deskthority

Thanks, terrpn. I would do exactly as you say but I'm on Linux. Will update here in due course in case anyone else is in the same boat.

Thanks, Ellipse. My problem was that I had no way of telling if the non-registering SHIFT key was the expected result of "different" keyboard hardware or the unexpected result of a non-working key mechanism. (Such uncertainty may grate on the sensibilities of more experienced users, but it's a ...

Hello guys, my first post here in ages (I married an early G80-1800 with blues and settled down for a few years).

My Xmas present was a Model F Keyboards F77 Ultra Compact -- one of the last Carolina Blue examples, which I'm using to type this. It's easily the best keyboard I ever used, better even ...

Hi chaps, have lurked for a couple of years but figured deskthority should be first port of call for keyboard clearout. Only a couple of my 'boards will appeal to serious collectors, but those seeking a daily drive might find something useful here for not much $$$. I used to run a bikeshop so ...

Hi chaps, I just scored an early G80-1800 (UK layout). It's in IBM beige and winkeyless, and has a DIN connector on a curly cable and an XT/AT slider on the base. The vendor said 'MX blues' -- haven't had a chance to check yet, but it's certainly lovely to type on. I edited the corresponding wiki ...

Thanks everyone, but especially Findecanor -- I should have thought of that one myself. I'm aware of the difficulty (or perhaps impossibility, given mhy limited time) of getting an XT board to hook up to a modern computer. Does anyone know an easy way of checking whether it's AT or XT? Best, W.

Hi chaps, my first tech request. I bought an interesting keyboard off ebay.de last week. (Lasciate ogni speranza...)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230946227022?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

It's from a luggable Philips logic analyzer, late 80s, alumin(i)um-cased and with Omron ...

Model F! Model F! Wanna Model F!

How so? I thought it was the same switch.

I know, I know. But you gotta do what you gotta do. A couple of decades freelancing mean that I must be into triple figures on keyboard usage. Have *never* found one I liked as well as the AT. W.

Would kill for a UK or US 84-key model F (probably #6450200, although there are variants). I had one at a crap job about 25 years ago which gave me an original IBM-AT to work on. I've always wished that I'd walked out with it when I left. Make my month! Best, Will / NIftyprose