deskthority

Back to the keyboard again: I'll first try to get the thing going as-is (with a Teensy and breadboard) and after that I'll see what I can do. I'd love to create a PCB with this layout and caps, on which I then can solder a Teensy. This way I could use the retroness of the switches and caps, combined ...

Hahaha, calm down guys and ladies. I was just saying that a 30 year old laptop is old - not humans A 5 year old computer is often already regarded as old, so a 30 year old laptop could be seen as very, very old.

I would advice to desolder the nice vintage MX blue switches and put them on a proper modern PCB, but some people here are going to yell at me. :mrgreen:

On a more serious note, this is the first time I see Cherry MX and Omron switches on the same board. That's really cool.
I thought it was cool ...

Hello guys,

A few years ago, I bought this very, very old Bondwell B200 (introduced in 1985). Of course, the battery is shot so it won't power on without the charger connected. One of the floppy drives has died as well, but that's it. For the rest it works perfectly. Yes, it runs DOS 6.11, booted ...