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About keycaps profiles: there was a thread some time ago that discussed in detail which MX profile was the closest to Model M/F.

I ended up putting a set of Drop MT3 keycaps on my B104. They are spherical (rather than cylindrical like M/F) and fit the aesthetic of beam spring keyboards yet I find ...

As far as the palm rest, I found a solution, though not necessarily the most elegant one: I simply outfitted my existing palm rest with these furniture risers . Note that these specific risers do not have a jamnut, so if you adjust them into any position that's not minimum or maximum, they will feel ...

Typing demo with MT3 keycaps (minus the spacebar). Without a solenoid for now.

Good to see that they worked out, I just ordered two sets. I wanted to get the M13 version as well, but the cost difference for that one scared me off.

engr, why not use the precompiled binaries linked in the manual? QMK_layout_files.zip file

Because that link was listed under “Required downloads (BSSK and B62)”, while the “Required downloads (B104 and B122)” had a link to the GitHub pages instead, and I have a B104… and I didn’t see the link to ...

I am stuck in the "get the Leyden Jar diagnostic tool to work" stage. Following the instructions, I downloaded the repository and tried to run the GenerateBuildForVS2022.bat file. Command prompt window flashes and disappears, and nothing is being generated in the build directory (even though I have ...

Joe,

I am glad to see the pad-printed keysets are here.
A couple of questions regarding these sets:

1. As you noted, the photos are a bit blurry. Could you show a few close-ups of the surface defects you described to make it easier for us to decide if we want to order the hand-selected or the ...

I saw someone asked on YouTube about the sound signature of the Keymacs - is is the keycaps, or the chassis?
Lispnick and Chyros already did a few videos with sound tests, but I figured I would make another one.
My conclusion is: the sound signature is both chassis and keycaps, but mostly the ...

Check out lispnick’s thread about recreating the Lisp keyboard. He has done extensive research and experimentation with different manufacturing methods. I think for the quantities you are looking for, injection molding will be too expensive (tens of thousands of dollars) but resin casting that he ...

Well, if you also like FK-5001… keyboards with white or blue Alps are a very deep rabbit hole. Omnikey series and Leading Edge DC-3014 are my favorite vintage boards.

If anyone has an Avant Prime or Avant Stellar that is not functioning properly, there is a good chance that this is because its EEPROM, which stores the key map and macros, is dead. The usual advice is to desolder the EEPROM and use the keyboard as a non-programmable one. But there is a better way ...

My Keymacs has arrived a few days ago (thank you Lispnick for making sure it reached me before the new tariffs took effect!), and I have to say, this is the best looking and sounding keyboard I have seen or heard. I have never made a YouTube review of anything, but this time I may have to.

That looks like a Chinese/Taiwanese keyboard with zhuyin, cangjie, and dayi characters. I have a FK-9000 from early 90s whose original keycaps had the same layout.

I just finished with Unicomp on Friday; they took my payment; they had me setup the layout of what I wanted on a template for them, but other than them not having green 1.5 keys for my desired Option keys, they told me they can produce exactly what I want. The price was $50 for the setup and $43 a ...

Ah, I missed the front-printed Macintosh part.
Yes, that will definitely be a custom order. Contact Joe (Ellipse) on Deskthority or via his website (ModelFKeyboards.com), I am sure he can make a custom one, but there will likely be a minimum order quantity and some setup costs.

A couple of years ago I asked Unicomp for the same thing - English+Hebrew+Russian set, and they told me they could not do a triple language set, only their standard English+Russian in black and blue colors, or English+Hebrew.

Your best bet is to order a Russian-Hebrew-English set from Ellipse ...

Here’s an interesting one: programmable 4th Gen Omnikey, rebadged for “TietoEnator” (a Finnish IT company apparently), with some interesting macro keys.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267141348945

I recall one of these has showed up either on here, on GH or r/mk, a long time ago.

Here is the photo of my F104 with those 3/4" rubber feet from McMaster. Combined with 1/8" adhesive rubber feet, the typing angle is pretty close to a Model M with flip-out feet extended, and the diameter is just right to leave the case screws exposed.

The USB cable in the photo is different from ...

It is a tight fit, but I would install the case bolt inside the bottom case hole, then install the 1" bumper, and then install the bottom case to the top case.

I ended up buying 3/4 inch bumpers on McMaster-Carr (p/n 9540K932, if anyone is interested). They work well with the 6-32 screws that ...

I suggest starting from the beginning of the setup video in the manual and the written manual, to minimize the time you need to figure things out.


Yes, I eventually was able to get it to work; it was a combination of two separate issues: an ill-fitting spring on the E key and a a stabilizer ...

So, I am trying to troubleshoot some issues with the "E" key with my new F104. Most of the time it works OK, but occasionally it does not register or registers twice. Reseating the keycaps several times did not help. I went through the troubleshooting steps in the manual, and in the Signal Monitor I ...

AndyJ wrote: 05 Jul 2024, 20:18 Interesting! Do you have any pictures you can post here, or is there just the youtube thing?

Sure, here's a close up photo.

Not sure if anyone has encountered it before, but Malwarebytes thinks that the F77 utility (pandrew-util-for-vial_r4.exe) is a malware (Malware.Heuristic.2513). Ellipse, you may want to check to make sure the the version on your web site is clean, and if so, contact Malwarebytes so they update their ...

So, I designed and ordered a custom dye sublimated PBT keyset through Yuzukeycaps.com, and so far I have been impressed. They have a fairly intuitive online editor that allows you to design and fine-tune your own keycap set (background color, legend language, color, sign, alignment, etc.). The ...

Hopefully the container will not be going through the Red Sea, otherwise we may see “Curse upon the rubber domes!” added to the Houthi flags.

As far as the custom pad-printed keysets with MOQ of 5: is white ink going to be the only option for these? Or will it be possible to do sublegends in different colors?

I just find it hilarious that of all the keyboards in the world the one they found suspicious was the last keyboard that is mass-produced here in the US by a successor to the IBM OEM manufacturer.

Not a random unnamed board from an Amazon seller named YZXYZOO, not a Franken-board hand-wired in a ...

Here you go. There is even a company, YuzuKeycaps, making custom reverse dye sub sets for only $100 a piece (Keyreative is their manufacturer). They only offer Cherry profile sets, but Keyreative has done other profiles before.

Now that some manufacturers are offering reverse dye sub keycaps, could this become an option for Model F?

There are a few aftermarket options although none of them seem to be perfect.
Topre Realforce RGB comes with MX sliders, but from what I have heard, they are also not as good as regular Topre mount sliders.