning and a bolt mod will likely solve your "feel" problems. Do late model m's with a plastic barrel plate not feel worse than early m's? All the keys feel consistent its just consistently average. Compared to one from 1988 at my school all the keys are le...
by Rezene
07 Dec 2022, 15:29
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: scored some model ms
Replies: 13
Views: 2429

Re: scored some model ms

You should be able to grab a 7/32" deep socket on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=7%2F32%22+deep+socket&crid=3APU6QCBIJZP1&sprefix=7%2F32+deep+socket+%2Caps%2C327&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 You may also want to look into bolt/screwing modding too if your having issues with your keys i have the tools to op...
by Rezene
07 Dec 2022, 15:27
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: scored some model ms
Replies: 13
Views: 2429

Re: scored some model ms

ArtyomTheMetroHopper wrote:
07 Dec 2022, 15:21
Damn your lucky! You thinking of keeping the boards or perhaps selling one off?
i will not be selling them
by Rezene
07 Dec 2022, 15:12
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: scored some model ms
Replies: 13
Views: 2429

scored some model ms

my friend found these at her job in storage. She got them all for free ;) they are all pretty late model ms, from 97,99,02 respectively. Because of that they don't feel too good so im thinking about swapping an older keyboard module into one of the industrial cases. Is this easy to do? The two indus...
by Rezene
15 Oct 2022, 13:28
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Making a 65% Pingmaster?
Replies: 2
Views: 3320

Making a 65% Pingmaster?

I got this idea after seeing the vortex pc66, and noticing it is very similar in case design and size to the pingmaster. large_9217_large_VTK68KEGUSZ9P_main.png Basically my idea is to cut the plate of the pingmaster down to the main 65% section, put that in this case, and handwire a replacement for...
by Rezene
15 Oct 2022, 13:09
Forum: Want to buy
Topic: [WTB][UK-EU] IBM F XT
Replies: 22
Views: 9229

Re: [WTB][UK-EU] IBM F XT

make ` ~ return What? Do you have a picture? This makes no sense to me. :) I hope im understanding what you mean properly, basically just the `~ key is where the enter key typically is on ANSI so my muscle memory was reaching for that key instead of enter. So i just remapped it to enter so now i ca...
by Rezene
12 Oct 2022, 13:49
Forum: Want to buy
Topic: [WTB][UK-EU] IBM F XT
Replies: 22
Views: 9229

Re: [WTB][UK-EU] IBM F XT

Ive dailied a f xt for about 3 years, and it was no issue. Simply bind backslash to windows, asterix or caps lock for function, make ` ~ return, and i type just like any ansi board
by Rezene
12 Oct 2022, 03:38
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142614

Re: Alps Appreciation

Taking apart my pingmaster thought you guys would like this pic :D
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by Rezene
30 Sep 2022, 17:36
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Remapping > < key on Omnikey Ultra T
Replies: 1
Views: 592

Remapping > < key on Omnikey Ultra T

I am trying to make it so the dedicated greater than less than key is remapped to super, but when I check the scancodes all it is doing is pressing the comma or period key, and pressing shift. This makes me think its not possible to remap it? I am using a soarers converter and have never remapped ke...
by Rezene
16 Jul 2021, 22:50
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8669
Views: 3800714

Re: F62+F77 orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

Are there any plans to close orders for these keyboards? I don't have the finances to get one right now but would hate if a couple months from now they are no longer available for purchase.
by Rezene
03 Mar 2020, 03:01
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26262
Views: 8606195

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Honeywell-Micro-Switch-mechanical-keyboard-from-80-s/164107817764?hash=item2635969324:g:pU0AAOSwTrZeXaIZ that is pretty neat, would be an awesome conversion job does that use honeywell hall effect? I've been wanting to convert an old magnitic reed or hall effect or anything...
by Rezene
27 Feb 2020, 20:24
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26262
Views: 8606195

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

As someone who knows nothing about super old machines, is that possible to be converted? How old is it?
by Rezene
28 Jan 2020, 20:06
Forum: Marketplace Help
Topic: Price Check: How much is my _____ worth?
Replies: 4744
Views: 1323362

Re: Price Check: How much is my _____ worth?

How much would a board with fugitsu magnetic reeds cost? I don't care what board just one not in trashed condition.
by Rezene
17 Dec 2019, 14:09
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Typing Demo XL - Light Strike Libra linear (Razer Huntsman TE)
Replies: 3
Views: 1289

Re: Typing Demo XL - Light Strike Libra linear (Razer Huntsman TE)

They ruined this keyboard with such high actuation a shame.
by Rezene
16 Dec 2019, 16:21
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Fixing Omnikey Ultra
Replies: 4
Views: 1524

Re: Fixing Omnikey Ultra

Did you just take apart the switch tops or did you desolder them? Beside suspected coffee in this instance, old keyboards often have *lots* of rosin flux on the bottom, I've seen this on both AEK IIs and AT101s, wouldn't be surprised old Focus boards have the same. Is this a single layer and single...
by Rezene
15 Dec 2019, 19:17
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Fixing Omnikey Ultra
Replies: 4
Views: 1524

Fixing Omnikey Ultra

I just bought an Omnikey Ultra T and it was in way worse condition internally than I expected. The switches were pretty much unusable, but I cleaned those up and they feel pretty nice. I have nos ones coming in so I'm not too worried about them. What I am worried about is that I'm pretty sure coffee...
by Rezene
08 Dec 2019, 19:26
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500965

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

I thought about it because I'm looking for a white alps board and that one is pretty clean, but I think I'd prefer to get something like an omnikey Omnikeys are very good... Look for a good copy with Alps Pine white switches, the later models had Bamboo switches and I saw even one with simplified A...
by Rezene
08 Dec 2019, 07:49
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500965

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Polecat wrote:
08 Dec 2019, 07:05
Probably not a bad deal still. That one's from around 1990 or 1991, fairly early in the white Alps timeline.
I thought about it because I'm looking for a white alps board and that one is pretty clean, but I think I'd prefer to get something like an omnikey
by Rezene
08 Dec 2019, 06:55
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500965

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Polecat wrote:
08 Dec 2019, 06:13
No pictures with a keycap off, but it's now listed as having "Alps SKCM White switches".
yea I messaged him and he said that he didn't realize it had white alps and updated the listing. Apparently someone else bought it before that and he canceled the order or something
by Rezene
08 Dec 2019, 01:01
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Can you put a model f xt into a bigfoot case?
Replies: 10
Views: 2537

Re: Can you put a model f xt into a bigfoot case?

Fair enough! All things considered, you're simply missing out on higher feet, terminal-style keycap legends that you could source elsewhere (a few of them are the same as battleship/battlecruiser keycaps, with battlecruisers currently decently priced around £69-89 here in the UK), and a built in pa...
by Rezene
08 Dec 2019, 00:12
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Can you put a model f xt into a bigfoot case?
Replies: 10
Views: 2537

Re: Can you put a model f xt into a bigfoot case?

I guess I'll have to find a bigfoot case eventually. I don't think I could ever use it a daily driver and I can't spend full price for a novelty that I would need to spend more time on converting. So just using my old xt board seems perfect.
by Rezene
07 Dec 2019, 21:59
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500965

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

The seller of this keyboard claims that it has blue alps with no proof. Is there any way to tell if its white or blue? I have over 300 Focus boards in my database, and by the serial number that one is well into white Alps territory. That isn't "proof", but it's very unlikely to have blue Alps unles...
by Rezene
07 Dec 2019, 21:33
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500965

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

The seller of this keyboard claims that it has blue alps with no proof. Is there any way to tell if its white or blue?
by Rezene
06 Dec 2019, 12:53
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Can you put a model f xt into a bigfoot case?
Replies: 10
Views: 2537

Can you put a model f xt into a bigfoot case?

I saw someone selling just the case of a bigfoot for whatever reason and it got me wondering if you could buy both cases and swap them around depending on what you wanted at the time
by Rezene
06 Dec 2019, 04:22
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142614

Re: Alps Appreciation

ppCircle wrote:
05 Dec 2019, 20:50
Well, i got today fk-747 with polish sub legends :D

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More photos: https://imgur.com/a/uxBlQ6n
Old focus boards look so good
by Rezene
05 Dec 2019, 19:20
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142614

Re: Alps Appreciation

How rare/expensive are focus fk 2001's in black? I think that they look absolutely amazing and I want one. I made mine a few months back from a black FK-2002 and a beige FK-2001 with blue Alps switches: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=22072 I bought the black 2002 new almost thirty yea...
by Rezene
04 Dec 2019, 20:11
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142614

Re: Alps Appreciation

How rare/expensive are focus fk 2001's in black? I think that they look absolutely amazing and I want one.
by Rezene
30 Nov 2019, 02:46
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Why no more clickleaf switches?
Replies: 11
Views: 3099

Re: Why no more clickleaf switches?

if it's reliable and feels good then I don't see how a switch design could be flawed. SKCM does those two criteria pretty well imo.
by Rezene
28 Nov 2019, 22:22
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142614

Re: Alps Appreciation

How do zealios compare to alps tactitltiy and smoothness? I'm thinking about building a board and wanted to know if they would be disappointing compared to orange alps. Reddit seems to like them a lot but I feel like thats just compared to other mx style switches.

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