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The beauty of lithium battery packs is you can get them in all sorts of shapes and sizes, so I am sure Unicomp could make them fit.

I personally would not want a Bluetooth keyboard. I would prefer a 2.4 GHz dongle. I use a USB switchbox to switch between two computers and either a wired keyboard ...

Great post! I'll definitely have to try this after I get my bolt mod done.

Hello everyone. I am starting a model F XT restoration. This is my second model F XT. I bought the keyboard today for way too much money and it should be here soon. I have managed to track down and purchase the missing 0/insert key and the f9 key as well as cork pads, but am struggling to find a ...

You guys don't plug your iphone into 30 year old IBM keyboards through 5 feet of adapters? Yeah uhhhh neither do I........

Amazing work! Makes me want to try box jades even more now.

Vintage computing guys should put down the YouTube and visit the recycling centre. I still have to dodge all those CRTs on my way to lobbing out the beer bottles at our local dump.

And no, I’ve never found a keyboard worth bringing home there. Apparently trashed Edinburgh belonged to HP and Dell ...

Here’s is an update to this thread now that everything has arrived.

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That is in awesome shape for how old it is, congrats.

Hi everyone, the pile of old computer stuff has come in and I figured I’d give y’all an update.

The mystery keyboard above the model m was a chicony KB-5161 with mitsumi miniature mechanical yellow switches. It sounds pretty meh but feels good. I took it apart and cleaned the shit out of it. Some ...

And a CRT? How much was shipping? Over here, even shifting that locally would cost more than $130. Envy y'all, so I do. ;)

The Unicomp and the Model M should be pretty good. If the bone fide M feels loose compared to the Unicomp, open it up and check for snapped rivets: might need a bolt mod ...

You got a good deal. The yellowed one in the corner is not a Model M though, it probably has Alps or Alps clone switches.
The black and grey one does look like a BTC 5100 - they could come with either rubber domes or foam and foil switches.


Yeah it looks like a Chicony KB-5162F or 5151 after ...

Polecat wrote: 04 Oct 2022, 04:29 Black and gray looks like a BTC-5100. Rubber dome, but one that folks actually like.

Oh awesome, I've been wondering what an actual good rubber dome feels like. Thanks for the ID.

Hey everyone. I've been lurking for awhile and finally decided to make an account today because of this purchase to ask yalls advice. I'm not used to being on forums so I apologize in advance if I accidentally break some rules. Anyways I bought this lot of old parts off of eBay for $130 mainly just ...