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I would say aside from the price the next most important thing is the layout. If you cannot get used to the layout, then it becomes a show piece. There are a few things that some people may find hard to get used to such as no numpad, function keys that only go up to 10, and only one modifier key on...

I looked over the sold prices on ebay. The least expensive beam spring sold for $900 and the most expensive sold for $1600 . Both were 7361073s. I don't particularly care about the ones that are currently on sale, as those prices might not get met. Hey, I can throw an HP rubber dome on ebay and set...

I recently spent 1000 on a pretty good condition 5251 and I'd say go for it. Beamsprings are getting more desirable and more expensive as a result. If you're on the fence, try to get a feel of them at a keyboard meet, but as long as that thing isn't rusted to crap you should have little issue selli...

Muirium wrote: ↑

22 Aug 2022, 17:18

Put that $1000 into time machine research instead. They were just north of 100 when I got mine.

Always find myself too late for the goodies

I’ve had my 3278 for a good few years now. It didn’t cost anything like that much when I bought it. https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=71307 They’re nice, and immensely characterful, but four figures? Nope. Can’t say my beamspring is even my favourite keyboard. It’s high on my list though...

For the past few years I've dreamed of owning a beam spring keyboard. Now I can afford it, but seeing how much they have gone up in price, I can't help but feel hesitant ...
Therefore, I came here to ask for opinion from you folks, is it worth paying $1000 for?

Image borrowed from deskthority wiki.

Crizender wrote: ↑

19 Aug 2022, 17:02

I believe I own this board, or at least a version of it

Mine is a Futuba MA inverse mount, caps are doubleshots.

The below picture is from the listing when I bought it.



Hope that helps!

Thanks a lot!

I know the image looks like sh*t and may hurt everyone's eyes, my apologies.
So far I have noticed some features：
Narrow F keys;
Sharp MZ-700 like arrow keys;
4 2U-keys one the numpad.

I am trying to identify this keyboard as a challenge, anyone have a clue?

Thanks a lot for your detailed reply! Currently I am using a software named KBDEDIT to generate a custom DLL layout file and assign it to the input method. According to your replay, the other way would be writing code to translate the scan code like the "Emulate US layout on German computer" example...

Recently I got my hands on an IBM 5576 Japanese keyboard. While using a cheap PS2-USB converter, everything works fine. By "fine", I mean that the characters and punctuation marks are exactly same with the key caps. For example, I can input the " mark with shift+2 with no problem. However, when I sw...

headphone_jack wrote: ↑

23 Jul 2022, 22:47

This is a photoshop done by @NanoRaptor on Twitter, she makes a lot of retro computing photoshops like this one.

I see, thank you!

Didn't see anything like this before.A quick search and image reverse search gave no result.
Anyone knows what is this?

This keyboard is using SKCC green switchs and has a 8 pin connector according to the source. Could anyone please identify it?

I wonder what this is ?

Also looking for a solution here… In theory I can remove the original plug and solder a PS/2 plug on, but I really want to preserve the original look of the keyboard.
Is it possible to modify a SDL cable to make it fit?

It is an IBM M122, but a later model. Last example I saw of one of these was that it was produced Unicomp for IBM, so most likely it was made towards the very late 90's and very early 2000s. This is the last example I saw of one of these models with the exact same branding (but rather yellow) :http...

Myoth wrote: ↑

01 May 2022, 16:21

it is what it says on the tin. most definitely a M122, the later kind. I love that logo to be honest!

I couldn't find the Part number of this keyboard thou... Any clue?

https://imgur.com/a/7L4hqYf

It has a 122 layout and a IBM logo, but I don't think it looks like any model M varints.
Could anyone tell me what it is ?