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Cherry keyboard is sold.

If anyone is interested in the Fujitsu keyboard let me know, I will do it at almost cost of postage.

Mark.

Both non-mechanical, but the Cherry keyboard has mechanical blacks on the programmable section with included clear keycaps. Fujitsu rubber-dome keyboard. Both are new but have been in storage for a few years. Looking for £25 including UK postage. IMG_20230214_201224.jpg IMG_20230214_201159.jpg IMG_2...

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22 May 2022, 05:09

Very nice! Quite a lot of functions. Is there a significance between the red and green colors?

The red/green legends are colour coded based on Shift/Alt modifiers.
The orange legends indicate 'Gold key' shortcuts - you press the Gold key (PF1/Num Lock), release, then press the orange legend key.

Glad you like it. It is genuinely brand new which made is so much more desirable in my eyes.

Of course my wife didn't see the point, but the folk at my DEC Legacy event will appreciate it from a DEC perspective.

This was the listing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363831557051

I recently painted the case on my HHKB 2 as it wasn't responding to my half-arsed retrobrite attempt. Having said that the space bar did come up fairly well. I've had success previously with retrobrite, here a link to my documentation: https://www.wickensonline.co.uk/rc2012sc/2012/07/07/summer-compu...

This will be only of marginal interest to most folk. This is an unremarkable Fujitsu ICL rubber dome keyboard, apart from the keycaps. I worked for British Gas Research and Development at their site in Loughborough as a contract software engineer https://lakesdev.blogspot.com/2013/04/gbna-linas-deve...

The modern customs scene has mostly gravitated towards small form factor (sub-TKL) keyboards, but a notable exception is the Hyper7 kit, as well as the Modern Unsaver project (which I believe is currently in limbo). Those were just the ones I could think of off the top of my head, but I have no dou...

When I last looked at this the Corsair Vengeance K95 was about the only mechanical keyboard out there which approached battleship status...

I use Contour Rollermouse on all of my keyboards, so physical width isn't an issue from an ergonomics point of view. I've been out of the keyboard scene for ages, I wondered if anyone is making a modern battleship keyboard (other than Lexmark) these days? I don't recall seeing anything out there. I'...

I'm surprised your retrobrite didn't work, I've gone from a bronzed near-orange Pro 1 to bleached white. Do you have any before pictures? I've always found those coil springs like to attached to one another - a small magnet is a great way to find & detach them when this happens. Since you've gone f...

Found the spring woot! I never seem to be able to do a job like this without taking it apart multiple times.

First time I've done a respray. Light wet and dry, then two coats of Rustoleum primer then two coats of Rustoleum Gun Metal. I protected the main keys with 10mm stickers, the space bar stabilizers and kickstand housings with Blutack. I tried retrobriting the case but it didn't work - it was too far ...

Oh, I just checked back into Deskthority after a millenium off here and noticed this post after having tried to find info about wiring up an LK250 which is kinda XT compatible. Last time I tried the Linux LK201 kernel support it didn't work correctly with a proper LK201. It did used to work and allo...

Now sold thanks

Bump, will take £20 inc. UK postage.

Mark

Hi, bought this kit forever ago and never did anything with it. Full numeric keypad set of doubleshots and 22 keyswitches of unknown origin, can't remember! I'm asking £25 via paypal F&F including UK postage, contact me if you are international. Thanks for looking, Mark. M0NOM IMG_20201110_191317.jp...

Hi, I have a Sun Cable for the original Happy Hacking Keyboard.
If anyone wants it I'd like £5 via paypal f&f which will include UK shipping, if international shipping at cost.

Regards, Mark. M0NOM

... and received by me very quick and in exceptional condition. Many thanks Pascal.

I worked for a software house between 1992 and 1993 and they ported their 4GL to any and every Unix machine where a license was bought. The guy who sat behind me had a HP Unix workstation with one of these style keyboards and I remember back in the day how much it sucked. I was on the VAX/VMS portin...

Finally, as promised, here is the full manual: http://wickensonline.co.uk/static/files ... Manual.pdf

I use rollermouse at work all the time - no more issues with wrists.
I have a red in pretty much unused conditions (my classic is the only one that works with my work computer which is a SunRay) for sale - I'll upload to the sale section shortly, if anyone is interested.

For Linux you can do this via a powered adapter that converts the connections to an RS/232 connector - there is a Linux kernel driver that supports this: http://wickensonline.co.uk/app/index.html#/linuxlk For Windows AFAIK you are currently out of luck, although I keep meaning to come up with a solu...

Fiat 500? If you are Italy presumably you won't be paying a premium for one.
We had one for two years and it was reliable, cheap to run. We've now moved on to a 500X and that is great too.

Does anyone have an suggestions for an extra flexible micro usb cable I can use to connect a keyboard?
I want a cable that will lay flat on the desktop, preferably no longer than 1 metre.

Thanks, Mark.

It's such a shame the keys on these things just feel so crap. I used the one I'm selling for a bit but just couldn't quite get over that crap key feeling - that's coming from someone who uses DEC keyboards a lot too!

Oh Oracle I'm in such a dilema. I think I might be looking for the holy grail http://www.montypython.com/uploads/General_FOLDER_godbepraised.jpg TBH I think I need to compromise. I'd like a wireless keyboard that is backlit with a reliable connection. Even better than that dear: it would have a stan...

I have a manual for this keyboard somewhere - I will scan it when I find it!

In the meantime I found this image on an eBay post: Not all the switches but probably a help.

I'm going through a load of stuff at the moment, so chances are I will happen across the manual within the next few weeks

overclockers.co.uk are doing Corsair K95 White backlit Cherry Red for 70 quid currently:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/corsair- ... 95-cs.html

Trying to figure out dip switch settings, any chance you have the manual for the keyboard? Wow, this topic has been quiet for a while. You know what I think I do have a manual for it. Of course the more difficult question to answer is 'where is it'? Let me have a think... if I have it I'll scan it ...