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by E3E
22 Aug 2023, 01:01
Forum: News
Topic: Stuff you just bought
Replies: 2096
Views: 745731

Re: Stuff you just bought

Hey, I'm so sorry, i know it's a long shot - do you still have this keyboard? I've bought a NOS keyboard minus case that has similar codes to yours, but the layout is markedly different. I can't find anything about it though, and I'm trying to figure out if it has SKCL or SKCC, if you found anythin...
by E3E
21 May 2022, 12:09
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: HHKB's you've tried
Replies: 33
Views: 6267

Re: HHKB's you've tried

Yep, I've had many boards reyellow over time (which is why, when I've got a board that's not yellowed, I take preventative measures, ie the UV protectant spray). Usually, it's always to a more subtle degree than the original yellowing, but it does revert. For plastics that were originally a shade gr...
by E3E
19 May 2022, 12:27
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: keyboard selection help
Replies: 22
Views: 2420

Re: keyboard selection help

I know I cannot completely avoid some Chinese parts inside a product. But I want a keyboard on which it is written ''Made in...'' ... somewhere else than China. And I thought Topre switches are made in Japan, similar to MX switches being made in Germany. Is that not the case? Cristian At least with...
by E3E
19 May 2022, 05:07
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: HHKB's you've tried
Replies: 33
Views: 6267

Re: HHKB's you've tried

As an fyi, you can buy some UV protectant for plastics to ensure the white/ivory plastics maintain their original color and don't yellow over time. :D
by E3E
14 May 2022, 03:28
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Custom Vintage keyboard METAL shell
Replies: 99
Views: 16609

Re: Custom Vintage keyboard METAL shell

If you could make an IBM 4704 F107 case (and if you or another could make a PCB and plate), you'd be filling a demand niche for the people who bought into the F77/F62 reproductions.
by E3E
08 May 2022, 00:19
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

I know topre wobbles, I had many topre boards in last 15 years. Thing is the slider of Type-s is different - it has small indent under it, so rubber dome goes deeper, to feel like regular one. Once you remove rings, you create a gap between dome and slider, that is why all caps would then be lose, ...
by E3E
06 May 2022, 19:13
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

I've never tried this myself so am unsure of what the results would be, but have you tried removing the type-s silencing rings? I can't imagine there's any real wobble on the sliders as the rings are extremely thin I was thinking doing it. I've read here and there that when you do that, they start ...
by E3E
05 May 2022, 23:30
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

Very good, Mu. :P Nah, I understand. I know a lot of people who dislike sphericals because of their feel not being as smooth to use as cylindricals. Which I can see. Cylindricals have those dipped edges in the front and back of the cap. Sphericals are raised on all sides, which can make transitionin...
by E3E
05 May 2022, 20:11
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

HiPro is like SA (example: Round 5) but not even quite that good. I’d rate them 3/10 for feel but 8/10 for looks. (Deduct points for those usual boring beige ones, though.) Quite imbalanced! MT3 is a bit nicer than both of them, looks wise. For me, it’s a bit better feeling, too, as it screams YOU ...
by E3E
04 May 2022, 17:27
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

Would you say that those kbdfnas hipros are very close to topre hipro? Or rather not? You happen to miss my post up there? They're not very close, no. No, didn't miss. I asked wobbled for his opinion. So, you're saying that MG is closer than MT3? Do you have any MG sets? If yes, do you find them ni...
by E3E
04 May 2022, 14:56
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

phinix wrote:
04 May 2022, 10:09
Would you say that those kbdfnas hipros are very close to topre hipro?
Or rather not?
You happen to miss my post up there? They're not very close, no.
by E3E
03 May 2022, 19:28
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Topre 55g first impressions from an alps user
Replies: 32
Views: 4983

Re: Topre 55g first impressions from an alps user

I have a Topre RF mouse, but I waited for one to go for a fairly reduced price on eBay.

I got it mostly to have a silent mouse, which it fits that role well for. I'd not recommend it for any other purpose over other comprable mice, especially at its price.
by E3E
03 May 2022, 18:47
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Mu's New HHKB
Replies: 72
Views: 143334

Re: Mu's New HHKB

I thought that MT3 profile caps are similar to Hi-Pro. I wish I could grab some Hi-Pro for hhkb. DId you see that new Hipro caps sets on kbdfans? They are at interest check stage, but they look lovely! Since HiPro is now unaffordable for so many (which I hate), of all the alternatives that are simi...
by E3E
01 May 2022, 13:48
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Topre 55g first impressions from an alps user
Replies: 32
Views: 4983

Re: Topre 55g first impressions from an alps user

You haven’t heard it because it isn’t true. They don’t break in. They get a bit stiffer with age. ;) See, that's the thing. I don't know what contributes to that exactly, but I have two Topre keyboards from 1985, one NOS, one subject to the Sahara, and both of the domes actually feel just fine on t...
by E3E
26 Apr 2022, 22:25
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: New Model M vs Model F Repro
Replies: 32
Views: 6072

Re: New Model M vs Model F Repro

Here's my uneducated opinion on the subject not having the whole story just yet: I just want to say that the marketing pushed the reproductions as the "original" model F keyboards, when that is not what they are. They are specifically recreations of the 4704 banking terminal keyboards, but I suppos...
by E3E
26 Apr 2022, 21:50
Forum: Want to buy
Topic: Realforce 87u or 86u
Replies: 11
Views: 2216

Re: Realforce 87u or 86u

Yeah, the Topre market has gone absolutely bonkers these days. It's hard to even find anything under the radar now.

Good luck though. Yahoo Japan or Mercari might be a good place to look.
by E3E
26 Apr 2022, 10:53
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336459

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

Thank you! The JustSystems projects were one of my first with Topre and even back in 2017, cost me a ton, and I tried to get everything as economically as possible. Buying a second 108UW in 2021 for this Nissho build was crazy, but hey at least I got 30th anniversary cups, right? :? Topre is so invo...
by E3E
26 Apr 2022, 10:08
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336459

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

What is that Nissho board? So, that Nissho keyboard is actually a project of mine after seeing how similar the 108UW HiPro and the Nissho's keycaps are. A friend of mine had a spare Nissho case, and I wanted to give the project a shot. I wanted to essentially swap the 108UW into the Nissho case, bu...
by E3E
26 Apr 2022, 07:12
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336459

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

Thank you! :D
by E3E
26 Apr 2022, 04:29
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336459

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

Trawling through the imgur archives https://i.imgur.com/FZgfHby.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CcBAWv5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KaF33PY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RjarNbT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SdYpz6g.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QaFcoUQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/YeNUiAe.jpg https://i.imgur.com/t3fTmiB.jpg https://...
by E3E
24 Apr 2022, 10:20
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336459

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

That would be a good reason. :) These are pretty alright.
by E3E
24 Apr 2022, 10:12
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336459

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

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by E3E
24 Apr 2022, 08:57
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Project URSA
Replies: 22
Views: 6184

Re: Project URSA

andreas wrote:
23 Apr 2022, 23:59
I have ALPS stems ready, if that's what you are implying. :D
8-)

Nice!
by E3E
19 Apr 2022, 07:29
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Keyboard suggestion for Model F, but quieter.
Replies: 35
Views: 4901

Re: Keyboard suggestion for Model F, but quieter.

I am looking for some recommendations. I like the Model F's switch feel, and I like the nostalgia of it. Is there another vintage board that has a similar vibe to the Model F, minus the insanely loud ping? I've always felt that Alps SKCM Cream aka SKCM Undampened Creams found in NeXT non-ADB keyboa...
by E3E
06 Dec 2021, 04:01
Forum: Want to buy
Topic: [WTB or WTTF] Juki Celavi FK-212 Chassis No Caps
Replies: 0
Views: 4892

[WTB or WTTF] Juki Celavi FK-212 Chassis No Caps

So, several Juki Celavi showed up on Yahoo Auctions around a year back.

I'm interested in buying the spare parts of an FK-212 which had shown up then. If anyone here purchased that one and is using the caps, I'd be willing to buy the barebones chassis off of you.
by E3E
22 May 2021, 00:31
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IBM and the Ship of Theseus
Replies: 8
Views: 2147

Re: IBM and the Ship of Theseus

Of course IBM would be ones to time travel in the 80s. That's why we have synthwave
by E3E
21 May 2021, 23:08
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IBM and the Ship of Theseus
Replies: 8
Views: 2147

Re: IBM and the Ship of Theseus

As for what the heart of a keyboard is: I'd say it depends on what makes up the strongest identifying features of the individual keyboard in question. What parts to it are truly unique from a design perspective? Which are special to you? It's subjective. Very subjective. That varies between keyboard...
by E3E
19 May 2021, 20:38
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 6007230

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

JP! wrote:
19 May 2021, 20:35
NIB? F AT
https://www.ebay.com/itm/124732346010
I don't see a box in that listing :?
by E3E
18 May 2021, 01:44
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26261
Views: 6007230

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

Xerox 135 DocuTech JD-2 Seller says it has neon green Alps. The bidding's at $879.42 with 5 days left , so I'd say it probably is. s-l1600.jpg s-l1600b.jpg Sold for $1325. Well, that's officially Beamspring range. Well, low-end. I saw a couple that sold for $1200, each. There was one that sold for ...
by E3E
15 May 2021, 05:14
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Golden Key GK-928 [light blue Aruz]
Replies: 6
Views: 5921

Re: Golden Key GK-928 [light blue Aruz]

Oh yes, this one, the one that reminded me of the F77.

Lovely little thing. Great find here. Have fun in putting it to use after conversion! The integrated molded plastic plate is very interesting on this board.

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