deskthority

Sid's a sneaky spy. Or he thinks he is, any any rate. But most times he shows up, people notice him. So much so, we have learned to give him the slip.

Oh, I bet our new overlords are enjoying their monthly cheques for $0.00 for DT's wealth of tracking info. The plonkers never even set it up right.

I don’t think he's crooked either. There's faster ways to make a buck on empty promises, a millionfold as fast!

But neither would I trust his parts to work in your keyboard without (ultimately irreconcilable) issues that will have you mucking around inside it so often it'll be as if that was your ...

I've no idea about Ellipse's bits in OG IBM hardware. Tbh, I suspect Wobbled is right about what you can expect to actually get from him, unless he likes your YouTube channel.

Where are you in the world? I've a few spares. I am, however, in the misty, mystical, interdimensional realm of Scotland ...

Now that’s a Deskthority story! Welcome to repentance.

I was a kid at the time of ubiquitous mechanicals, so it was the adults around me who were doing the throwing stuff out. I generally liked the layout of the new stuff better but missed the clicking. Still, if the plug wouldn't fit the new ...

A dodgy flipper, eh?

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You'll likely need to open it up and take a good look. I wouldn't be surprised if you found a break like this. Those flipper hinges are easily the weakest part of Model Fs in my ...

It's certainly not an Apple keyboard. The layout, however, is very Apple II.

https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/01dwRRKtxYZOhyB7EAf25he-1..v1649253798.jpg

It will be an Apple II clone's keyboard. I don’t know much about those, but they were a thing of the late 1970s through the early 1980s ...

The profile is pretty damn nice. You done great! In fact, I should compare them to my dev/tty MT3 caps and the Beamspring they’re derived from…

I think youthful exposure to Model Ms really alters the equation. I grew up in the 1980s/90s, ironically just an hour away from (IBM's European production centre) Greenock but I don’t recall any experience with Model M before I got into keyboards in 2013 or so. In fact, I'd already been spoiled by ...

I opened up Discord for the first time in an age and added you by username. It's… a fidgety app for my liking, but evidently everyone's gone somewhere.

Any more (characteristically well considered) colour ways for these caps would be a godsend, and those tricky four new keys for the R4. Now you've ...

I certainly like the R4 features. I like an understated design so this one seems to call to me, especially in black, now I've killer caps for it.

If you see some discount Realforces from previous generations, do share. R4's sold out in Japan so I'll be waiting a while to strike lucky.

You just need to be an "influencer" and you'll get the nice toys, too.

So I looked. The Realforce R4 is just out and all the more compelling for me now I have these caps.

https://www.realforce.co.jp/products/R4HB11/images/mainphoto.jpg

https://www.realforce.co.jp/products/series_r4.html

This one's ANSI, Bluetooth, damped, and uniform 45g. I'd like to try 30g but ...

Even as a mod I have lost access to most mod functions.

The "Fobidden" error page we all see so very often now?

I find using the back button in your web browser will often work around it, and other times just delete everything after ?sid= in the url and you'll get through.

It's clearly just ...

I just messaged you on GH (we're each the same username on both, presumably?) and maybe their PM system still works.

Well done Andreas. This turned out lovely!



Now, about some blue alphas and red alphas.

BucklingSpring wrote: 12 Dec 2025, 01:39 Topre RealForce x4 (87U 55g/Digilog case, 103U-UW & 104UG High-Profile x2)

I might be after a full-size Realforce now, as long as it's ANSI. Say, where in the world are you? Nowhere near Scotland, right?

Yeah, your R2 would need the Extension, Mods and Alphas kits. The mods kit is just this:

https://doexyae99uah1.cloudfront.net/renders/kits/thumb-mods.png

Enough for an HHKB or FC660C but not a Realforce's worth of keys.

I'd recommend the red or blue mods over the classic greys, myself. The ...

Hey Kbdfr, nice to see the old gang is still, despite it all, still around. I even see rumblings in Model F development . It's somehow like 10 years didn't even…

Something I should point out regards Ursa: it'll fit all manner of Realforces, HHKBs and Leopolds so long as yours is ANSI . Now, all of ...

Thanks, Andy. These caps were Christmas come early—I'd almost forgotten all about them—and I couldn't contain myself. Had to take pix and had to flaunt them! It was actually a good thing they came after dark as they look just magnificent in flash instead of pale winter daylight.

The BBC Micro ...

Speaking as another old-timer, the kind of linear switch I'd be interested in would be super smooth (obviously) and nicely damped on both ends of the stroke. Something with a real solidity to its slider, too, like it's on a metal rail. No wobble. No bullshit. And ideally, yes, indirect sensing ...

I had fun shooting these , still with the same old kit, I might add. That flash works wonders in the darkness! Kinda has me tempted to look at a mirrorless body to go with my old glass.

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None of this surprises me. The cookie permissions I had to dismiss on my way in here to show off about my Ursa set was eyebrow raising. I had to laugh!

I've been waiting a while for this.


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Proper, no-shit, authentically good caps for Topre that aren't Topre's own creation. Caps with solid colours and a superb shape. At last: Andreas and FKcaps delivered!


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Needless to say, I placed quite an ...

Dark mode is essential.

That’s using the Noir extension in Safari. But I’ve been on the dark side for quite a while now.

Just needs to cough up the cash, right? Imagine what we could do here if we had an admin again? The occasional security update! Maybe even freshen up those headers. Radical stuff.

Grind that ISO axe good and sharp!

Findecanor wrote: 30 May 2024, 16:12 A lost opportunity to not make the charging cable a coiled cable, IMHO, BTW.

They're USB C on the back. Bring your own artisan-made coiled cable, as desired.

Or even better: use the Bluetooth or supplied little dongle to avoid a cable outright.

"Custom" third-party keyboards are a thing on iOS. I've only lightly dabbled with them on iPhone. Maybe there's something with a better layout for you out there, or ideally: a configurable keyboard you can design your own layouts for. Imagine!

If I were a real developer I'd probably make my own ...

Great minds, eh? ;)

As soon as he showed me the lack of space inside the box, I knew this was the perfect job for MX. I let him choose between linear and clicky switches. MX Green it was. Reassuringly clicky. Their audible feedback comes a half second or so before the motor kicks in, removing much ...

So, I've been busy lately. One small project was helping out my brother with a control panel for his garage. He's got an electric door opener but the remotes are fiddly and the motor itself is positioned right above the car so it's hard to reach. Besides, when closing it in windy conditions, the ...

And thank you for making it happen. In the end, it was irresistible.

I’ve ordered a good bit of coloured mods coverage, so I’ve done my bit. Looking forward to getting my paws on these.