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I once bag lubed my WANG's bamboo black sliders and housings with a ton of (expired) ro-59. Gave them a few days to dry, and ended up with the smoothest damn linearized alps I've ever had. Will it last? Who knows, I have been using it on and off for the past month or so and it is still super smooth ...

If you're looking for a dry lube, try R0-59 ym KT. You can buy it at ringkeys if you're in the US, but seeing you're in argentina that's unfortunately not viable. Best dry lube I've seen for alps at this point, at least for linears. (Apply to both slider and housing)
Be careful using lubes on alps ...

Yeah I think the profile is a necessary trade-off for what they are trying to accomplish here.

And conversely, I've always used them. Yeah, in a lot of cases you probably don't need it, but if you do you'll be thankful and it will help keep things reliable for longer, I reckon.

Oh wow! That has gotta be some of the oldest non-ibm clicky switches I've seen! Didn't know ITW made a variation like this.

Seconding ABS welding. This is how I fixed mine on my personal 3101. It's kinda a pain because I lost the broken piece and essentially had to add layer after layer of abs paste and shave and mould it into the right shape. Took a long time.... but it works!

I've got some Selectric Typewriter sets laying around but no OG stuff spare.

Hey Ellipse, I ordered an F77 just a bit ago, is it possible for me to add more bumpers to my existing order? (I want to try different angles when it comes in)

That's a tough question. I'm going to guess the 3101.

Ooh, I'd be in for a pack of 120. I'd probably want to see if I could use it on my acer or another one of my boards with unfortunate caps.

Do I have enough? Yes.
Do I always find something new to catch my eye, forcing me to resist my urges to grow the collection further and sometimes fail that resistance?
Of course.
Do I have a bunch of boards I need to clean and sell? Very much so.
Do I put in the time to clean and sell them ...

That bird has sunglasses with many right angles. Therefore it is always correct for being so right.

Omnikey is always nice keyboards for alps white but I'm confused about the price, good or should be a little bit lower?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Northgate-Omnikey-101-Mechanical-Keyboard-Great-WORKING-condition/133417069335?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225086 ...

I must say, I would be quite interested in adding the icon mods kit and accent kit to my collection. I've got a G83 WoB set that needs some more standards mods, and I'm a sucker for this.

PMing.

I want to check all my keyboards now for the date of manufacture. Then as they come up, I will post birthday photos


That is also a great idea :lol:

This is the photo for Friday I suppose. Much simpler than the timelapse but still a task to set it all up. It is very difficult to drop a ...

Polecat wrote: 29 Apr 2020, 04:32 Damn, that's terribly sad. It would be nice if someone could let his family know he was highly thought of by all his friends here.

I put a little comment on the obituary page that was linked here, hopefully it reaches someone in the family.

Hi I currently run my Switchboard in the PS/2 Mode but I do have a spare cable for ADB if you have or can make a converter for that. Also, a heads up, a lot of commercial cheap converters do not work well with the Switchboard. I highly recommend using the tmk pc_usb converter if you plan to go that ...

He was so young, too. He will be missed here and in the lives of those around him.

Gonna miss ya blaise. Damn. We lost him apparently according to some very recent reports.

That's a lovely display of IBM boards! Came out cleaner than my cabinet, but then, I bought my cabinet secondhand rather than making it myself.

The biggest seems the quietest, which appears consistent with my experience. F122 is always a good keyboard.

Your active ps/2 to usb adapter, would it happen to be a blue cube?


No, it's not a blue cube. It's an active PS/2 to USB converter that I got alongside an IBM Model M that I bought from eBay. Here is a picture of the converter:

active_converter.jpg

To be honest, your best bet is probably ...

Your active ps/2 to usb adapter, would it happen to be a blue cube? Those have given me nothing but trouble on my northgates. To be honest, your best bet is probably to make a tmk adapter with the ibmpc_usb firmware (no longer recommending soarers due to a lack of support). It works perfectly on all ...

Honestly this looks like something I would design if I were purposefully trying to make the worst keyboard ever.

Okay, so this actually happened to me with my Acer KB-101-A. My solution was to handwire it all and make it a usb compatible, programmable keyboard. I can help you go through with this if you would like. If you have diodes on it, it will be significantly easier. Seeing that it is the A model, this ...

Oh wow, this is truly the beamspring from hell.

When it comes to this board I've worked on 3101s with two layouts now, If you ever need to make a replacement pcb there are a few people here who can provide resources.

Hey all, I'm looking to purchase some alps doubleshot or dyesub keycaps. Beige and Grey preferred. Homing on F and J preferred. Unyellowed preferreed. ANSI preferred. Really, the ideal would be a set from an Omnikey 101 ANSI. Really, I am looking for some nice replacement caps for my Acer KB101a ...

I don't see a point in continuing this conversation. This is only going to end poorly for all parties. Nothing anyone says is going to change what RedMaus says and nothing he says is going to change anyone's mind that's already made up.


Yeah at this point sorry to say but it's best if this ...

Oh jeez this is imploding fast.