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Muirium wrote: ↑

25 Feb 2022, 20:35

Rando spring? Well, it’s worth every penny you paid for it!

If you persevere, it’s a quality keyboard, in truth.

Currently fixing keys as I run into issues, re-seating the slider and cleaning the socket seems to work great

I have no experince in "fixing" those switches, however there should be a good chance for you to find some NOS black Space Invaders right now (a whole lot of SI boards surfaced in Germany and are fairly well distributed amongst the community by now). So if you can't bring those few switches back to...

I bought a cheap DIN to mini-DIN(PS/2) adapter on ebay- could that be causing the missed keypresses?

The G key is in pretty bad shape, it doesn't click very well and fails to register a noticeable amount of presses

Hi- I came across an NMB RT-101 in a E-Waste pile, and some keys, namely D,G,I, V don't always register and G isn't very clicky. Can I save this keyboard??

Ooh, that's sneaky! Could you do something like that (with an internal Soarer converter) for the XT? The M lets you butt the controller right up to the outside of the case since the slot is nice and large. I'll need to crack open my XT to be sure but I don't think there's a hole big enough even if ...

I should add I have a IBM Model F XT from the same dump with perfect foam, but a cabe that feels like a cheap silicone phone case.

Hi, recently I came across an IBM model M for free, from my town's E-Waste centre, dated 8 December 1993. The case and keys are in great condition with only some dust, crumbs, and scratches. The cable is an absolute disaster though, being as brittle as homemade cast-iron and tan in colour, and a lar...