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Donation complete. We're between projects right now so I wish the donation could be more but there it is. Hopefully the next one can be bigger!

sixty's post from 2011:
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My recently acquired dca IRMAkey/3270 looks quite similar, I'm excited to tear into it now! No calculator, though.

Did anyone manage to make it out to Houston this past weekend?

Yeah. It's labeled an E6B and is an odd one. You can do wind correction angles without the sliding insert. I haven't used it yet but I'm familiar with a more typical E6B.

Matias clicky is not as good because of the polycarb housing. It's fine on the tactiles though. And why is that, exactly? Acoustic properties of polycarbonate? To recreate a switch - any switch - takes a good microphone (and acoustic chamber), a really good pressure gauge, a quality calibrated pair...

Watch out, some of these use glued in stabilizers! Otherwise it's a just a very nice TKL. You could paint the top case and switch out caps like I did.

This is a Raytheon 226274 keyboard that appears to be from the late 60s or early 70s. It is extremely rare, and I have been unable to find any pictures online of it. The keyboard uses Raytheon KB-SR1 switches, which are made of glass, and allow you to see the switch mechanism in action. The keycaps...

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29 Oct 2019, 05:15

(You might need to double check the first two photos: we see the AT&T board three times instead of the HPs and E6B.)

Ugh; fixed.

Very nice haul, some really cool boards there! :D Btw, I'm pretty sure that AT&T isn't magsep, that model is Olivetti dome with slider AFAIK ;) . Well, I need to check, since it's definitely has an audible and tactile click. Perhaps, Olivetti Snap Action? https://deskthority.net/wiki/Olivetti_snap_...

looks like i need to finish my converter then :D kinda sad about that 029 sans its brain and body. please tell me you didnt get it removed from the rest of it! Sorry to say, yes. The rest of it was in pieces that I didn't have the resources to carry or re-assemble. If you want them, I'm sure you ca...

I managed to visit the warehouse on Sunday! My haul is documented here: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=22958 PDP_11 requested that visitors take minimal, tasteful photos of the warehouse. They don't want this getting to the level of overwhelming, unmanageable interest as the Computer R...

The rest of the little haul... NeXT keyboard, Alps Black tactile IMG_20191028_112213.jpg Micro Switch Hall Effect! Impressive, heavy, cast metal case IMG_20191028_112312.jpg SSKs - one normal, one DisplayWriter! They need some love but they clean up nice. IMG_20191028_112432.jpg Cherry M8! IMG_20191...

I asked really nicely and got to access PDP_11's warehouse in Houston this past weekend (see: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=22918). I had a legitimate excuse: my in laws are in town this weekend and I can't make the scheduled slots. I found a few neat items! Granted, I paid a bit more...

Do you have a picture of the donor board, the entire thing?

Funny how there are so very many different shades of red. It's a nightmare to try to color match just about anything!

GM "Victory Red" is about my favorite shade.

I'd like to experiment with strobing power to a "pulse" type Hall sensor. It's on my long list of things to get to.

Previous work: viewtopic.php?t=12379

Just a little project I'm working on. The top of the Das Keyboard 4 series is aluminum plate, easily removed and painted. USMC Red is a bright, vivid, vibrant red. Cerakote, a ceramic powder coat, is thin and matte. 600_3860.jpg 600_3888.jpg 600_3843.jpg 600_3846.jpg 600_3852.jpg 600_3856.jpg

Well darn, I can't make it this week. Next week looks good. May I come during a weekday? I'll follow up by email. I'm in Austin. Cheers

I found a really nice AEK at the local Goodwill for $5 within the past year!

Just wanted to give ohaimark a shout out as I start restoration of two Beamsprings here, a small and a big 3278. One is in great condition, the other will need a new foam sheet. Thanks!

We had these a while ago when a slice of bread went unnoticed in the back of the cupboard a while back. The answer was to pull everything out of the kitchen, toss away any unsealed food, and bleach everything daily until the mites were gone. Took about 10 days. Good luck.

I too enjoy pizza from time to time. Here's a simple Pizza Napoletana. IMG_20191013_180110.jpg What temperature was your oven? It looks pretty good, but I don't understand how the cheese could get burnt while the crust looks like it spent too long on too low a heat. 545 F, but the pizza stone had c...

I too enjoy pizza from time to time. Here's a simple Pizza Napoletana.

Still better than Cherry MY or Key Tronic foam and foil buckling rubber sleeve. Chyros has another excellent rant about those.

It's just a remapping of RWin. :yawn:

Spoiler from the video: Hall effect only on the alphas, not on the Fn row or numpad.

Subscribed! I'd love to dig into the electrical characteristics of Cortron magnetic valve switches.

Eh, don't worry about deleting too much, but feel free to create a new post in Vendors.

My condolences to his family.

Latest news from the Computer Reset Facebook group is: with the cooler weather here, they're going to try to organize the warehouse a bit before opening it up. There is strong interest and the organizers don't want a stampede.

For basic cleaning I've had luck with a melamine foam pad, e.g. "Mr. Clean Magic Eraser" in the US. It's a strong, but brittle, abrasive. I would try this both wet and dry on an inconspicuous region of the board to see what it does. In combination with various cleaners (such as "Simple Green", https...