deskthority

Referring back to the F77 powder coating, can anyone comment on whether it would be a good idea to apply a coat of clear varnish to the front bar of my F77 case to avoid similar wear?

I recently re-attached a spring to an F77 flipper while it was still in the barrel. I wasn't able to get it on using a pair of angled tweezers, but when I switched to a different pair of tweezers for which the two sides only meet at the tip (the sort used for plucking eyebrows), the spring went stra...

Interesting - thank you!

What do people make of this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126222586126?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Zjyn6J_STgu&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=qW0T37-dSem&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY At first glance it looks like a beam spring. But it doesn't match up with any IBM models and in the second pho...

Posting this in the hope that someone can benefit from my experience. I was playing with key mappings in Vial for my Model F Labs F62. I defined a pair of keys to adjust the haptic feedback dwell time. When I tried them out my solenoid stopped working. I reset the board, re-flashed the firmware (all...

I am somewhat late to the party/club but here goes. I recently acquired an SSK off eBay: https://i.postimg.cc/sD1pv0JD/1.jpg The previous owner has lined the interior with Kilmat 50 mil, which gives the spacebar a satisfying thud sound: https://i.postimg.cc/FHL3xdqM/2.jpg The interior was nice and c...

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Thank you very much Ellipse! I have a spare xwhatsit on order with my FSSK, so all being well I'll be able to try this approach later this year.