deskthority

I have just approved production and assembly of the F122 inner assembly, so now the F122 can proceed to completion. Below are the first photos of the approved F122 keyboard! The F122 was a trickier PCB design. Once again a big thanks to forum member wcass (the designer of the PCBs for the capacitiv...

The £41 set you link is just the modifiers, though, and ANSI only at that. A full SA Retro right now costs 41 for mods + 41 for alphas another 37 for ISO , 15 for the numpad and whatever the shipping / customs are; which can be quite a nightmare. One of my very worst customs experiences was the one ...

I have now disassembled the firmware of a total of 4 versions of the TDV-5010 keyboard from Tandberg Data, and to make it easier to see all of the changes in the code I have put the codebase up as a git repository. I have verified that each commit re-assembles to the exact binaries of the respective...

I want to build 40% keyboard with Alps switches. What are my options? BM43 and Daisy40 support Alps switches. Plates & cases can also be had on ali express. Also Matias switches and veeery cheap white clones can be had on there. Keycaps will be a whole different story. I dont know if the Kit that I...

Hello everyone, It's been a while. A growing family and sadly non-growing living space necessitate another big sale. But my loss is your gain! These are the first batch I've photographed - there'll be maybe 20 or so more later this week or next. I've been out of the loop for a bit but I think these ...

..So, I've recorded 51 tracks of 28 buckling spring inner assembly configurations over the last few days. Audacity file is 582MB, so not sharing yet - need to figure out how to chop it to manageable pieces first. Details: 12 keys in 3x4 matrix ("678", "yui", "hjk", "nm,"). Same keycaps (from AT) for...

The comment about modelfkeyboards.com makes me wonder: has anyone tried fitting an F77 inner assembly inside an SSK case? If they fit, then making an FSSK becomes a much easier process! Nope. At least there will be holes on top where Esc and F-keys are, plus you'll need to cut out the plastic above...

I know this is at least me and one other person, but if the switch mounting plate is rusty, that's generally my signal to de-solder switches, then sand and paint the plate. I know there are some folks out there that don't care about rust or would only do this if the keyboard is 51% rusted. Otherwise...

Hi Y'all, further question - which of these might be NKRO - or other very high KRO Heroic (syncan buckling springs) Dell Quietkey Acer 6312 Fujitsu Peerless Gateway Anykey Futaba MA NTC 6153EA Yes, I haven't bought anything yet. I dug out some of my most affordable/common (currently functioning) vi...

One of the things I don't think I've seen covered yet having scanned the last three pages rather hastily is the choice of keycaps; which is what ultimately drew me to using MX, as the choice is largely "MX or GTFO". And I'm kinda of my time, which is before the IBM PC really took root with its appro...

So Rubber dome it is .... if somebody wants to take a look , here is the listing
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 8-225-1532

It's been a long time since I posted an album of photos here. I've got lots of new things (including a few undiscovered things) that I'd love to share, but these days I always struggle to find the time to get my DSLR out. And Deskthority doesn't deserve shitty phone pics! :mrgreen: Anyway, I got thi...

In case you're wondering, it's all PS2: Extra keys: .---.---. .---. .---.---.---.---. .---.---.---.---. .---.---. .---.---. .---.---. | 60| 17| | 1F| | 27| 2F| 37| 3F| | 56| 5E| 6F| 13| | 19| 39| | 51| 53| | 5C| 62| +---+---+ +---+ +-----+ .-------. .---. .---------------. .---------------. .-------...

True, I could sell them for less, but with the market price being more, they most likely will be flipped either now or a year from now, and that's not a great feeling to know you are selling something for significantly less than the fair market value. They also are the last few, so I'm not really in...

oks 402 can be bought for 12€ 400ml quick translation 1. ...this is a normal multi-purpose grease such as our OKS 402. However, the grease is dissolved in a solvent. This is probably a gasoline with a flash point of about 40 - 50 °C, the proportion should be something like 66 %. (1/3 grease + 2/3 s...

oks 402 can be bought for 12€ 400ml quick translation 1. ...this is a normal multi-purpose grease such as our OKS 402. However, the grease is dissolved in a solvent. This is probably a gasoline with a flash point of about 40 - 50 °C, the proportion should be something like 66 %. (1/3 grease + 2/3 s...

Got some news, but I'm not quite sure if they are useful. I contacted around a dozen different lube and oil companies with all the information we had on the original lubricant. Among those companies was OKS, which some of you might remember from this thread a while ago. And this is what they had to ...

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If you don't have $300 or so lying around, it's hard to go wrong with a BTC 51-series dome with slider. I bet I could find a nice looking one on ebay for under $30.

Issue #51 of the Keyboard Builders' Digest is available. Besides DIY keyboard projects, tips and ideas there's a giveaway to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of this project. Details: https://kbd.news/giveaway

It looks like a variant of the BTC 51 series with the 1.25u Escape key and the grey "ISO key" next to the left Shift key — I have only seen BTC keyboards have that. Edit: Some BTC-made Packard Bell keyboards have a similar case. i got many keyboards with blue switchs but they werent enought tactile...

It looks like a variant of the BTC 51 series with the 1.25u Escape key and the grey "ISO key" next to the left Shift key — I have only seen BTC keyboards have that.
Edit: Some BTC-made Packard Bell keyboards have a similar case.

My third one is a Robotron KB K7634.51 from 1986 QWERTY Made by VEB ( Volkseigener Betrieb ) Elektroschaltgeräte Auerbach, yes made in the GDR With black doubleshot Key caps Hall-effect switches by RFT with special connector ( Parallel-Interface ) On the PCB, the numbers were soldered with tin, that...

RE the 5100, you might want to ask the seller to pop off a key. You want dome with slider. 1. That is a bit too much. You might be able to find NOS (new old stock) cheaper on ebay. 2. Make sure it doesn't have the AT 6-pin DIN (yes, 6-pin, not 5 pin). 3. The ones with the 5-Pin DIN are supposed to ...

RE the 5100, you might want to ask the seller to pop off a key. You want dome with slider. 1. That is a bit too much. You might be able to find NOS (new old stock) cheaper on ebay. 2. Make sure it doesn't have the AT 6-pin DIN (yes, 6-pin, not 5 pin). 3. The ones with the 5-Pin DIN are supposed to b...

This is not a particularly nice keyboard to type on. Apollo-case.jpg It uses a Micro Switch Silent Tactile membrane and is 106ST13-2E-J. 106ST13-2E-J.jpg This particular board has some scratches. Apollo-back.jpg There were also some broken keys that needed to be glued and even worse some that appare...

WTB some OG Cherry Double Shot ABS keys in BOG (Black on Gray, is this abbreviation a thing?) or WOB (White on Black) or even better: a complete WOB Keyboard, 1000, 3000 or 1800 series. Keycaps/items & colourways I am looking for, in list form: BOG moogle kit , especially R1 1u Backspace R1 '# key (...

Okay. I believe I know what is going on here. It is indeed 9600 baud and there are indeed two codes for each key press / release. But it is reverse polarity from what the microcontroller expects, that is, idle low rather than idle high. C3-Maestro-ESC.png Normal key down is C1 and normal key up is C...

I was wondering if anyone is willing to trade a BTC dome with slider keyboard that's in UK ISO layout. I've heard good things about these switches and I've been itching to try them because I'm a big tactile fan. Any in the 51 series should be okay, but I've mainly had my eyes on the BTC 5100c Mini M...

Honestly, I'd look into the BTC dome-with-sliders too, like the BTC 51 series. The Packard Bell 5131C is a great example, I got one recently myself and love it. Very snappy and tactile, not mushy at all.

This Micro Switch SD-16192 / 78SD12-6 board has an AMI encoder. SD-16192-top.jpg SD-16192-bottom.jpg SD-16192-converter.jpg Most switches are 4B3B, 2.5 oz. sink pulse. The key in the lower-left is 4B8B, 8.0 oz., but still a pulse, which is close to synchronized with the strobe pulse. The three keys ...