deskthority

Model M:

1986 M122 customized with "normal" keywork. Includes Soarer's by TinkerBoy.
1993 M101 Lexmark-made IBM Model M. All original intact plastic rivets. Num Lock/Caps Lock/Scroll Lock lights.

Bid and send me a private message through ebay with your Deskthority account name. I'll knock a ...

Two months later bump.

https://www.reddit.com/r/modelm/comments/wpom1y/a_comprehensive_list_of_model_m_f_keycap_sellers.

Unicomp has a set of media keys available for $14. Same price for some Mac-specific caps. There's also a Mac combo for $28.

You'll ~probably~ have to ask Fentek for Russian + Hebrew. I haven't used ...

Bump

... For both the shift and "enter" keys, at least. I haven't torn down the keyboards, yet. (Yes, there was a stabilizer jammed under the right shift key. I bought 3 keyboards from one seller, so the seller probably has a pallet full of keyboards.)

I bought these keyboards a little while ago and I ...

Month later bump.

I have at least one salmon / pink Alps keyboard and a couple green Alps keyboards that I've been working on. I don't have a time estimate for completion. I've only disassembled and cleaned them. I'll be putting them on ebay US, with international ship through ebay.

The Lunar 65% group buy was in ...

Here's Tinkerboy's converter. Here's Hasu's list of converters.

I don't know if they ship to Europe.

Here's a known-good S-Video cable.

Title says it all. I would really like to buy two cables, if possible.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226488832328

$510, ATM. Ends in 4 days.

Sorry. Nothing over here.

viewtopic.php?t=17523 might help.

My opinion is that it's most probably the magnetic reed version.

I swore off tracing keyboard matrices when they started giving me headaches. Someone on this forum should offer matrix tracing service at a reasonable price.

I know we have a Preh evangelist somewhere ...

The switches were soaked in the “Max-Pro” lube

Yup. I remember that now, from the bag o' switches I bought in 2020. Let's see. It's on Amazon. "#1,494 in Sexual Lubricants." Um. OK, then.

The guy's got 5744 "karma" on ebay with 98.3% positive, so he must have done something right, at some time ...

I have Omron switches in my trackball.

If there's a repair manual out there for Lambo cars, not Lambo tractors, it might list the part numbers and manufacturer.

BA, MA and PhD in psychology. Also into uranium, so I might have to call a hazardous waste team so I can throw out all the junk he sent.

I received ...
* A business card for his uranium business.
* A professionally-printed flyer for the Red Rock Balloon Rally, with a note saying he's flown in ...

I have a couple Model Ms lying about and I'd love to help. If you don't hear from me, please message me in Reddit or here.

Here's a question: what about buckling spring typewriters?

If this isn't the place to put this, please move. Or delete. I'm cool with that.

Earlier this month, I ordered two key caps for an Apple M0116 keyboard ("Apple Standard Keyboard," if you prefer). Specifically, caps-lock and option. On the M0116, these are 1U key caps on the bottom row, so a bit ...

I have a couple of Focus Key Pro keyboards and I want to change the three LEDs (yellow Alps switches) to something other than red. According to this thread , the measurements for green Alps are a bit less than 2mm x 4.9mm. The closest size LEDs I see on Amazon is 2mm x 5mm x 7 mm. Is 2x5x7 the ...

Muirium wrote: 13 Nov 2023, 11:57

hellothere wrote: 11 Nov 2023, 19:03 Mu, I have an amber Omron KB for sale ...

I knew I was just asking for this! Got a link, pics, price etc.?

I'll put it up on ebay tomorrow.

I was and am disappointed with the Zeal Clickez. I find them stiff and they also feel like they're going to bind on you at any moment. I have the "light" weighted version, not the super heavy ones.

I bought myself a Razer Huntsman Tenkeyless the other day. It has clicky Razer optical switches. It's ...

Revisiting this. Take a look at the Ergo 80b pic, above.

I set my soldering iron to max, 480C. I then slathered rosin paste flux all over the four points. I used a knife tip soldering tip (here's a random one) and a hand-held Soldapullt ( like these ; the one I have is discontinued). I heated each ...

webwit wrote: 01 Oct 2023, 17:13 Hmm, I still have that NIB one somewhere. If anyone wants it PM me with your bid.

Maybe next month.

mmm wrote: 27 Aug 2023, 20:30 [...On the Model M,] the legends are super sharp (in most cases at least), and the caps are practically impossible to wear down.

I've got a bunch of Model M key caps that don't have great legends and I've got a bunch of worn down ones, too.

Saved this thread at archive.org and updated the "Internal Soarer's Converter from scratch (beginner friendly)" thread with a link here.

Just wanted to mention that there's some beginner's instructions on how to program the Soarer's converter at viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28294

New double-shot Tai-Hao blue & grey keycaps.

How did you stabilize the spacebar? When I tried Matias stabs, the spacebar became wobbly in yaw direction.

The Dell spacebar has two "guide pillars" on it and those fit into two plastic "sockets" on the keyboard. That makes spacebar wobbling ...

My newest frankenboard. Dell AT101W. Swapped out black Alps with salmon Alps switches. Grey painted case, w/matte clear enamel finish. New double-shot Tai-Hao blue & grey keycaps. Waxboil. Paper mod. If you squint, you can see the key mounting plate. Sanded, repainted with hammered black paint ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166046651053
Alps SKCC? Cool looking.

If I don't contact you in a week, PM me. I think I have a Canon typewriter lying around. It's buried in a bunch of other stuff. I don't remember if it's an AP-400.