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I'm waiting with bated breath to see an actual 122-key version of this, completed...

Muirium wrote: ↑

01 Feb 2024, 15:12

DOESN'T WORK UNLESS TYPED IN UPPERCASE, RIGHT?

You got it. JCL must be in uppercase, at least on versions of the IBM mainframe operating systems I work with. So yeah, caps lock is vital.

//RPFSETUP JOB (5161A020,1A11),'SET UP RPF MAYNARD',CLASS=S,MSGCLASS=X, // MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=MYNRJR //RPFKEY EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSUT2 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.PARMLIB(RPFKEY00) //SYSUT1 DD * RPF.V1R2M0.SRPFPROF HELP=RPF.V1R2M0.SRPFHELP //

genericusername57 wrote: ↑

22 Jan 2024, 08:10

since you have the unused Caps Lock-key to switch layers you don't have to change your hand placement to use them

Good points, but I must quibble with this one: you may not use Caps Lock, but I do, especially when, for example, entering JCL to build a job to run on the mainframe.

60% really speaks to me because the alpha block is by far the biggest part of a keyboard, even for 120+ key battleships. Layer it and you’ve got an enormous palette for placing your extended functions. All in a neat, portable and symmetrical package. The problem to me - aside from the fact that my ...

genericusername57 wrote: ↑

14 Jan 2024, 15:39

I never miss F-keys or the delete-home-end-cluster

Yeah, and my mainframe work needs all 24 F-keys...and the delete, end, PgUp, and PgDn keys are ones I use all the time.

100% agree. I have one on a shelf and it's very smooth and satisfying to press, but much too heavy for me to use for any prolonged time. The new Models F are much nicer to type on for me due to the lighter weighting. I have never tried a beamspring keyboard but look forward to getting my reproducti...

Looking forward to finally getting it...in the meantime, I've acquired a real IBM 3279 with keyboard. I said for a long time that the Model M, no matter how great people think it is, is just too heavy a touch for me. Playing with the 3279 refreshed me on what I actually liked. (I'm an old IBM mainfr...

Thanks! It turns out that the housing dimensions changed very slightly, and that clip *almost* works - but works well enough on the original housing, so I swapped the good clip I had for it and used that on the new housing.

I have acquired a 3279 terminal with keyboard. The keyboard is intact, mostly...but it is missing its space bar and the catch that holds the palm rest door closed. I'm looking to buy both.

And no, I'm not interested in selling. I have the equipment needed to actually use the 3279 as a terminal.

Let me give you an example: I will never again give the Ford Motor Company a dime of my money, even indirectly. They screwed me over pretty badly on the only two new vehicles I ever bought from them by not standing behind them after the sale. (I can tell you a horror story about the manual transmiss...

Why you would object to the issue being raised repeatedly -- at least until a reasonable response is given -- is beyond me. Are you generally a proponent of giving up if someone gives you the runaround? I would assume not :) Because it's clear that Ellipse is not going to change his methods, no mat...

So sayeth the fanatic who must always have the last word. (I'm certain he'll reply to this message just so he can have the last word again. Cue You're So Vain .) Do you enjoy being nasty to people? And if so, why? It's not a very nice way to be. No, not particularly. It takes a lot to get me to thi...

an_achronism wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2021, 14:23

It's been quite the ride.

So sayeth the fanatic who must always have the last word. (I'm certain he'll reply to this message just so he can have the last word again. Cue You're So Vain.)

I have a Memorex Telex 3270-style terminal coming from eBay in a couple of days. Got a keyboard to go with it. Man, this thing is a piece of crap to type on, even compared to a scissor switch Apple. IMG_20210705_123338.jpg IMG_20210705_123352.jpg It stinks of cigarette smoke, and I'd love to get in ...

...stuff... That name seems very familiar. Hercules mailing list? I'm still waiting for that VM hobbyists' licence to materialise. D: Guilty as charged. Indeed, the project that got me into this (which I just need to do final assembly on) is something I'm calling a 360/64, an M122 with a Raspberry ...

Oh, FFS. Give it a rest. Everyone knows what you think of his business practices. Quite frankly, in his position, I too would have concluded you're out to harass and cut off all communication with you long ago. You, Sir, fit Churchill's definition of a fanatic: someone who can't change his mind and ...

Responding to both of the above. I’ve found that, in general, most communities are shit. Sometimes, though, you might stumble on one that isn’t. I’m lucky to have found two of those for watches. Might be hard to believe, but there really isn’t any snooty elitism in those two communities I’m a part ...

I snagged a blue switch 3178 off of eBay last week. It got here yesterday, and I cleaned it up and put a universal xwhatsit I also got off eBay into it. The keyboard was really clean as used, unrefurbished keyboards go: IMG_20210630_180112__01.jpg This is after I cleaned it, but it didn't look at al...

Might be worth trying an enzyme mold remover, too...something like Moldzyme.

Wonder what code it uses. RUSCII?

/me ducks and runs...

I own two Ms, and a lot of F keyboards. I didn't measure the difference, but it is there and the F is way lighter. Not everyone is able to tell the difference, which seems incredible to me. Agreed, the difference is substantial! I've got a few M122s and a couple of other Ms. My 3178 blue switch F c...

Mine came in today. Nice and clean - well, as clean as a used keyboard ever is - and no need to new foam, since this one was a late production version with neoprene. I'll post pictures tomorrow sometime, most likely.

I wouldn't be so quick to assume the broken trace is the cause. That looks like a configuration jumper, and may or may not be supposed to be there. I'd plug it in and make sure there's +5 between pins 16 (across from the dimple) and 8 (on the same side as the dimple, on the other end) of that SN74L-...

I have seen that someone has used the switch to turn the solenoid on or off. If anybody has a guide on how to do this, I would be interested ;) In the original environment, the bottom right hand key of the cluster of 8 on the left hand side enabled and disabled the solenoid. Probably better to emul...

I just got in this nice pretty 1394204 3270-style Model M, and since I have a nice Model M controller already built for the M122, I'd like to see how well it works on that. Is there documentation anywhere for what the Model M keymap is?

Anyone got a pattern for a blue switch 3178? I'm expecting I'll have to do that job.

I've got one of these coming, and an xwhatsit universal controller for it...hoping it comes up and runs fine.

The 3279 was the color terminal, the 3278 was monochrome.

The square badge/round top M122 cases are needed for the barrel and backing plates that went with them. The later, square top/oval emblem cases won't fit.