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Very nice collection! Thanks for sharing.

Looks good. I like the red command keys and blue arrow keys the most.

This weekend I clean up a IBM Model M 1394412. From my research on the part number it seems to be kind of rare.
Has an interesting key layout and keys. Here some photos.

Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work.

Hopefully these keyboards can stay relevant and useful for another 40 years. Who knows what technology will be like
but I'm sure someone will interface a Model M somehow just for the hell of it.

My Unicomp Mini M was doing the same thing a few years ago but I thought that was corrected back then. What year is the board? My Mini M is a 2022. I had to send it back to Unicomp and have a controller replaced or software installed on the controller. Can't remember. Yea it's a annoying issue.

Nice collection. Haven't got into the typewriters yet and think I should just stay away. At least for now.

Very nice. Done a few myself. Takes some extra patience and little more effort on the Model F.

At least that's the way I feel about working on Model F's.

Well I think you're going to need a lot of patience on this order. If it's even possible at all with Unicomp. Most key caps I have received from Unicomp are the single piece variant. Seeing you want a standard color your chances for two piece caps are probably better.

Good luck.

Tech Time Traveller just put out a video on keyboards. Good Watch

https://youtu.be/P7Em_cHUkRY?feature=shared

Someone on eBay has been selling some of those alternative keycaps. I grabbed a red Total key and a solid black numpad Enter key.


Yea, he was parting them out and I was like these keys should stay together. I purchased the remaining keys out of two boards so I
could make one complete board. I ...

fohat wrote: 18 May 2025, 00:02 Absolutely cool!

And the 1390131 is the best Model M, in my opinion.

I agree. Most solid Model M.

Two of these keyboards were found in this configuration from 1987. Point of sale keyboards at some hardware store or something. All the custom keys are two piece versions. This keyboards part number is a standard 1390131 (ID# 3121665, 15th May 87). Very interesting layout.

Best Regards.

Current work setup. Have the keyboard setup to for Quick Books.

Has anyone seen these black keys. Found two sets on ebay that were taken off Model M keyboards used in the late 80's on a
point of sale terminal. I bought all the keys to recreate the layout which I will do at a later time. Had some ...

Figured you'd end up having to tear it apart again. Been there done that. Glad its working for you now.

Looks like some kind of dielectric grease to me. Somebody probably just trying to protect it from corrosion.

Very nice! Like the setup.

Defiantly a 180 DIN plug in the link Sharktastica. So he should be good if that is what he ordered.

Green Maned Lion wrote: 24 Apr 2025, 20:27 Thanks; is there a reason to premptively bolt mod?

I think so with the environment you're planning on using it in.

Sounds like you need the DIN 240 adapter. Looks like that M122 board came with a 240 DIN cable. I know nothing about Macs.

I own several Unicomps (6) and I feel the same way as you. I normally daily a modern Unicomp at work seeing I'm in a dirty environment at my trailer repair shop. Hard on keyboards. At the moment I've been using a 1994 model M with a speaker in it here at work (51G8572). Gave my Unicomp a break. I ...

fohat wrote: 17 Apr 2025, 22:40 Nice. Love the blue sub-legends and the PF series functions.

Defiantly made the keyboard a little more interesting.

Thanks

Is that you Rian Johnson? Subverted my expectations. Haha.

To my knowledge you have to use a converter. That plug is a 240 degree 5 pin din. Not the easiest adapter to find at the moment.
Nobody has them listed on ebay when I was looking a week or so ago. Most of the adapter you do find that aren't in stock are USB versions. Here is a listing https://www ...

Glad I came across this post. Space bar on my F122 was a little tilted and thought I was going to have to tear the thing
apart seeing its a Model F. Found out here that F122 doesn't have the typical Model F space bar and they have one like
a model M. Fixed my issue and by pulling it up and ...

I have had my eye out for a good example IBM Model F122. Finally got one. I own a few other versions of model F's.
I have even replaced the foam liners in a few. This one appears to be ok. Every key works and I looked down the barrels and the
PCB appears to be very clean. No chunks of foam or ...

I want to share a project I did a few months ago.

I purchased a broken and not working Model M on eBay as a challenge to see it I could bring it back to life.
I think it cost around $30 dollars or so. Probably around $50 after shipping. Once I opened it up I could see the
thing was left outside or ...

Awesome! My keyboard made the timeline. You're website very useful. Great Job!

Ok, I will have to run that keyboard for a bit. Thanks

Pulled out the Omnikey to use but I prefer using a buckling spring variant. Probably just needs a good cleaning
and lubrication. Sounds great. Some of the key are scratchy and bind a little from time to time. Hadn't pulled out an old
computer for sometime and felt like it this morning.

What I find interesting about his photo is he's an under the wrist watch wearer. I'm into watches also.