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If the top and bottom were two separate modules, this could be close to a neat design. Perhaps then compact the spacing between the touchpad and its buttons and put PrtSc, Numlock, and Pause/Break on top of its area, put keys for page back and forward where Alt and Ctrl are on the nav, and "un-fuck"...

Added a IBM 5155 Model F XT to my collection! https://i.imgur.com/Dmxxrsp.jpg It came pretty dirty, full of destroyed foam, hair and even some bugs as an icing on the cake. It also originally had a Spanish layout, and I'm working on swapping them out for UK or US language keycaps. Converted with an ...

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

09 Feb 2020, 09:50

Thanks, I hate it...

Whenever a modern gamer complains that vintage keyboards have no lighting, I'm going to show them this.

dimpleschan wrote: ↑

08 Feb 2020, 15:16

I just posted a trackball model

I did see, but I already have a M5-2 and I'm looking for M5-1 (the one with trackball above the arrow keys). Cheers though.

I believe the M3 did sidecart the M4-1. If you pull off a keycap, it should have Lexmark's buckling rubber sleeves. IBM has released a lot of similar looking devices, including the one I have: https://i.imgur.com/Myb0Uu8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/JeHt9cS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/svEnPdV.jpg This one is...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-PC-XT-83 ... SwEX1eN2DG

Boxed IBM Model F XT with some pretty snazzy (third-party) overlays for DOS commands and BASIC programming language.

Seems M 5-1’s don’t show up too often in my experience in the USA, not sure if they were more common in Europe or not. Those alphanumeric POS keyboards I think are most often found in China for some reason. I’ve got some parts blue switch boards (which are missing barrels, barrels, hammers, and sol...

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I concur with the statements about early IBM rubber domes and the Lenovo Preferred Pro (SK-8825). I would also like to suggest the IBM/Lenovo Enhanced Performance (SK-8815) too as a cheap and cheerful option! Whilst I can't guarantee it is always south of $70, I've seen IBM SpaceSaver II (RT3200) ke...

My University gave me an office, so obviously it needed a Model F to spice it up. (Don't worry - our office walls are quite thick).

I have the first iteration of this, and it's a solid mobile keyboard. Probably the best non buckling springs TrackPoint keyboard (and low-profile keyboard at large) in my opinion, even beating the older LITE-ON-made SK-883x and SK-884x. Can't comment in comparison to a Model M4-1, but the older Trac...

Great video as always! I can confirm that once converted, it serves us well! It's just a super cool keyboard to grace your desk with! There's a lot more wires involved than the usual Soarer's since the thing has to act as the keyboard's processor, but Soarer did most of the work for us (pinout, firm...

anmq91 wrote: ↑

18 Jan 2020, 01:00

rofl you made my day dude!

Glad to be of service!

Generally speaking, a can of compressed air, a fine/soft toothbrush to use with some diluted alcohol, and a microfibre clothe will do wonders for any computer cleaning project. Start with the former at about half a metre or so to clear any resting dust, then use the toothbrush to reach in between an...

Great video and thanks for sharing - I thoroughly enjoyed listening! I am kind of heartbroken that the original SSK tooling was so carelessly disgarded by Lexmark, and the fact the explosion of the mechanical keyboard in the last decade hasn't translated into more sales for Unicomp. I also wonder wh...

zrrion wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2020, 02:06

You are right on both counts. (spiders are all gamer btw, but they are usually rocking sleeper builds)

Ahh, I thought the beige box he's rocking was only for his dark web needs. Sneaky spider.

ppCircle wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2020, 00:54

https://youtu.be/Y5CzpwJdRqE
Watch this from 2:36

"it is a gaming switch because it's RGB lighted"
If I install RGB LED light fixtures in my house, does it become a gaming house? What about if I paint my tarantula red, green, and blue? Gaming spider?

I mean the "laptop" came without a charger, battery is drained, so I never was able to power it on. It was also missing the Drive caddies, but it wasn't too hard to 3d print those :P I also think it's going to be a fun machine ... not sure what I'll do with it, but I sure am looking forward to the ...

unfortunately, I can't get it to run, because of the stupid plug, will I really shell out the literal hundred of euro for a charger ? .... By plug, do you mean that the wall power cord is faulty/incorrect for your country or the brick itself faulty? If you can afford a charger, I think it's worth i...

Received my '87 SSK from the US! Pretty much pristine and untouched, at most suffering mild discolouration on the model label/birth certificate's edges.

I did an internal Pro Micro-based conversion of my Model F XT last night, and I had similar issue too. Although as well as getting random characters when doing nothing, it triggers constantly if I type too vigorously. In fact, I could trigger it by tapping the part of the case where my converter sit...

Tekkaman wrote: ↑

29 Dec 2019, 11:14

Are you sure it is the A5000 because I thought it looked like the A300?

I was going by what the listing put as the model number:

Hello, any idea what type of switches this keyboard has? i can't seem to find any info on them. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BBC-Archimedes-Keyboard-vintage-computing/293387448170?hash=item444f412f6a:g:0acAAOSw4zJd~k7~&autorefresh=true The keyboard's model is A5000, which has something likely membra...

rjohn wrote: ↑

27 Dec 2019, 21:04

nice collection!

Thanks!

I'm also surprised about the fact that A lot of Vintage keyboards are a lot better, all you see today is mostly cherry MX really. In short, as Chyros in one of his vidos (maybe the Model F round-up?) in fact explained, the good vintage keyboards come from the age where serious business computers we...

Got most of my fleet together to gang up on a pesky ThinkPad.

Lol, that's a huge investigation work. Thanks guys! So, it's already impossible to mantain the original purpose of the blue switch in a converted keyboard, that's a bit sad but at least we know what is meant to. In computer science, impossible is a term that's impossible to define! The switch is st...

That's some awesome information, yuchipashe and Weezer! About the pamphlets. If you're willing, I would be interested in a scan of any of the keyboard sections for archival purposes. I'm also working on an exhaustive Model F/Model M family tree/website thingy, and that could provide some invaluable ...

My guess is that it would have changed all the characters on the terminal's display to uppercase (hence the legends that make it seem like another caps lock).