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by Tahoma
25 Mar 2021, 15:23
Forum: Workshop
Topic: My First Model M Project
Replies: 8
Views: 1857

Re: My First Model M Project

Another potential mod for quieting a Model M is to put small paper disks between the spring and the key. I did this briefly on one key to help nudge a bent spring back into shape. It also had the side effect of reducing sound a few dB. It got me to thinking about the potential to sound-reduce a Mode...
by Tahoma
25 Mar 2021, 13:55
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Amplifier?
Replies: 9
Views: 1521

Re: Amplifier?

Hey, I totally agree with US customary units being silly! I really wish my 3rd grade teacher was right, that the US was going to convert to the metric system (when Jimmy Carter was President). I do however have a certain fondness for an MIT-based non-standard distance measurement, the Smoot. https:/...
by Tahoma
25 Mar 2021, 00:51
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Amplifier?
Replies: 9
Views: 1521

Re: Amplifier?

Ah, luckily the 'freedom fries' era has ended, and it was thankfully short. BTUs however are used a lot.

Hopefully a potential potentiometer fixes the problem. If not, consider taking a peek at the speaker cone to see if it is intact.
by Tahoma
25 Mar 2021, 00:19
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Unicomp Mini M / New Model M Tenkeyless
Replies: 45
Views: 7961

Re: Unicomp Mini M / New Model M Tenkeyless

I have three Model M keyboards from Unicomp; an 'old' classic 101 (2010, which I am using now) and two 'old' ultra classic 104-key (2015 & 2016). I like them, a lot. I'm considering buying a 122 key from them if my work on a IBM-made 122 key Model M doesn't work out.
by Tahoma
24 Mar 2021, 17:32
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Canon Typewriter Keyboards
Replies: 50
Views: 36679

Re: Canon Typewriter Keyboards

Interesting! I wonder what kind of switches my 1980's era Brother electric typewriter had in them (lost the typewriter in a divorce so can't check).
by Tahoma
24 Mar 2021, 01:39
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 6030640

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

Thanks! I'm hoping I will like it enough to use it in the office once commuting resumes, and it will be a bit quieter than the Unicomp Model M I have been using (as part of being a good neighbor in cube-farm-land). Anything will be better than the dreadful stock Dell keyboards my employer gives us.
by Tahoma
24 Mar 2021, 01:09
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 6030640

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

This should arrive later this week in my mailbox:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Clicky ... 4631152826
by Tahoma
24 Mar 2021, 00:32
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 6030640

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

This is an interesting-looking IBM 3276:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3276-Contr ... 4907326040
by Tahoma
23 Mar 2021, 20:43
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Utterly stupid rubber dome replacement experiment - BTC 5100C
Replies: 9
Views: 2104

Re: Utterly stupid rubber dome replacement experiment - BTC 5100C

Cool, or more my speed:

"I internally modded this massive terminal keyboard to add GNSS/GPS capabilities to it and a Stratum 1 time server."
by Tahoma
23 Mar 2021, 20:39
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Colorful DIN 5
Replies: 6
Views: 2207

Re: Colorful DIN 5

You are welcome! Glad to be able to help.
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 22:29
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Worst Keyboard?
Replies: 15
Views: 10526

Re: Worst Keyboard?

LOL! Sounds pretty bad.

Thanks for sharing!
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 19:30
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Other old stuff
Replies: 11
Views: 7198

Re: Other old stuff

True!
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 18:32
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Other old stuff
Replies: 11
Views: 7198

Re: Other old stuff

This however, screams Cold War to me:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Nato-Bundeswehr ... 2749.l2649
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 18:32
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Other old stuff
Replies: 11
Views: 7198

Re: Other old stuff

Thanks Weezer; yes I did. Sent a message via eBay. Fingers crossed!
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 17:00
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Other old stuff
Replies: 11
Views: 7198

Re: Other old stuff

I think it is actually WWII era.
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 01:10
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Other old stuff
Replies: 11
Views: 7198

Other old stuff

Wish I could figure out a way to get this. Seller doesn't sell overseas.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Telefon-mit-Wah ... SwAYRgV0Cx
by Tahoma
22 Mar 2021, 00:28
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYSWITCH thread
Replies: 653
Views: 495330

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYSWITCH thread

German isn't my first language, but it is my distant second, and I like the chance to shake off some of my rust in using it. Here's my translation of some bits of it. Corrections from native speakers very welcome! Tastatur TST 102 MT Tastatur=keyboard; I think 102 key keyboard Maße: 44 x 23 x 5 cm S...
by Tahoma
21 Mar 2021, 15:44
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keycap bleed through?
Replies: 5
Views: 2218

Re: Keycap bleed through?

Upon further inspection, there are some other differences between the bled-through keycaps and normal ones on this 1988 Model M. Normal keycaps have, on the inside, a raised lettering (HI2 and J6 for two examples); the bled-through keycaps don't have that lettering inside. Also, on the front of some...
by Tahoma
21 Mar 2021, 14:54
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Colorful DIN 5
Replies: 6
Views: 2207

Re: Colorful DIN 5

Yes, I am building the converter into a project box (not sure which yet, but likely some large metal electrical boxes I have hanging around). The threaded panel mount DIN5 connectors are made by Amphenol, and I purchased them from Mouser Electronics (mouser.com), a large electronics parts supplier. ...
by Tahoma
21 Mar 2021, 14:22
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keycap bleed through?
Replies: 5
Views: 2218

Re: Keycap bleed through?

There are more keycaps like that on this machine. Until now, I had only experience cleaning Unicomp Model M keycaps that I was certain of the provenance of (I am the original owner of the keyboards purchased directly from Unicomp). And none of the three Unicomp boards I own have anything like that. ...
by Tahoma
21 Mar 2021, 01:01
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1138759

Re: Alps Appreciation

Sharp looking keyboard indeed!
by Tahoma
21 Mar 2021, 01:00
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Beamspring Factory process - How to
Replies: 97
Views: 47455

Re: Beamspring Factory process - How to

All very cool, thanks!

Perhaps someday my projects will go beyond being a cap and shell washer.

And like me, another fountain pen fan? Looks like a white Lamy on the keyboard.
by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 23:08
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 6030640

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 22:28
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Worst Keyboard?
Replies: 15
Views: 10526

Re: Worst Keyboard?

eek!
by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 20:44
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Worst Keyboard?
Replies: 15
Views: 10526

Worst Keyboard?

Just found a photo of this on eBay.

This was the first computer I actually owned. I liked many aspects of it, but the keyboard was awful.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-Atari- ... Sw55dgFqM1
by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 20:35
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5293
Views: 1495895

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Oops, I'm a newbie here and missed the spoiler button. :+)
Thanks!!

Based on almost nothing, I think so. Pretty sure Amphenol makes a connector that will mate with that plug, and also the IC pictured is similar to one of the IC's on the Model M I am working on.
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by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 20:14
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5293
Views: 1495895

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Grüẞ Gott! Greetings!

Very cool keyboard; would it be possible to show the connector type for it? Might help in figuring out if it is convertible to PS/2 or USB.
by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 19:21
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keycap bleed through?
Replies: 5
Views: 2218

Keycap bleed through?

As I am cleaning these Model M keycaps, I noticed this odd detail as they were drying. Looks like the marking actually went all the way through the keycap? Is this common?

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by Tahoma
20 Mar 2021, 18:09
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Why are you into keyboards?
Replies: 42
Views: 6247

Re: Why are you into keyboards?

My first experience working with computers was in 1979 or 1980, typing on the keyboard of a paper teletype-style terminal attached to a mainframe via 300 baud acoustically coupled modem. Followed by learning to type at the local community college on an IBM Selectric. I work better and more efficient...

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