deskthority

Thanks for your support thefarside. My interest check for this is because the current ownership is expected to end quite soon according to their own statements and outside of someone outright buying it or gathering funds, the next owners are not obliged to keep the site running in its current form,...

Ah, a fellow rubberlover. I am a bit envious of your HHKB Professional. Good luck with the sale!

I've had better luck (fewer broken pins and lifted traces) by bending the pins straight while the solder is melted before removing the switch from the board: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=492998#p492998 Yep. Good solid tweezers that won't bend and don't stick to solder make this much easi...

Specifically, I'm after one or more of the following:

• the 6u bar kit (or either of the two bars from it) from /dev/tty

• the red or blue bars from the 6u bar kit from MT3 Godspeed

Anybody in here able to help me out?

This can of course be worked around by just using Ctrl + Scroll Lock instead, which is the legacy (PC/XT/AT) way of performing a Break. I have this problem with my Unicomp Classic 104 White Buckling Spring PS2 (with 103 key option), purchased in 2020, and it has been driving me nuts. Thank you so m...

Muirium wrote: ↑

19 Nov 2021, 09:27

By all the shine on my year old M1 MacBook Air

All this tells me is that you've used it for at least 20 minutes

Never seen a keyboard shine up quicker than those things

Cut down again, with one addition (one I thought I'd already listed but apparently hadn't: the Sun Type 3).

I have the black on black caps from one of my RealForce boards and personally, I think they're terrible, but it isn't just because it's kind of hard to see the legends (which for me is mostly irrelevant because I don't look at legends when I'm using a keyboard anyway; one of my most heavily used boa...

I do have 2-3 sets of HHKB 45g domes laying around so I'll always have those to fall back on when my HHKBs approach binary-switch levels of tactility. That won't necessarily help given that the domes changing is apparently a "rubber structurally hardening with age" thing and not a usage thing. You'...

"clueless and ignorant" "flat earther arguing with a real scientist" "stupid method" "stupid prank" "dilettantes", "this army of nincompoops is quite large, bold and vocal with the same conviction of people who claim they were sodomized by aliens." I wasn't the one who lowered the tone first, but y...

Weezer wrote: ↑

07 Oct 2021, 19:56

How do I know you're the real u/t4teeee0?

I guess you don't, but he is.

I'm quite sure I've seen POS keyboards where some of the switches have been covered with some kind of "blanking" keycap, where that key is not in use… I must be getting the search terms wrong, because I can't find any examples. Does anyone know a) what Im talking about and b) where I might get some...

Hi I am looking for a converter for the terminal Model F122 keyboard. Preferably the one Orihalcon used to sell but I am willing to buy any that are available. Preferably in EU, thank you. Depending on what you find, you might want to try giving TomTrev a shout. We're in the UK, so not in the EU an...

Significantly cut down the list because I've either got most of what I was after or decided I didn't want some of them for very specific reasons. For instance, I thought I'd want the ISO variants of the Apple stuff until I actually used a Mac and some of the ISO boards, at which point I realised how...

So I'm wondering, surely it's not necessary for the water to be boiling, right? It's about delivering some heat, enough to clean the dirt off and melt the wax. So for the ABS housings, anything under 100C should be ok? (iirc that's when it starts warping?) So maybe a sous vide heater, set to like 7...

That's really strange. I used to own both a Realforce and an HHKB and felt no difference due to the plate. Perhaps it had something to do with my setup. I still regret trading that HiPro, even if I got a sweet SSK out of the deal. I've never tried a HiPro one but the HHKBs I've tried don't feel any...

I guess this is totally mundane compared with the rare vintage keyboards being discussed, but 7 years ago or so I convinced myself based entirely on reading forums like this that Topre was the ultimate thing and splurged on a RealForce board. Within a few minutes of receiving it and using it, I hat...

wobbled wrote: ↑

31 Jul 2021, 18:24

The closest thing to BTC dome w/ Slider with N Key rollover is Topre & clones with BKE domes.

Having just received a test batch of BKE Redux domes, I think I am inclined to agree. Nothing like actual Topre, which kinda surprised me.

They have a German 105U and a French 105UB at the moment. Sadly, no , they don't . If you're talking about Compose, you use X11, it seems. Want my funky xkb configs? They won't grow physical keys on your HHKB, but they will at least give you Compose. Nah I know how to set it up in X, but it require...

Since this is a very detailed and comprehensive Model M restoration guide I just wanted to suggest adding an additional technique which has not been been commonly used, the the "Model M Threaded Insert Mod" - https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22822 I personally think using threaded insert...

hellothere wrote: ↑

20 Jul 2021, 02:35

One thing I'd really like is to have a translation of all the legends on all the keys. Just because.

I can do that if you like. Chuck me a clear photo or two of your particular board just in case there's any individual variation and I'll see what I can do.

Go-Kart wrote: ↑

19 Jul 2021, 21:03

Cooler Master's NovaTouch

Those things seem to be gold dust because they're MX compatible. Personally, I'm just going with Niz switches, and (I think) BKE Redux v1 domes, which are a frustrating match to assemble but theoretically pleasing to use.

I recently acquired an IBM 5576-001 . It sorta has 5 split space bars. One's really a caps lock key. Two are read as space bars in Windows 10 non-Japanese. I don't remember if the other two do anything, as the keyboard is currently on my bench and taken apart, I can't check. I'm really hoping I can...

I don't yet understand the naming difference between HHKB, Realforce, and Leopold. Looks like the Realforce KBs are the only ones available with 55g switches. Leopold has at least one full-size model and is more expensive than Realforce ($259 vs. $226). HHKBs start at about the same list price as m...

Since then I have just decided to keep Joe's amazing contribution to the community separate from his questionable business practices: Appreciating the former does not mean approval of the latter. I still believe that a more transparent communication would actually help the business side of his proj...

Did this stuff happen? I'm considering trying out some box clickies in a keyboard, but only ever tried whites before. It actually did, and I shot a video, but it's way too much footage for the topic and my entire methodology was based upon some misinformation: I'd read that Pink and Noble Yellow sp...

Go-Kart wrote: ↑

09 Jul 2021, 22:33

Bro, do it.

One thing that might be a bit of a barrier: seems ISO layout Topre boards aren't exactly common. I missed the board on KeyboardCompany selling them already. Definitely want ISO left Shift...

I'm a fan of the R1 beige chassis. I was surprised how quick I adjusted to JIS and how slowly I'm getting used to the HHKB layout! That's one of the reasons why my HHKB ain't leaving my desk for another week or so. Adjusting to the physical layout of JIS with UK logical mapping is easy, but actuall...

And that specifically applies to 45 g Topre in a HHKB - the flex of the plastic chassis has a surprising impact on key feel. Yeah my RealForce arrived and I kinda like it but the bottom out is brütal. I would probably adore this thing if it had a plastic rather than solid metal plate. Furthermore, ...

If you are on ANSI, as Myoth says, using an International layout in the OS will help. Alternatively, just stick with your usual logical layout and the keyboard will still output most things as usual, regardless of the key legends. For example, there is a workaround built into UK layout for the lack ...