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On mobile, I get this on a neverending loop:

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With permission I am sharing (anonymously) feedback that someone sent me. I don't know much about the technical stuff mentioned here. I say it's better to slightly overpower hosting to anticipate an increase in users!

"I might have some information that might be of use to you if you end up buying ...

Thanks for the links. Poking around the Cherry database, which is new to me, I see lots of specs laid out in infobox format for the keyboards but no context. It’s definitely a database but doesn’t strike me as a wiki. None of that would stick for me: I’m all about the stories.

It's not intended ...

I feel I have been completely forthright for my plans to keep things exactly the same outside of any bug fixes or other legal issues that need addressing for a site moving to US ownership. The benefit is for those who want the site to be kept exactly the same. As folks have discussed here before ...

photekq I'm not sure I understand your most recent post, how it would affect a decision to contribute? Regardless of the final sale price, I expect to be contributing several thousand dollars of my own funds to help reach the goal and to operate the site if there is a shortfall for raising funds ...

My guess is it goes for the asking price if we can get a group buy together in the next couple months, but if it becomes a year without a buyer the price may come down to what I've estimated. Just a guess!

In terms of having extra beyond the $15k if things turn out that way, I noted in the sign ...

I would be happy to coordinate a group buy for the site (I have coordinated some group buys before!).

Please answer me this:

You've speculated that "the final price may settle around $7.5k to $10k".

If you end up being correct about this - what is the exact amount of donations that you would ...

Scratch that last post; I made a mistake.

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Perhaps your clone could help me with a query. I'd like a list of all DT posts with the text {size=1} in them (but with square brackets instead of curly braces), to track down the remaining edit-spam still festering in the forum. The search function here insists on searching for the word "size ...

Sorry for butchering your post in the quote. I am using it mostly as a way to tag you.

Thanks for making the clone! How would it work in terms of post association with new accounts? I mean is it just an archive or can we register? In terms of registration, if we register as the same name we had ...

Very nice, trip down memory lane.

It's a trip I've taken too many times to count. I think I viewed you and sixty's posts more on OTD than I did here on DT :lol:

I can't recommend that site enough, even in this year. They did so many cool things, even putting aside their famed 356 series. And ...

What happened to OTD? That inspired the Deskthority name.

OTD became quieter and quieter over time, with a huge drop-off happening between 2013 and 2014. It still had sporadic posts as late as 2017, but at that point it was clearly no longer the busy, tight-knit community it once was. To put ...

I do apologize in advance if this comes off a bit personal and/or wanky. While I haven't been active here for a fair while, this forum and its members were an important part of my teenage years, and I still hold them uncomfortably close to my heart. And when something is close to my heart, I ...

Thanks for the advice! Keycaps are double shot so no needs for any mods. My only problem is that my g80 is WK :(
I must find a g80 WKL!

This shouldn't be too hard, since you're looking for ISO. A German one will be easiest and cheapest to find, e.g G80-3000HAD. And if you have to buy a whole ...

Awesome find - photekq no doubt is the ultimate Cherry Picker :mrgreen:

In fairness, I didn't find this one! I believe all examples of this model were found by str0hkopf on reddit. I was just fortunate enough to be able to buy it off someone else :mrgreen:


Hmm. The first 4×2 group of F-keys ...

This thing has it all. What an absurd keyboard. Thank you to ja3 for being kind enough to pass it along to me.

It must be the longest Cherry MX G80 I've ever seen. It's the only Cherry-made MX keyboard that came stock with o-rings to my knowledge. And to top it all off - it has a unique case design ...

Here's a unicorn I picked up last year. Huge thank you to chorb for pointing me in its direction.

Right off the bat, despite the fact there is no branding anywhere, I'm confident this was made for Triumph Adler (or Olivetti, as they were jointly owned at the time). I say this due to the colour ...

I found an old Olivetti KBD 2812 HBI (Cherry G81-3011) in very good conditions, keycaps are simply amazing!
Unfortunately I discover by myself how bad MY switches are! So I could keep only keycaps (putting them on g80-3000 I own) but... I felt in love with KBD 2812 case so I want to keep it!
Sa ...

Lovely board and spares, GLWS kbdfr

I’m curious if anyone knows what this is:
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The listing says “IBM Model F XT Style OmniKey Keyboard” , but I’m not aware of Omni Key keyboards in an XT layout.

The back says it’s made in Thailand but not much else. Any ideas? There’s an Omni Key ...

this is a test post, please don't delete it for at least 1 week :ugeek:

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I’m disputing the scale.

And I'm disputing your dispute :lol:

Going by the 'personal review' screenshot thefarside posted, it seems that OP's tactility rating isn't commenting on how pleasant the tactility is, but rather how severe the switch tactility feels with respect to others he's tried ...

My personal review of that personal review is it's bullshit. Model F tactility at only 70%? What, prey tell, ranks 80, 90 or 100? Crushing diamonds? :lol:

Switches that you haven't tried but OP has, maybe :roll: Certainly not impossible considering your sample pool.

Some modern MX clones are ...

not MX, or at least most keycaps aren't MX compatible... quite shitty


those are not even "made by Cherry" caps, it is worthwhile to mention!

but how can you tell this about the caps from the photos?

https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=10589

Different font, different texture ...

Muirium wrote: 14 Oct 2023, 09:20 Just tell me you don’t use those arrow keys all the way up there.

I don't use the thing at all yet, not without the casing

I haven't decided where I'd place the arrows. Easy enough to swap around with QMK though.

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Hi, I'm looking to buy, or trade for, one of these.

I currently have one, but the casing is broken. That's the only part that I really need.

Ideally, I'd like to buy/trade for a carcass that somebody has harvested the switches from ...

Sorry to bother you in your sale thread, but could you provide some information and/or pictures on the Ericsson 4143? I cannot find any information on it...

It's along the line of this one, I'm pretty sure: https://kbd.news/Ericsson-Telekom-keyboard-1027.html

My reason for saying: http://www ...

phinix wrote: 10 Aug 2023, 19:04 I wonder if its worth paying $200 for a keyboard to harvest them.

No.

Orange Alps are amongst the most common, as they're found in Apple keyboards - those being some of the most common vintage boards of all time.

Not quite sure what you mean. I reposted as I really don't think an auction sale with a single bidder on an obscure japanese site is really an accurate evaluation of anything's worth. I ended up digging around a bit and as far as recent(ish) sales that I've found, one came up for sale on Reddit ...

Muirium wrote: 30 Mar 2023, 10:59 Hopefully they are entirely MX stab compatible!

They are; original Cherry dyesubs, not the funny TA typewriter style sometimes found on Olivettis.