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Sounds interesting. Where did you get them? this seller on ali has / had them. they dont show up for me on desktop rn, but I remember having to ask him if he ships them to germany special for me, since the app said that shipping to my location was not possible. he stocks them under "kailh box sprin...

Yes, the letter at the beginning of an IBM Model M serial number does mean something special. The letter indicates the plant where the keyboard was manufactured. A: Lexington, Kentucky B: Chicopee, Massachusetts C: Austin, Texas D: South Carolina E: Japan F: Mexico G: Taiwan H: China So, your keybo...

It comes with 58 SKCM Browns and a nice PBT keyset. If we value the keycaps at $115 (and I do, because I sold one for $115 just a month ago) then the browns are ($300-$115)/58 = $3.19 apiece, which is about right (I just sold my last browns a month ago for $2.90 apiece and I could have easily asked...

It comes with 58 SKCM Browns and a nice PBT keyset. If we value the keycaps at $115 (and I do, because I sold one for $115 just a month ago) then the browns are ($300-$115)/58 = $3.19 apiece, which is about right (I just sold my last browns a month ago for $2.90 apiece and I could have easily asked ...

Hey DT, sharktastica here. I've been summoned. 1) if the new controller improves on the original's 2-key rollover, or is that an inescapable part of the M experience? No, it's a physical limitation of the membrane assembly. All Model Ms (including the latest Unicomp Mini M) are ultimately bound to 2...

Crrrreak. There's upsetting to an impossible "audiophile" and then there's downright BAD with a capital SHUFF SHUFF SHUFF. :P Are any of the Chinese MX manufacturers going after Ergo Clears? I mean are any of them targeting deep tactility without a click? I can't follow these things because their c...

As a note I am also offering the Model F F122/Unsaver/3178/AT Controller for $49 that includes a USB-C pro micro controller for the price, if anyone's interested. I am in the US. If you add it onto an existing Brand New Model F Keyboards order there is no additional shipping charge. Tracked worldwi...

As a note I am also offering the Model F F122/Unsaver/3178/AT Controller for $49 that includes a USB-C pro micro controller for the price, if anyone's interested. I am in the US. If you add it onto an existing Brand New Model F Keyboards order there is no additional shipping charge. Tracked worldwi...

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15 Sep 2022, 03:32

How much interest is there in smaller layouts over the standard 104/84 style? Are folks who want HHKB those who will only want the smaller layouts?

This layout with beam springs. Do want.

Obligatory disclaimer: I am a braindead idiot who doesn’t know anything about anything, and has the habit of presenting his own opinions as unquestionably unquestionable facts. I don't think any regular around here has failed to notice how much I have come to hate laptop keyboards , as each generat...

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| +---+---+ +---+ +-----+ .-------. .---. .---------------. .---------------. .-------...

Issue #58 of Keyboard Builders' Digest, my weekly selection of DIY keyboard projects, tips and ideas is available:

(Sorry - no photos, I wanted to be done quickly) I finished a successful Bolt Mod today on my 2015 Unicomp Ultra Classic. Figured I'll share some thoughts... I counted a total of 58 plastic rivets. 8 are right on the bottom border of the plastic panel and I figured there's no way I can drill them or...

Ah, it was you who outbid me on this! I was also puzzled by this board but attracted by FLS without the need of internally converting it. How do the switches feel? I have a battered 3rd gen leaf spring board and I love the feel. Like Futaba but a little less smooth (on my board at least) but more t...

I offer $5.58 I can do you better than that! Take my $5.55 now, else it'll go even lower! put me down for a bid of 555 JPY for this please and thank you. Alright no more messing around. Unfortunately I made a poor business decision and bought a single Alps Stabilizer Barrel from my favorite seller,...

Sure as shit can't sit out of an auction as properly managed as this one! 5.56 is nothing on me. Keyboard shmuck is never a deal breaker for me either, since most people still don't bother with the underrated cleaning method involving a dishwasher and Dove Soothing Care soap (gotta protect the doub...

I have got to have one of these!! I will save it for when my child is old enough to clean it for me when she gets grounded. I just dug around in my prison wallet… really dug for it. I can do 5.56 now. You didn’t clean the keyboard so I’m not gonna clean the coins, but 5.56 is 5.56. Sure as shit can...

Grandma gave me some hard candy which I used to sneakily replace the change in a homeless blind man's cup. I can do 5.50 euros! I have got to have one of these!! I will save it for when my child is old enough to clean it for me when she gets grounded. I just dug around in my prison wallet… really d...

Introduction A couple weeks ago, I purchased a rather borked F122, with cable cut, missing spacebar, and some other missing keys for $250. I thought it was a good price, given how much F122s have been sold recently, so I decided to take the plunge. I apologized to my wallet, purchased the keyboard,...

TAI Lubricants is the official US Small Volume Distributor for Nye Lubricants. Just pointing this as a form of warning: be careful, 774VH is substantially heavy whereas 774VL is way too light. NyoGel 774 VH : 16830 cSt *0.86 = 14473 ,8 cP @ 40c NyoGel 774 = 5070 cSt *0.86 = 4360 ,2 cP @ 40c NyoGel ...

TAI Lubricants is the official US Small Volume Distributor for Nye Lubricants. Just pointing this as a form of warning: be careful, 774VH is substantially heavy whereas 774VL is way too light. NyoGel 774 VH : 16830 cSt *0.86 = 14473 ,8 cP @ 40c NyoGel 774 = 5070 cSt *0.86 = 4360 ,2 cP @ 40c NyoGel ...

TAI Lubricants is the official US Small Volume Distributor for Nye Lubricants. Just pointing this as a form of warning: be careful, 774VH is substantially heavy whereas 774VL is way too light. NyoGel 774 VH : 16830 cSt *0.86 = 14473 ,8 cP @ 40c NyoGel 774 = 5070 cSt *0.86 = 4360 ,2 cP @ 40c NyoGel ...

Hi, so your iMac or Mac Pro wake up correctly with other keyboards but not with your Topre Realforce 104UG HiPro, right? And the Topre Realforce 104UG HiPro is otherwise 100% OK? (Typing, modifier keys...) That's strange. I can't see any special wake-up key/button on this KB. So do you use a specifi...

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...

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 ...

Trying to fill the Covid lockdown with interesting vintage boards to find, restore, and convert means a steady stream of ones that use a simple parallel ASCII protocol. The idea is this: when a key is pressed, it is converted to US-ASCII by the keyboard and output as a 7-bit (sometimes wider) signal...

> An easier way to try green Alps is to linearise bamboo blacks, they feel very similar. I've actually got a bunch of blacks on the shelf behind me. >They're also in their own league compared to other linear switches, which are quite "uneventful" in comparison. They still got the "Alps feel", yk? I ...

Currently, that's $561. Only $140 per board. Shipping's $91 for expedited and $58 for economy. That's not bad. Cords are cut, though. Is it bad that I'm estimating costs to repair in my head, especially considering I just bought a blue Alps? If you wanted to buy these in order to profit any price b...

Model F AT, lot of 4 https://www.ebay.com/itm/184621455117 Currently, that's $561. Only $140 per board. Shipping's $91 for expedited and $58 for economy. That's not bad. Cords are cut, though. Is it bad that I'm estimating costs to repair in my head, especially considering I just bought a blue Alps?

An Amkey SNK-58 keyboard. Amkey-top.jpg There were a number of sales like this on eBay earlier this year. I am not clear whether the seller had several of them or the one sale kept falling through after closing. Anyway, we got this one. It appears to have been part of some kind of T-Bar brand serial...