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I haven't tried Mitsumis yet, but the other three boards mirror my thoughts exactly. I've also had several dead M2s. Thanks! I remember watching your review before buying my Dell AT101W (which is still my favorite vintage keyboard, all things considered, even though I switched to using QFR w/MX Blu...

I think that's the first time I've ever actually seen the magnetic reed in a magnetic reed switch. Very nice photo!

I haven't tried Mitsumis yet, but the other three boards mirror my thoughts exactly. I've also had several dead M2s.

usually slider over domes are not 1/2 bad, not something to lust over but passable. Something does not have to be true mechanical to be good , look at Trope. Hmmm, not quite sure about that. I've been saving a lot of dome with slider keyboards for the last two months or so for a big dome with slide...

Awesome keyboard, very cool. There's nothing quite like getting an old keyboard in that good a condition ^^ .

Very nice, I'm pretty sure that's the first pictures of the internals of this switch we've seen! Is it a nice lock switch or is it quite rough like most lock switches?

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Haha nice xD . Cool to see the boards are being put to good use .

Awesome, let us know exactly how you did it!

I was wondering how it had gotten around the integrated LEDs Oo . Looks somewhat elaborate to me, but I guess it should work .

Very nice board! Does indeed look like foam and foil.

Yeah, I'm quite curious to see what it's made out of too. Usually they're not too specific with these things but who knows. Problem is that even if the cleaning agent isn't directly corrosive to the plastic it might attack the plasticisers and embrittle the material among many things.

Really guys, it's something different for everyone. There's even people that prefer rubber to mech .

Tenso is the best way. I got my HHKB through them. A right wee stunner! My Type-S cost me a good bit less than even a regular HHKB at European price. I meant through a recycling centre :P . I think the chances of me running into a beam spring might actually be slightly greater than that of me runni...

Yeah I do hope I run into a beam spring (or Topre xD) one day - but it's not going to be easy to find either xD .

Tbh I know not everyone likes the ping on the F but personally I think it's pretty cool .

Which Alps? There's more diversity in that vortex than makes sense… Linear :) And I like also the black ones, the ones that people say are crappy :lol: I just love the way they feel Black Alps are underrated IMO. You probably like them because they are a bit of a tactile/linear hybrid. They feel a ...

Those converters work great. It's very high-quality and really compact.

Cool, cheers for the info!

Why do I have to use the 8-pin socket though, can't I just use the 6-pin PS/2 one? Also, considering it's been used at PoS, what will all those weird buttons do on my computer? IIRC Tipro is programmable, but how?

No no, just a simple dome with slider. Very tactile, but somewhat rough on the keyfeel.

Does anyone know what model it is exactly? These Tipro boards seem a bit confusing.

Found two DigiPoS boards at the recyclers' today. Both are POS boards (obviously) with relegendable keycaps, in shades of purple. It comes with a card reader and the whole thing is pretty heavy, about 1.8 kg. It has, as you'd expect, MX blacks (why do I keep getting those?! xD) http://i864.photobuck...

Chyros, I knew they're two company but I can't classify some variant of tooth pattern which is Hi-Tek or Stackpole surely. Is Stackpole a copycat? Yes, Stackpole is a copycat. The tooth pattern has to do with which of the "hands" are "toothed" so to speak. Hi-Tek only has teeth on ONE of the hands....

Very nice keyboard! Never seen switches that've been SCREWED in before... And it dwarfs a battleship!

I'm very surprised it weighs "only" 3 kg tbh. It looks like it would be over 4 Oo .

The easiest way is the tooth pattern which allows you to see very clearly whether it's a true Hi-Tek or a Stackpole. Btw Stackpole was a different company entirely and not affiliated with Hi-Tek; the latter sued for patent infringement on the back of Stackpole's obviously stolen design.

Just to be clear; when you pull out the slider too, does the switch get damaged?

Oh. My. God. What the HELL.

By hand? Fuck me, that must be one of the most dizzying jobs in the world! Oo

That Ortek! The seller even gives DT a shout-out: Here we go, time to let go of an old friend. This Ortek battleship has done me proud over the years but since I replaced the left chevron ALPS key (with a big thanks to someone on Deskthority for supplying it) I've just not used it and I can't spare...

Although it's got a GBP symbol on it it's still ANSI with @ on the 2. Strange. Maybe £30-40 for a good one? Does an ISO AEK 1 even exist ? I've not seen one and I've been looking for a while. That ISO/ANSI combination is about as close as I've seen on the AEK. Yeah I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist....

Scottex wrote: ↑I found an NMB RT102, could it be mech?
The thing that irks me is that the fcc = AQGMEMB 74004
Could that memb be a coincidence or i have no luck?

There are mech RT102's apparently: http://deskthority.net/review-f45/nmb-r ... t8469.html