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AT101 Alps profile. For stabs, MX mount/Matias are probably the best option. I will have to do more research on that, and ask around to see if there are any other choices. Edit: Alps mount looks like the way to go. It will have to be determined by where the keycaps go, and if they are going to be a...

Model F Battleship for great and totally reasonable price of $2500. Shipping not included. https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-model-F-122-FULLY-restored-new-foam-soarers-converter-ANSI-mod-EXTRAS/324050800899?hash=item4b72eed103:g:wAUAAOSwTz1eKTtS Man i need to sell my fully restored backup battleship wi...

Dark mods would be nice also.

I highly doubt that the unicomp SSK will eat into original SSK that much , with normies or people with far too much money on eBay yeh sure , but true collectors and experts will still want the original and will be willing to pay a fair price for it. Normies cannot tell the difference and could not g...

Findecanor wrote: ↑

21 Jan 2020, 08:01

For the MX switches, though, the company is now raising its guarantee from 50 million keystrokes (which was already a lot) to 100 million

Honeywell disagree , there hall effect switches had a MTBF of 30 billion !

https://imgur.com/7tJ8Z70 this mine,brand new.. That... is HOT ! I have one that almost new and also a re-brand that is yellow but switches are mint as it had a sealed rubber coating over it. A PCE is such a good board, high quality case , nice smooth old cherry blacks and a good modern layout. Its...

Ok, thanks for the heads up, I'll clean them by hand then! Just dust them out with a compressor or a can of compressed air first. Put em back together and see how they feel. If they are then smooth you can work on other things, like fixing inconsistent click or none registering keys. Any liquid or ...

That is amazing. That thing is just built to insane standards, we simply do not get anything made to that standard any more.

I'll take the dust on them as excuse to finally buy an ultrasonic cleaner! Don't ultrasonic them unless you have to. Always dust out alps with compressed air first and see how they are then before you go down the cleaning rabbit hole. There is some secret sauce dry lube on older alps that you will ...

cookie wrote: ↑

16 Jan 2020, 16:41

True, but let's be honest. PFU dropped the ball this time.

PFU Coasting on previous success and not innovating or keeping with the times.

Also known as "Doing an Intel"

That mouse looks odd. I have a rollermouse red plus and love it to bits , but i would never use it for cad work. When i need a mouse ( games etc) i use a Ducky Secret. Its very well built , had a very nice sensor and all settings can be changed from the mouse itself , no silly software. It does have...

Thats an old M! I am keeping an eye out for my birthday M but its only about a year and a bit younger than that one.

Just out of interest, does anybody game on their Alps keyboards as well? Or would it wear out the switches way too fast? It will be fine! IMO alps are not fragile , they just wear super fast if used dirty. And anyway, keyboards are built to be used, dont be like them car collectors who wrap there c...

Anything that stems the tide of shitty cheap rubber domes (then dont even try to make half decent domes anymore) is good in my book.

Also i think i am going to call them , cherry Acer , oooo or cherry MA yeh ! Cherry MA it is

Glad you found it .

I was tempted to send off the card on my beamspring , see what came back.

I cannot see your image . Can you please provide a link.

We just need a proper bottom row , none of this small space bar 4 keys on the right modern crap.

1.5x mods with 1x winkey

If the TKLs are anything like the full sized boards: we'll still have a cult following of the original, higher quality, non scratchy originals, with smoother switches and reasonable bottom rows. I'm unimpressed with Unicomp's current offerings and will always prefer a 1987 Model M to a modern Unico...

Was this a scam then? This thread is very old and no one has what they paid for Doubt that its a scam , Muirium is an active member of the community for a long time. I had my stuff ages ago but then Muirium had a family issue and had to take some time away. He is back recently so i would send him a...

JBert wrote: ↑

09 Jan 2020, 14:21

I didn't know such stations needed compressed air though, I would have thought everything was integrated in the base station.

That metcal does , some like the ebay one have a pump built in.

I would say you need to try to get some physical prototypes first (3d printed would be not ideal but should be fine to show the concept). People always respond better to a thing they can see rather than a promise to make something. Don't make the video too flashy , it just looks like your getting so...

Has anyone tried to polish the side of a alps slider ? To get rid of any roughness or scratchiness that results form wear ?

Honestly , if your doing keyboard work even semi regularly you want a proper air pump or compressor operated desoldering station. I have an ancient weller system that i use and its pritty good altho the hand piece has had its day and needs fixing. In an ideal world you would go for something like th...

I have some z150's (which is the AT layout) and aek ii's (and other older apple keyboards), magnavox video writer (basically hhkb layout), and one dell at101, and one sgi Bigfoot (basically an at101) Interested? You don't happen to have the case of that SGI do you ? If so is it in good condition ? ...

Celsius obviously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nobody in their right mind uses Fahrenheit (whatever that is!!!!!!!!!!). People also insist on using middle endian dates! 1st of June 2020 is ether 01/06/2020 or 2020/06/01, what the hell is 06/01/2020 who came up with that insanity? But then again , people also ins...

Alps support ?

Not a huge amount you can do if the switches are worn . If they are dirty you can clean them. Follow the guide on a few switches and see if it improves things .

An ultrasonic is a bit drastic at this point , dust a few switches out first and see how you get on.

Would love to know how your lube worked .

They should not feel scratchy or sound scratchy. They feel less ..... floaty than linearised blacks ( as in you can feel the slider unlike lmod blacks that feel like they are in mid air ), they should be buttery smooth. Check out this fantastic guide to see if you can restore them https://www.youtub...

I received a big series switch as well as all the kit to get it up and running ! It is pretty awesome ! Lots of snacks too , the butter ones where nice and some looked home made , they where awesome ! The others where too! IMG_20191229_182351.jpg Hey I think your this year's Santa was my last year'...