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In the US: https://www.esupplystore.com/19-18-x-9-18-x-2-316-Deluxe-Literature-Mailers--bundle-of-50_p_3112.html as a keyboard inner box https://store.usps.com/store/product/shipping-supplies/priority-mail-large-flat-rate-board-game-box-gbfrb-P_GB_FRB as an outer shipping box Newspaper, packing pean...

Mostly unused, admittedly, but my big concern was hardening or running of the lubricant over time.

Simulating a million or so strokes takes a drill, a jig, and a month.

Sorry if I was not clear. My latency concern was for dynamically varying force on the switch while typing by, say, varying current through a solenoid. There would be on the order of a hundred to a thousand sample points in a 4mm key stroke and a desire to vary force within a very tight window. I'm n...

Just a toothpick but I was working on a flipper and spring assembly that was out of the keyboard. You just want to coat the coils of the spring, not fill it. I'll see if I can get some photos to make it more clear.

Haha. You are welcome to send me a keyboard! The shipping will be prohibitive! It would be cheaper for me to send you the grease.

I have plenty of Model Ms here to donate to the cause. This has been on my back burner since ... 2016?

Power and latency are concerns. You're not the first to have had this idea.

That Soft Touch Model M is neat. Never heard of such a thing. Yeah someone already bought them, its something I don't see elsewhere that much. Definitely Quieter than a normal M. They're pretty rare. I think you underpriced them. I think you can make your own, it's something I've been meaning to tr...

Long term update: after several years the sample switch tester I created with this grease on the spring is still holding up great! Next time I'm up for a bolt mod I'll try the whole board!

The Santa Clara meetup on March 28th is cancelled due to coronavirus fears.

There is a meetup in Silicon Valley in a few weeks hosted by Fujitsu for the new HHKB. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hhkb-meetu ... 2979356759

(I cannot take credit for this tip. A fellow named "Ian" who is local included this tip on a posting for an M122 which has since been sold.) The keyboard should work well in Linux (once a nice custom keymap is set up); however, you will need to patch the Linux PS/2 port driver ("drivers/input/serio/...

ZedTheMan wrote: ↑

24 Feb 2020, 21:31

Unless it was expected that your role be this short term.

This was not my expectation.

Well, that didn't last long. My relationship with daskeyboard is over as of today.

We were working on a couple of new things. I hope they eventually see the light of day.

Sorry to hear this. I think your best option will be to fabricate a new knob.

ppCircle wrote: ↑

20 Feb 2020, 19:49

I think i'm dumb because i don't understand that question "What . . . is your quest?"

Monty Python reference.

Delirious wrote: ↑

10 Feb 2020, 20:55

XMIT proposes a trade so let’s leave this thread to the buyer and the sellers. No need for the last words.

My trade offer was a sincere one. I've not heard back from OP.

I sold mine in 2017 and now I'm sad. So it goes.

Did the forum indices change or something like this?

I'd consider trading one of these three boards for a Space Cadet. If you happen to have a Space Cadet send me a PM. I'd maybe consider trading for a working Optimus Maximus plus cash. Don't really want to get rid of these boards. Money alone isn't that much of a motivation since it's easier for me t...

It's a wild guess but this seems like a numpad that could have been sold for an IBM portable computer in the early 90s. That would explain the cover. That looks like a PS/2 port, which could be primary connection, or pass-through for a mouse. The raw matrix - five rows and four columns - is exposed ...

I have a friend who does elemental analysis of metals for a living. If you have an OG beam spring that you're willing to sacrifice for science, let me know and I'll ask for an analysis.

The display in Chyros's video looks good to me. The off center display would be unfortunate.

Higher resolution would make it even harder to read the text in the menus, unless you selected a larger font, in which case there is no point.

I'd consider one if the price was right. Are you interested in any trades?

I think this must be the Creative Labs PRES product:
https://uk.creative.com/p/peripherals/s ... nguard-k08

Given the number of barely used Kinesis keyboards I've seen at recycling centers, I don't think anyone cares about you taking it. To most "normal" people it's just a keyboard. At some places bureaucracy works to your advantage. The engineering manager - even the shitty, berating micromanagers - care...

I've also found that some switches - modern Cherry MX Brown among them - don't like it if they're not cycled regularly. A WASD v2 with Browns needed about 100 actuations per switch before chatter, bouncing, and missed strokes stopped being an issue. Really, though, the vast majority of keyboards are...

I store a bunch of my keyboards in a locked steel shipping container. It is great in most ways: dustproof, watertight, rat proof. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=372590#p372590 if you want to see a picture of it. However, there is one gotcha: the heat. In the summer, it can easily be 130-140...

That video is great! Granted, I only skimmed it. The daskeyboard Gamma Zulu is a B3K variant with an added 0.5mm of travel. I believe the springs and tactility were also tweaked. I took some macro photos of the Gamma Zulu. They are on Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/84348724@N07/albums/72157712498...

A USB cable once connected will probably never ever be removed from the keyboard. I disagree. Attached cables are much more difficult to manage for travel and storage. Sure, if the keyboard is a daily driver and never moves, an attached cable is fine. But as a collector I have a strong preference f...

Well, I don't know who is the OEM for the Kaihua Choc board that I posted. I'm not familiar with "Havit" offering Choc caps. What would you propose that I say to describe these caps?

My goal was to show that low-profile non-uniform profiles exist.