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- 06 May 2024, 15:41
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Eclipse F62 - technique for replacing spring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2437
Re: Eclipse F62 - technique for replacing spring
I have not done this, but has the old "chopstick" method been deprecated?
- 06 May 2024, 15:33
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: NTC KB-6551CH (Yeh Chun)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1627
- 05 May 2024, 02:23
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: PS/2 Keyboard for old PC with high KRO
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33710
Re: PS/2 Keyboard for old PC with high KRO
These are my favorites, but probably hard to find outside the US.
- 22 Feb 2024, 15:01
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Model M screw mod on a white barrel plate + case repair
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2337
Re: Model M screw mod on a white barrel plate + case repair
especially the tedium Ha Ha Ha! Then you will want to get rid of that trivial rust, just because. I have 2 things to say about the difficult part - re-assembly. You can expect that it will take multiple tries to get it back together, and usually that means considerable dis-assembly, too. After doin...
- 16 Feb 2024, 21:52
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Model M screw mod on a white barrel plate + case repair
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2337
Re: Model M screw mod on a white barrel plate + case repair
I wouldn't worry too much about the barrel plate. It may be marginally weaker than the older ones, but a new replacement part from Unicomp would not likely be much different. A question of strength is rather moot since it is affixed to a metal plate. If you do order anything from them, I definitely ...
- 05 Feb 2024, 20:32
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Future of DT
- Replies: 449
- Views: 7002356
- 24 Jan 2024, 15:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Total Makeover of a Model M122 aka Battlecruiser
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11306
Re: Total Makeover of a Model M122 aka Battlecruiser
The 2nd Generation case shell does look more modern and sculpted, but the 1st Gen top is much more "bad-ass" in my opinion.
Also, I would miss the pencil ledge.
Also, I would miss the pencil ledge.
- 29 Dec 2023, 22:34
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Will this PS/2 converter work for an IBM M keyboard?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8255
Re: Will this PS/2 converter work for an IBM M keyboard?
I have never had a problem with the cheap "Y" cables for Model Ms and modern PC motherboards, but they are not always a sure thing. The older "AT" connectors can be downsized to the PS/2 (mini-DIN6) with a simple connector and then taken to USB through the above active device. Note that Model F keyb...
- 08 Dec 2023, 15:03
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
- Replies: 143
- Views: 279199
Re: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
I have done various things. You can cut the sound in half and remove the most annoying overtones.thefarside wrote: ↑08 Dec 2023, 06:43
It sounds like you fill all the cavities in the case?
Does it dampen the sound?
I love Model Fs for their feel, not their sound, a clicky but silent keyboard would be fine by me.
- 07 Dec 2023, 17:21
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
- Replies: 143
- Views: 279199
Re: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
What type of internal padding to you use? Generally art foam, sometimes felt and/or waffled drawer lining. Where flat sheets fit I will do that, for spaces that have more volume I cut strips to the proper width and enough length to roll them into cylinders that will fill that particular volume. It ...
- 06 Dec 2023, 23:43
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
- Replies: 143
- Views: 279199
Re: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
Having experienced repeating keystrokes while using the Model F that has been "in rotation" for a few years, I pulled in my most convenient backup, a Northgate Omnikey 101, and have been using it for a couple of weeks. It is a very nice keyboard but I sorely missed the "extra" keys that I programmed...
- 27 Nov 2023, 14:13
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Heat inserts on Model M Barrel Plate?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6142
Re: Heat inserts on Model M Barrel Plate?
That looks interesting but isn't it quite a bit more work than simply using nuts?
- 22 Nov 2023, 01:28
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: XT/AT/PS2/Terminal to USB Converter with NKRO
- Replies: 866
- Views: 602240
Re: XT/AT/PS2/Terminal to USB Converter with NKRO
My favorite Model F 122-key has developed an impossible case of repeatingggggggggg certain keyssssssssss. The keyboard and its internal Soarers Teensy have operated flawlessly since I built the unit 6-8 years ago, and this problem is new. Nothing about its environment has changed in a couple of year...
- 18 Nov 2023, 14:49
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Modern switch closest to the Alps Salmon or Oranges switches in the AEK
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79882
Re: Modern switch closest to the Alps Salmon or Oranges switches in the AEK
Did AT101W ever come with rubber domes? rubber domes were introduced with the Quietkey I have owned these keyboards although it was some years ago. My experience is that the Dell AT101R (and presumably the ISO variant AT102R) is the rubber dome version. I have had several Dell Quietkey keyboards an...
- 16 Nov 2023, 21:23
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Modern switch closest to the Alps Salmon or Oranges switches in the AEK
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79882
Re: Modern switch closest to the Alps Salmon or Oranges switches in the AEK
Yes, there are differences. I think the earliest ones have salmon ALPS and also PBT key caps - these are highly desirable. I think that the PBT caps outlasted the salmon switches by some time, but my memory may be weak on all this. The rubber dome variant has an "R" in the model number. I had one on...
- 16 Nov 2023, 20:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
- Replies: 143
- Views: 279199
Re: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
You have several ANSI mods under your belt? Yes, probably 10 or so, and I don't know that I've ever gotten the re-assembly in 1 go, it usually takes 2-3. It has taken as many as 5-6 tries because the pieces have to stay in place just so as you go through the trauma of the "sliding force fit" so whe...
- 16 Nov 2023, 17:38
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
- Replies: 143
- Views: 279199
Re: Dear Model F owners, can we talk? (Long rant)
1. Layouts on the Fs are dumb. the keyboards are the same size as a full size but lack 104 keys. That's dumb. BUT, they're substantially better than tenkeyless, and those who grew up on keyboards without the nav cluster are fairly adept at using the numpad, which you never have to turn on if you do...
- 14 Nov 2023, 16:52
- Forum: Other external
- Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
- Replies: 26266
- Views: 8737311
- 14 Nov 2023, 16:49
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Remove paint from F/AT keyboard case?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10888
Re: Remove paint from F/AT keyboard case?
I think that you will regret messing with it. Model F cases have a textured off-white "skin" over a smooth white body core.
That is why people modify 1st generation Model M 122 top shells to replace F-122 case tops, which are also much more brittle than the plastic used for M cases.
That is why people modify 1st generation Model M 122 top shells to replace F-122 case tops, which are also much more brittle than the plastic used for M cases.
- 13 Nov 2023, 15:36
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Putting new firmware on the XTPTFABS Soarer's converter
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23979
Re: Putting new firmware on the XTPTFABS Soarer's converter
I always mix up which PS/2 color is supposed to represent keyboards, and which mice. Purple is actually for keyboards. As I recall, the green mouse plug has one less wire inside and will not connect a keyboard properly. Off-topic but tangential, it drives me bonkers when a USB cable leaves out a wi...
- 10 Nov 2023, 02:14
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IBM Model F not working properly?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9399
Re: IBM Model F not working properly?
I bought a soarer's converter (5-pin DIN to USB) off Ebay A "converter" is an active device that does much more than make simple electrical connections. The DIN plug on the XT is the same physical object as so-called "AT" plugs on pre-PS/2 keyboard cables, but it uses a different protocol. If you b...
- 06 Nov 2023, 20:52
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: "I found some other keyboard" said the seller, before making my day
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12551
Re: "I found some other keyboard" said the seller, before making my day
Orihalcon's cables are pricey, but there is a lot to be said for a straight SDL-to-USB cable with no additional drama.
- 05 Nov 2023, 15:20
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Apple Keyboard Extended II w/ Alps Salmon Switch vs. Apple Keyboard Extended II Alps Orange Switch vs. AKEII Alps M0312
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9573
- 03 Nov 2023, 14:54
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Apple Extended Keyboard M0115 Orange vs Salmon Alps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8407
Re: Apple Extended Keyboard M0115 Orange vs Salmon Alps
Just out of curiosity, what is the serial number?
- 03 Nov 2023, 02:44
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Apple Extended Keyboard M0115 Orange vs Salmon Alps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8407
Re: Apple Extended Keyboard M0115 Orange vs Salmon Alps
Not a scientific certainty, but they made roughly a million of them and approximately the first 500K were orange and the 2nd half were salmon. There have been discussions about it but I don't think that there are any hard rules.
- 16 Oct 2023, 22:52
- Forum: Other external
- Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
- Replies: 26266
- Views: 8737311
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Exquisite bar code label, I have never had a Model M with one.
- 13 Oct 2023, 15:46
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: New Model M vs Old IBM Model M
- Replies: 67
- Views: 173612
Re: New Model M vs Old IBM Model M
it helps when you already have the facilities, like Unicomp. This is the crucial element. These days almost everything is done with borrowed money and debts to be serviced, but Unicomp has a factory and equipment built by IBM decades ago - and even Unicomp has had the site for 25 years, so the real...
- 25 Sep 2023, 15:59
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Development of Keyboard F article
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11004
Re: Development of Keyboard F article
Whoa!
Thank you!
Thank you!
- 21 Sep 2023, 15:20
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM Model M Screw, Nut and Bolt Mod
- Replies: 109
- Views: 166802
- 19 Sep 2023, 14:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: USB Switch Box
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10427
Re: USB Switch Box
"it's nice to be appreciated" after I've just unloaded a bellyful of impotent rage at her When I was setting up my Android phone, and after an hour of deep frustration, the Android robot woman said "What can I do to help?" and I replied "SHUT THE F_CK UP!" in a loud angry voice. Her cheerful, perky...