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Muirium wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2022, 22:26

Matttiaas

lol

pm'd

The sheer amount of good taste in this thread. I can't begin to respond to everyone.

Muirium wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2021, 10:05

Does this count?

it most certainly does. she's a beaut. are those the two stem mount caps from signature plastics?

also, which monitor is that? looks like a mid 2000s Dell of some sort.

kbdfr wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2021, 06:35

Happy to show off

damn, that's awesome! I'd love to see that behind a cash register some day. I can only imagine the size of the terminal/computer/etc. I wonder if you could make the outer key grids a split keyboard and how comfortable it would be.

Anyone have any cool Point-of-Sale keyboards they want to show off?. I personally don't have any. Vaguely related, I am fascinated by the idea of a massive grid of keys that I can (in theory) customize to my heart's content. Maybe make some sort of "un-separated" split ortho keyboard with like a num...

Before my HHKB, it was my Unicomp EnduraPro. I am hoping to trade away this HHKB (Professional Hybrid black printed) for a Realforce full size or TKL if I get the chance. I prefer full size. I used my G80-11900 for a little while and the layout is just a pain. For now, BS and Topre (Orange ALPS disc...

John Doe wrote: ↑

01 Apr 2021, 02:26

Can't sure this's a better or worse item.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194008334149

looks like this is mostly Apple Keyboard 2's which are nothing special, right?

maybe if you restored those M0110s you could get your money's worth

I don't know if matias switches belong in this thread, but I just got a matias quiet pro mini (or some other convoluted name) and I've gotta say, it's kinda crappy (I paid 30 bucks locally plus gas, toll, etc). I doubt there's much comparison to damped SKCM ALPS which I have yet to try. I prefer my ...

https://archive.is/sTlfq

I just found this out. He's singlehandedly done so much for mechanical keyboards. Shame.

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

29 Mar 2021, 02:54

they will call it "L@@K! Rare vintage Zenith black badge clicky mechanical keyboard" as that is the keywords most listings have.

noticed this as well
clicky seems to be a favorite

Muirium wrote: ↑

28 Mar 2021, 11:26

That's authentically good advice. If you've keyboards to spare, spread the love!

I got into this "hobby" too late and don't have any recycling center/thrift store finds so there's nothing I can really do in a situation like this but it's sound advice.

Kailh Silent Box Browns (which, ironically, have a round as opposed to square stem) I thought the "BOX" refers to the "box" the contact leaf sits in? The other alternative is the ABKO K935P, which is a Topre clone board that's factory silenced. Super freaking quiet and still feels good. Not the che...

any ideas? Looks like a Gateway anykey or some other rubberdome

edit: looks like it's this.
Gateway PS/2 2000 Keyboard (2196001-00-102)

time to whip out the white paint markers and stencil on legends!

they don't seem to have black as a choice on their complete keyset page but they sell all of the necessary bits separately.

I'd be happy getting blanks and sticking them on there but I don't know if they make black spacebars or black modifier keys

up to snuff insofar as manufacturing quality was concerned. yeah I don't doubt that but it would be cool if it was made in the USA or England. I have a Maxiswitch M with trackpoint and it seems to be fine. I actually prefer that the trackpoint has very little give relative to the Unicomp ones. the ...

webwit wrote: ↑

24 Mar 2021, 08:24

The little-known Model M.

Shame they're made in Mexico.

I have already removed the original Unicomp gray key caps that it came with it and I have made it my own with white lettering-on-black key caps from a vintage 1995 IBM model M13 (13H6705). My god, that is gorgeous. It's a shame I can't afford an M13 to cannibalize for caps. I hope to get a Mini M a...

Anyone here other than Chyros buy/get the Unicomp Model M TKL? I hear some people on the west coast of the US are due to get theirs tomorrow. Also, I doesn't seem like Unicomp has any plans to make any beige/pearl ones and it seems to be the consensus that beige/pearl is a better color scheme than t...

Does anyone know of any ALPS mount DWS switches? I came across one at a thrift store today I thought about buying but it was six dollars and I couldn't justify the price. The caps appear to be printed.

This is a WANING to all. Do not get the BTC 5027. My Google-fu was weak and I didn't realize that this wasn't a BTC dome with slider keyboard. It's just a rubber dome. I drove too far to pick it up in local classifieds. The feel isn't terrible for a membrane, but my Unicomp rubber dome is a million ...

any ideas? all I have is the front from a posting in local classifieds. will update as I find out more. macintosh512kmusickeyboard.jpg forgot to mention that it comes with a Mac 512k in the posting so I assume it's ADB. hopefully the filename made that obvious enough. I'm thinking it's for music or ...

jeez man that's some luck
beautiful find