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Good question. There's no date anywhere on the keyboard or box. No printing date on the 'unpacking instruction', either.

This is such a remarkable project. Thank you for the latest update!

Dingster wrote: ↑Damn. Not only does it look and feel amazing, its sounds amazing too Congrats on the board man.

Thanks. I'm not sure I could stand that beeper for more than a few minutes at a time though!

OK guys, here it is, as promised:

https://youtu.be/lOORmwPswlI

I have to say, this video I've made is quite a work of art.

Wow, what a great find! Best of luck - I hope that you do restore it!

Just on the side I'd like to thank Cattus_D for using the proper title instead of that unworthy "p**g mas...." name. Haha, you're welcome. :-) Actually, I don't think the 'pinging' is all that bad. Holy damn thats a beautiful board. I want a pingmaster so bad but they are expensive and rare. How do...

I got one of these bad boys for Christmas! Decided to order one of Hasu's converters because plug & play is the way to roll. The converter arrived a couple of days ago, this thing is awesome. If I can find the time, I will make a recording of the racket this keyboard produces with the speaker enabl...

A few weeks ago, I finally bit the bullet and bought one of the IBM 6112884 keyboards offered on E-Bay (the link is to Chyrosran22's review). As others have pointed out here and elsewhere, these are Alps-built keyboards, featuring linear SKCC Green switches. Shipping to Europe was very expensive, bu...

Well, this has to be the best possible start to the new year! An album which is completely keyboard-themed: 'Caps Lock' , by Capsule - various songs on Youtube: Control Shift Return The album already came out in 2013, yet I only read about it today - and as I imagine it is not well-known generally, ...

Haha, excellent - thanks!

Hey, cool! I saw it on E-Bay but eventually didn't buy it as I'd already splurged on another hobby. That black looks excellent!

Thanks! This is very useful.

This is not entirely relevant to your question, but the two keyboards I use the most are my Dell AT102, with complicated black alps, and my IBM model M. The switch types are both very pleasant to use, although I do, ultimately, have a preference for the Model M buckling spring (which I also prefer t...

Do you already have the product? If not, I'd contemplate using something else. The only way I can think of involves carefully applying the stuff to each and every individual stem with toothpicks or something of the kind.

You need an active converter which translates the PS/2 codes into something the USB port 'understands'. Orihalcon also sells a more expensive solution that allows you to remap the keys , which may help you get closer to the layout you are after. And then there's the 'blue cube' . It works well, and ...

Ha, nice, that's an M97, isn't it? Very nice boards, I really like mine. Much better than the later M95/M92/M90. Well done! Thanks / Dank je wel! Yes, it's an M97. I got it from a British seller for a very reasonable price. It took ages to arrive, though! I think E-Bay's Global Shipment Programme u...

Recently I acquired an AT102, having become curious if original Alps felt like the switches in my Matias Tactile Pro. It looked clean enough, but there was a substantial amount of friction when I typed on the board. So, armed with knowledge acquired by watching Chyrosran22's video on restoring Alps ...

Looks beautiful. Best of luck on the repairs!

I wish modern keyboards came with keycaps that were this easy to clean. Are modern keycaps harder to clean? In the past I have used dishwasher cleaner tablets and warm water to clean caps from a Dell AT101 keyboard. It has ALPS switches. Taking them off was a long process but they cleaned and dried...

Wow, fantastic!

I don't have one, but it's probably a variant on their Model M. If in doubt I'd send them an e-mail. They're a good company.

ShivaYash wrote: ↑These caps wash so well.

I used denture cleaning tablets and warm water.


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Nice and shiny!

I wish modern keyboards came with keycaps that were this easy to clean.

Oh, my Thinkpad 390. I've owned four laptops, and the only reason I replaced the Thinkpad is that the hardware was completely outdated. That thing was made to last! Also, it was the first computer I owned that could run semi-decent computer games.Well, unless you count the 486 DX2 my parents had in ...

LOL, that's brilliant! @ Hansichen - a language is ultimately little more than the standard dialect of a closely related group of language varieties, for lack of a better term. Hochdeutsch is just not as dominant in Austria as it is in most of Germany, for historical as well linguistic reasons. Havi...

Well, this is probably not the best place to ask about external graphics cards (techinferno is likely a better bet) but, yes, they work - provided that you plug them into a slot or port that has sufficient bandwidth. Thunderbolt 3 should do the trick, but mini-pcie connectors, for instance, put a br...

but are there any modern mice with optical tracking and maybe better ergonomics than these frankly awful ball options that have this aesthetic? Probably only the aforementioned Navigator and ScrollPoints: http://i.imgur.com/WMqQpAB.jpg They're kind of "boxy" but ergonomic at the same time. Keep in ...

but are there any modern mice with optical tracking and maybe better ergonomics than these frankly awful ball options that have this aesthetic? Probably only the aforementioned Navigator and ScrollPoints: http://i.imgur.com/WMqQpAB.jpg They're kind of "boxy" but ergonomic at the same time. Keep in ...

Wow! Thank you for sharing!

I am afraid my mechanical keyboards (Model M, Model F, Matias Tactile Pro 4) are all too loud to bring to the office. I'd love to do it, though. I dislike typing on the cheap HP rubberdomes that we have, so I usually hook up my laptop to the monitor and type on its scissor-switch keys instead.

I find that electronics are not, generally, much cheaper in Japan, though. The same thing applies to China, interestingly, even though many of the devices we use & love are made there. I guess it's the brand names.