deskthority

PM sent.

I would trash any IBM junk for a Cherry MX keyboard. That's solid craftmanship, proven reliability, and so appreciated that the whole world is eager to copy them.

One of those is currently on offer on eBay (and kleinanzeigen.de), asking price 360 €
https://www.ebay.de/itm/298363180224

Whoever had one and chose to desolder the switches, as suggested above, may regret it by now

Muirium wrote: 15 May 2026, 18:27 […] Rationale Ehrärung […]

There is a way to get PMs working:
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=525429#p525429

DT often issues a "Forbidden" message.
As Muirium pointed out before in the thread "A Workaround for the Site's Permission Denied Errors", you can delete the &sid= part of URLs and then reload the page to circumvent this issue.

However, this does not work for PMs.
A member gave me a hint, which I ...

Why your PM reached me I do not understand, and DT prevents me from answering it.

To the account deletion candidate:
Strange thing that the request for account deletion addressed to Global moderators and Administrators (and the second message) arrived but PMs between members seem to be disabled (even when the "sid" thing is deleted, no matter how you do it).
Please try to send ...

Thanks matt3o for the clear headsup, and sorry to have had to bother you.

To the user who asked for their account to be deleted : DT being broken, there's apparently nothing we can do as we do not have access to the admin level. Sorry for that.
I can delete your posts, though. Please use the same ...

Some smart guy(s) contacted me via geekhack's PM system, where I have the exact same username as here on DT.
So that could be a workaround - but isn't it a pity?

I see no "&sid=" section in the URL when I try to write a PM.

I hope this helps:
viewtopic.php?t=31204

Did you try to simply call the phone number on the sticker?
And a search for "Färber + Reteaca" retrieves a "Rehakomm (instead of Rehacom) Peter Jacobi" with different addresses and phone numbers over time.

Please note that content posted bey EmilyStark was IA-generated. They wanted to pose as a keyboard expert in order to smuggle spam links.
Let's hope that at least the IA did not hallucinate

Hi, everyone!

Recently, my old keyboard has stopped working and now I'm looking to buy a new one.

I haven't been keeping up with mechanical keyboards for quite a few years so I could use some guidance here.

I'm looking for a new keyboard with the following requirements:

[…]

Do any ...

The last answer rather sounds like AI-generated, the more so from a new registered author.

DMA wrote: 17 Feb 2026, 03:42 […] Those aren't that much louder if you hold the thing in your hand.
HOWEVER, should you press the assembly against the table and press the stem, there'll be absolute GUNSHOTS

Same for a tuning fork:

Not being an IBM guy, I have no use for all that,
but I do admire all the energy, care and precision you are unfolding here.

I'm not sure buying a keyboard (or a complete keycap set, for that matter) just for the key is worth it. I am currently using a relegendable keycap and just simply wish I had a "real" keycap

Not quite sure if you mean you can take it from a BTC and insert it in your set as a replacement?
I am interested just in that one keycap indeed, a pity it is missing from your set

Gatlank wrote: 07 Feb 2026, 15:25 If you're still looking i have a entire pt set that i want to get rid of.

Doubleshot, lasered, pad-printed? And how much would you want for it?

Muirium wrote: 14 Dec 2025, 15:17 […] other times just delete everything after ?sid= in the url and you'll get through. […]

No clue why (and to be honest, not even interested in knowing why), but it seems to work,

BucklingSpring wrote: 13 Dec 2025, 20:38

andrewjoy wrote: 12 Dec 2025, 10:26 That is a server side issue that our new (lazy) overloads need to fix.

It is a shame that such notorious board is neglected like that.

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

This is typical offtopcthority

Nice pics indeed.
[Hi µ]

Best vintage keyboard? I would opt for a Cherry keyboard with a model number starting with G80
You'll never have to fix anything yourself.

You can now edit your first post (locking new users' first posts is a precautionary antispam measure).

Green Maned Lion wrote: 01 Sep 2025, 20:21 […] The truth is, the Model M is the best keyboard ever made.[…]

Except, of course, for the built-in "broken rivets" issue

TNT wrote: 28 Aug 2025, 17:48 […] (Mods, if possible, please move to WTS)

Sorry, that mod function is (also) broken, I would suggest you open a new thread there (and perhaps link to here).

Really nice stuff, and well presented.