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No reason you couldn't fit something like an XTant assembly in this case... viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3047&start=300

Ah! Have you come across this 2018 clip from Element14? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjX7nS3kIao

I was finally able to get mine after letting it sit at the post office for almost two weeks. (It's a long story: picked the delivery notification card after the office had closed for the day but had to leave town very early before it opened the next day - turns out Canada Post gives you a final noti...

For all the criticisms some have towards Cherry, their "gold crosspoint" contacts shouldn't oxidize like I've seen on that 4C with Greetech switches, keep that in mind with respect to longer term reliability. Some other ideas... a plate mount TKL with relatively narrow side bezels: short of an ergon...

Depending on how far back you want to go I'd give XDA-developers a try, that forum began back with early Windows Mobile devices (I joined it back when I was tinkering with my first Android phones). Howardforums might also be of interest. Note that there's an important difference between early cellph...

Did you just take apart the switch tops or did you desolder them? Beside suspected coffee in this instance, old keyboards often have *lots* of rosin flux on the bottom, I've seen this on both AEK IIs and AT101s, wouldn't be surprised old Focus boards have the same. Is this a single layer and single ...

I've had two issues with Unicomp caps in the past: legend alignment (not applicable since you want blanks) and left-over flashing. The latter is easy to fix by removing the excess material (viewtopic.php?p=435653#p435653).

So it was in Dvorak layout when you got it? Interesting

I smell an edit spam necro post, original thread here: viewtopic.php?t=8678

Myoth is on here as well, so maybe he can chime in with respect to the protocol. As hypkx says, it's probably a PS/2 board given the otherwise bog-standard AZERTY layout. If it's Set 1 or 3, there's converters, assuming the worst case of a never-before-seen custom protocol, the controller is always ...

Wazrach wrote: ↑

16 Nov 2019, 22:00

In my experience with Unicomp keycaps on Model F springs, it seems the scratchiness comes from the keycap rubbing against the spring.

If the scratchiness is caused by flashing the solution is to remove the excess material.

Take pictures from several angles, the description alone makes it difficult to understand what the problem could be.

Model M, French Canadian, 3rd gen 42H1295, missing F2 keycap, made in Greenock. Listed at 65 $CAD.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-souris-claviers ... 1471426898

How is that thing supposed to work? i.e. how does a keypress go from a "module" to the "baseboard" ? How does the baseboard tell modules apart?

Also @iamelaineee: welcome to DT, if you have any ties with the maker of this board it is good practice to disclose this.

I've washed flippers in IPA with no ill effect.

swampangel wrote: ↑

11 Nov 2019, 19:10

- Model M2 which worked until I broke too many tabs when disassembling it for the ... 3rd time? iffy design, but also mostly my fault

There's a fairly easy fix for that involving "Zip" ties, look in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=62&t=18610

Compressed "air" duster cans usually say to use short bursts to avoid condensation.

Kudos from the Count himself, thanks! I plan on doing a few small changes to the build still: 3¼" diskette support (parts incoming), 5½" floppy support (TBD - there's a few options out there but they're not cheap and it's not as though I have an urgent need for that capability) and eventually a grap...

I wonder, how do the properties of EVA (which I've used without issue) and PVC compare when it comes to conductivity, static buildup and the like?

I don't think I ever posted my setup: desk.jpg The desk is a custom, solid oak butcher block style counter; reused and refinished by my father and I. It sits on a grey Ergocentric upCentric adjustable height base. Monitors are a trio of Dell U2415. Speakers are circa-1999 Altec Lansing. The headset ...

I'm in!

I would suggest you add a close-up of the label on the back, and some close-ups of the keys.
Doubleshot ABS caps like these develop "shine" as they wear out.

XMIT, by the way that flight computer is closer to (but not quite) a CR-3 than an E6B with the sliding portion.

Hello, I recently acquired a known defective Das Keyboard 4C in ANSI layout through classifieds; looked in pretty good shape but it was described as having two defective switches, B and N, which indeed did not register. 2019-10-29 01.12.51.jpg Initially, I thought I could replace the two defective s...

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

IMHO, at a minimum they should have made the arrows analog as well; or better yet assume the enthusiast/connoisseur tier and go all the way as Wooting has.

One word of caution: do not use heat to soften the glue, otherwise you risk deforming the plastic case.

(Also, this isn't the first board we see here with a Hexatek label on it. Are you in the Montreal area by any chance?)

Before lubing your caps check you don't have any issues with leftover plastic flashing, the fix is simple.

I'm tempted to buy one of this and send it to chyros. I suspect his reaction will be rather "meh" compared to some of his more, ahem, "colorful" ones. Going by that blog post, there doesn't seem to be anything especially offensive with this keyboard when compared to the like of the Smith-Corona or ...

Yes, yes it is; I have the same model, actually.