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- 29 Mar 2020, 18:59
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Have these keyboards vintage black switches?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1255
Re: Have these keyboards vintage black switches?
Czech-made Cherry boards are relatively recent, so the C will mean 2016. (Plus it's got the recent logo, USB etc.)
- 04 Mar 2020, 11:55
- Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
- Topic: unitech k959
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12076
Re: unitech k959
It looks a lot like the "Katano" switch.
- 01 Feb 2020, 00:57
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Need help programming some Tipro keypads
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2527
Re: Need help programming some Tipro keypads
I've been giving this another look. Thanks everyone for all the info in this thread before. I've been keeping an eye out for a larger MID device which might help get these keypads up and running, and this kind of thing looks promising. I'm wondering though, do all larger Tipro units have a controlle...
- 16 Dec 2019, 10:55
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Proto-Topre infomation collection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7324
Re: Proto-Topre infomation collection
Assuming you're only talking about the Brother design, there's already a page for the capacitive version here.
I submitted that one image on the page. Come to think of it, if that typewriter with the similar caps that you have isn't the capacitive version, that one could be a different version too.
I submitted that one image on the page. Come to think of it, if that typewriter with the similar caps that you have isn't the capacitive version, that one could be a different version too.
- 26 Nov 2019, 23:59
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Need help programming some Tipro keypads
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2527
Re: Need help programming some Tipro keypads
Well, I'm not there yet, but I've got some progress. Turns out the reason the keypad wasn't sending anything on XP was because ChangeMe deactivates the connection or something. At startup, it works ok. I tried MIDWIN (only needed disk1 to install so I didn't need to get hold of a blank floppy) and t...
- 25 Nov 2019, 21:13
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Need help programming some Tipro keypads
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2527
Need help programming some Tipro keypads
I picked up two Tipro keypads a while ago and just got together all the stuff needed to program them... or so I thought. They're two of the same type - MID-KM032MAA. I made a cable to connect them following this wiki page , and have that plugged into the PS/2 port of a computer running Windows XP 32...
- 22 Nov 2019, 00:16
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Motorola AlphaMate Keyboard. Anyone know what switch it uses?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2284
Re: Motorola AlphaMate Keyboard. Anyone know what switch it uses?
Depending on what the intended purpose of this was, the arrow placement might not have been so much of an issue. In many applications (eg. a command line), the functions of the horizontal and vertical arrows are almost unconnected and they won't generally be being used much at the same time.
- 20 Sep 2019, 11:43
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: SKCC double action [SKCCKB]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8360
Re: Unknown ALPS switch?
Yeah. Given the "special order" look of this thing then, maybe it was a temporary solution from before or after the availability of the SKFF equivalent., or maybe Canon requested a less clicky double action switch. Edit: Regarding the model code, do note that SKCC is a family that comprises at least...
- 20 Sep 2019, 11:22
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: SKCC double action [SKCCKB]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8360
Re: Unknown ALPS switch?
This switch is already documented, actually. It's SKFF Double Action. HaaTa covered a later variant in this thread.
- 13 Sep 2019, 20:33
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Key Communications Keyboard Coating On Traces Coming Off Help
- Replies: 111
- Views: 22545
Re: Key Communications Cherry MX Unsaver type keyboard conversion advice.
That's bizarre. If I'd had to guess, I would've reckoned that was a Key Tronic for sure Oo . Cool keyboard though! :) Key Tronic and DCS legends do have a very similar style, but there's an easy way to tell them apart. Look at the 3. Key Tronic's font gives it a flat top, whereas on DCS it has a ro...
- 09 Sep 2019, 23:28
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1591595
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
I'm guessing that's got Futaba switches of some description.
- 25 Aug 2019, 16:09
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1591595
- 10 Aug 2019, 12:46
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1591595
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Well it's certainly nothing to do with the one on the wiki. That's about two decades newer than this.
- 24 Jul 2019, 11:55
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYSWITCH thread
- Replies: 664
- Views: 514425
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYSWITCH thread
This honkin keyboard caught my attention. Does anyone know what switch it uses? It's made by Lear Siegler for the ADM 42 terminal. https://i.imgur.com/JENWkMu.jpg That'll be Stackpole switch grid. Here's another ADM series board on the wiki , and the caps look to be a match for other Stackpole boar...
- 21 Jul 2019, 23:54
- Forum: Want to buy
- Topic: [WTB] IBM Model M SSK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2059
Re: [WTB] IBM Model M SSK
Have you seen this before?
- 20 Jul 2019, 23:53
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Model F Queries
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3558
Re: Model F Queries
If you're up for a bit of soldering, you can assemble a converter yourself and flash Soarer's converter onto it. As far as I know, the cheapest and most readily available board that can be used is the Pro Micro and clones of it. That should be much cheaper than buying a prebuilt one from the US or w...
- 13 Jul 2019, 22:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1591595
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
The keycaps are definitely Cherry. Judging by the shape of them (they look low and flat profile), I would be expecting Cherry ML... but the wiki claims that wasn't introduced until a few years after this machine?
- 01 Jul 2019, 12:08
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1591595
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Pretty sure GYUR (as opposed to GYUM, etc.) on Silitek boards means it's a rubber dome board.
Edit: A later board in this thread disproves this.
Edit: A later board in this thread disproves this.
- 31 May 2019, 00:31
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Model M appreciation
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12068
Re: Model M appreciation
All this talk of AT connectors and bootlegs reminds me, the cable of my Model M bugs me. Surely they're not supposed to have a logo that looks like THIS, right? IBerM.jpg That's got to be too far off model for IBM to tolerate. I mean, here's an XT's plug for comparison. IBMXTplug.jpg So what's up wi...
- 19 Apr 2019, 01:13
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Found this absolute unit of a keyboard in a dumpster outside an old abandoned factory. And i need help identifying it!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2000
Re: Found this absolute unit of a keyboard in a dumpster outside an old abandoned factory. And i need help identifying i
Well, for whatever it's worth, the keycaps appear to be the same family that was used on the Amstrad CPC 464. Don't know if that helps narrow anything down though. Pretty sure I've seen them on a few seemingly unrelated boards.
- 17 Apr 2019, 17:52
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Do B3G-S switches fit into standard Cherry plates?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1399
- 08 Apr 2019, 00:48
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Post the ugliest keyboards you've seen!
- Replies: 554
- Views: 226564
Re: Post the ugliest keyboards you've seen!
Pink and white colourway, Japanese legends AND an oversized Hello Kitty artisan? Best GB ever!
- 07 Apr 2019, 23:10
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The 2019 Keyboard Meme Contest
- Replies: 81
- Views: 59469
- 24 Mar 2019, 20:48
- Forum: For sale
- Topic: Apple M0110A & Alps Glidepoint Keypad (ADB version, NIB)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1585
Re: Apple M0110A & Alps Glidepoint Keypad (ADB version, NIB)
OK, that is the Alps version then.
- 24 Mar 2019, 14:16
- Forum: For sale
- Topic: Apple M0110A & Alps Glidepoint Keypad (ADB version, NIB)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1585
Re: Apple M0110A & Alps Glidepoint Keypad (ADB version, NIB)
Just so you're aware, the M0110A was manufactured by three different companies, so you'll want to check which version you've got. The quickest way to check seems to be the country it was manufactured in.
- 20 Mar 2019, 20:35
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Which box switch?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2251
- 08 Mar 2019, 16:27
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IBM Model F 5291 "Bigfoot" protocol?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3137
Re: IBM Model F 5291 "Bigfoot" protocol?
Not an expert on this, but from what I can see online, the 4704 uses a unique protocol, so that Hasu converter probably won't help. It doesn't look like Soarer's Converter supports this board's protocol either. However, from this thread, it looks like Soarer's Controller probably is compatible.
- 01 Mar 2019, 19:51
- Forum: Other
- Topic: [Giveaway] The Boneshaker (NMB PC-122)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 103406
Re: [Giveaway] The Boneshaker (NMB PC-122)
A board that size is the opposite of Reddit's collective taste anyway
- 05 Feb 2019, 14:34
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: RadioShack trackball - opinions? reviews?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7942
Re: RadioShack trackball - opinions? reviews?
No surprise. This A4Tech seems to have been a pretty cheeky outfit. That first one also looks like a somewhat looser knockoff of a Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball.
- 05 Feb 2019, 13:38
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: RadioShack trackball - opinions? reviews?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7942
Re: RadioShack trackball - opinions? reviews?
Which model are you referring to? A Google search suggests that RadioShack sold at least two models of trackball. There's this one . which looks pretty cool, but the lack of optical tracking would presumably mean almost any trackball from this century would be a better performer. And then there's th...