deskthority

Just store your stuff in a cold, dark vacuum.

The "IBM numbering" is how it appears in the figure Laser attached in the previous post. "Ribbon numbering" is how a standard insulation-displacement ribbon cable is numbered, not IBM's wire bundle. For my Bigfoot controller, I cut one end off of a 20-pin flat ribbon cable, soldered the appropriate ...

Very, very nice. Bravo!

OMG, where did you get that clock?!

I like Rev. 3 too, provided it can be converted to ISO. Wcass' PCB design on p. 2 seems to support this.

If you're willing to travel further down the rabbit hole, you could always get one of these and convert it to a layout very similar to the standard 105-key ISO layout (except for having the function keys on the left).

Weight 210 lbs (95 kilos)! Sometimes it's just as well that things aren't made like they used to be...

There is some debate as to why the older IBMs feel different than the newer ones or the Unicomps. Some people think it's because the key stems have had more time to polish against the barrels. The key stems and caps are PBT in either case. Regarding the Windows keys, you can remap any of the existin...

You might try a quality Cherry board with MX blues. They are lighter but still clicky. The wiki should have actuation forces for all the switches. If you can find one, try an IBM beamspring keyboard. It's probably closest to what you seek. There shouldn't be any real typing feel differences between ...

Also sounds good. I'm a very visual person. I need to see things in picture or person to really know for sure, so It makes this process really hard. I think I need to switch my spacebar to white. Also the red esc key sounds very tempting. Also switching my color scheme for the arrow key section see...

Wow, imagine how many hours of labor went into making that keyboard. My sister used to work for Burroughs around that time frame, in Detroit, back when it was a functioning city.

Did you polish the case, or was that what it looked like when you removed the paint?

I bought some silver conductive paint a few months ago that came in a syringe, which allowed me to lay down a thick bead of paint on the membrane. I don't remember the exact resistance that resulted, but I'm pretty sure it was under 100 ohms. The resistance does indeed go down as the paint dries.

xwhatsit wrote: ↑Somebody remind me why I'm using the ATmega32U2 in my keyboard controllers again

Because if the processor is too powerful, people will expect you to put too much in the firmware?

Thanks for sharing all those details. I used a thick piece of soft lumber too, but I used a smaller piece and had to move it around frequently. I like the idea of using a larger board. I have a couple of foam pieces I need to punch out where I've already painted the top plate, so I'll be using the t...

You did a great job on that foam. How did you attach the template to the foam? Tape around the edges?

Nuum wrote: ↑My flatmate just noticed my FaceU. First he said 'Nice keyboard' and then half a minute later 'Wait, isn't there something missing on this keyboard?'

As in 40 more keys?

Wow, yours looks a lot nicer than mine did. That's OK, you paid for it in shipping cost. Does yours have a 5-pin DIN connector? I'm wondering if that would work with a Soarer's converter.

idollar wrote: ↑I will do it.
I just need to figure out how to do it. I am new with git

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All you need to do is fork, make your changes, then issue the pull request. You can use either the web interface or hub to issue the request.

You have NIB F-122s?

Assuming you are going to install the controller inside, one thing you might want to be careful of is the difference between the way IBM numbered the 20-pin connector and the way ribbon cables are usually numbered. Getting this wrong could fry something! This little diagram shows the difference: rib...

Q1. What is the teensy 2.0 <-> arduino micro (not the micro pro, but the larger model, with the reset button) pin mapping, usable for Soarer's controller ? Or, alternatively (teaching fishing instead of asking for fish), how do i find out this mapping? (edit: i may have found it, after some reading...

I installed an xwhatsit controller last night... P1020770.jpg ...and tonight I installed a USB connector in back in place of the 15-pin D connector. P1020781.jpg I might install one of those nice, metal Amphenol connectors... MUSB-E151-341.jpg ...at some point, but what I have will do the job until ...

how many pins do I need to connect to the teensy? I'd like to use a DB15 to 8p8c connector, but I think 8 wires are not enough. You need 11 altogether: 7 muxstrobe, 1 strobe gate, 1 sense, +5V, ground. I think there is a larger version of the pro micro if thats easier to get for people in the EU Ye...

Hi, yes I did use Soarer's controller. You can't use a Pro Micro because it does not have enough contiguous pins for the multiplexer (muxstrobe_port PB6:0). I used an actual Teensy instead. I cut the end off an old 20-pin ribbon cable and soldered it to the Teensy and plugged the other end into the ...

The former. And I see no sign of people's age having anything to do with it. GH's eye-hostile nature is its culture, not a quirk of its users. There's plenty of overlap in membership between both forums, and the same people don't do the same thing over here. One of the many reasons I only sit on th...

matt3o wrote: ↑nothing beats DT off-topic ratio anyway.

And nothing beats GH for the number of "brown versus blue" threads.

Voting is so...20th century. I pursue technological means to achieve social change and liberation.

I was reading fohat's F-122 restoration thread on geekhack (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48786.0), and he seems to use a few bolts even when keeping all the original locking tabs. Maybe that's just something you're likely to need on these tall boards, even with the "perfect" foam. Thirty year...

At Michael's art supply there is a wide range of colors, a single sheet costing less than a dollar will do it for an F-122, and it is supposed acid-free for use in art projects and scrapbooking. Thanks for the tip. Haven't tried looking in a Michaels yet since there are none convenient to me. I hav...