deskthority

Conrad sells hex drivers individually for about 5/6 euros. If they don't work , you can return them.

Have a look at the pic I posted. Thats how my AT shipped with.

What nut are you trying to remove? My F AT only has screws in them...

The first 30 points are totally irrelevant.

yes, you can

I still fail to see whats gone into it for pricing it at 300 USD. Realforce should hang their heads in shame for pricing a plastic cased rubber dome with 10 bucks in parts for 300 USD!!!

Who are they trying to fool!!!

No clue about the UK, in Germany returns are standard practice. Since our last 5 years in Germany , on average my wife returns 9 out of every 10 orders each year. Whenever items were prepaid for , money came back within a week. But most of our orders are on invoice (common practice in Germany as Ger...

Muirium wrote: ↑

04 Dec 2019, 12:23

... and shrugged off the bothersome (or downright nonexistent) returns. Try before you? No: buy!

What am I missing here ? Everything bought online is returnable. This is written into law since as far as I can remember .... That's how I "try" before I "buy"...

They are all junk... Not worth a cent...

Updated: All have been sold and best of all the proceeds financed all my other keyboards in collection.

xicanoink wrote: ↑

25 Nov 2019, 21:26

Hey is somebody here getting rid of their Model M?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Mo ... 3959247250

This is not exactly a "Great/Interesting" find.

The German keyboard layout is just hideous. QWERTZ is the most retarded thing that ever happened to a keyboard. But then I had the misfortune to see an AZERTY layout on a Belgian colleagues laptop, that was the last meeting I had with him ever !!!

I second Muirium on this. The butter knife trick is probably the best way to do it.

Another storage unit

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4106289673

From what I understood from your post - your keyboard is unresponsive even after switching two different soarer's converters. The keyboard did work before you mention. So first of all stop disassembling the keyboard and putting it back on. That's not the problem. You only risk destroying the flipper...

8-81, Didn't the 4704 System launch around that time?

Honeywell Hall Effect keyboard and terminal in Italy. I hope someone there can get this. https://www.ebay.com/itm/193212871297/ Looks like the same keyboard as Muirium's Honeywell Hall Effect from so many years ago. It's a bit out of my price range at the moment... I've seen this on and off for sev...

Not a bad price for whats most likely a white alps board https://www.ebay.com/itm/233236468619

A not so expensive model F https://www.ebay.com/itm/133234023863

Personally I prefer to use a solid state relay as well. The diagram only represented the wiring against relay pins, I'll change it to a solid state relay. Also, I'll use a parallel usb for the source of power for the relay. I was a bit incorrect - relay is high-side, so it will work with a power su...

Personally I prefer to use a solid state relay as well. The diagram only represented the wiring against relay pins, I'll change it to a solid state relay. Also, I'll use a parallel usb for the source of power for the relay.

So here's how the schematics look solenoid_ed.jpg Updated: Added a Diode for safety. Notice the Labels on the Relay. It is IMPORTANT that you connect the cables correctly. The sequence of pins will differ by manufacturer. For the output you will need to connect to "COM" and "NO". This is assuming yo...

Why not just convert to USB? Just open up the keyboard, remove the original cable, pry open one of those cheap ps/2 to USB converters and solder the chip (harvested from the active converter) directly to the original model M controller.

I'd like to nominate two users for the best pictures of keyboards in their home office setup. Maybe the category can be called "Best Home Office Setup 2019" or "Best pictures in Gallery - 2019" 1. Darcruix's beamspring and F107 https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=1919&p=440294#p440294 2. Tr...

I thought this needs mentioning, you can use a 50 cent relay to drive the solenoid. Yes that’s all one needs! Earlier this year, I tried to assemble a few solenoid drivers but abandoned the project as SMD soldering needs ninja soldering skills. So with a bit of research and reading around, the idea ...

Not really a good deal in terms of price, but these are a lot rarer than your standard model M

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3720927726

Get the entire computer free with this leading edge keyboard

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2809931961

Quite cheap for a kinesis

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4534595295

Apple adjustable keyboard

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2809101642

Here's one link https://github.com/MMcM/ibm-5251-kbd

and here's another link

https://github.com/tmk/kbdbabel
Lookup 3104 - its electrically the same as 3178.