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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 ...

Aye, having used it a while now, I quite agree with your findings. The board's downsides are its software—yuck—and its unfriendly-to-open case blocking hotswap access to many of the switches. I presume the screws are hidden under the plastic footpads. The big bezels look nice, but they really get in...

After a fair old session of finagling, my (new to me) 'lil Poker is now behaving much more HHKB-like. Thankfully! { "title": "♦️ Poker Rules", "description": "Work in progress", "rules": [ { "description": "♦️ Poker: Let's Fn' Fix This Thing!", "manipulators": [ { "type": "basic", "conditions": [ { ...

Is it also possible to control the Num_Lock LED with Soarer or Karabiner on Mac? No, it is not. But you’re right: it should be. As discussed in the link above, this little utility can set all 3 lock LEDs on connected USB keyboards, but the trick lies in triggering it. Karabiner doesn’t play nice. P...

Is this an issue Zealios are known for generally? I remember when they were all the rage when they first came out, but they faded from coverage before anyone had much time to put some mileage on them.

62 Cherry MX clears later… IMG_3498.jpeg I’ve had these PCB mount clears sitting in my parts collection for something like 10 years, so it’s good to finally give them a home. My initial impressions, having just finished soldering them in: I actually quite like them. They’ve certainly got tactility c...

Poker received. Thanks again! I'll solder in some switches and see what I make of the stock caps. They do helpfully have front legends for the Poker's rather awkward function layer on them; but I want to remap it to the HHKB function layer I have on my 60% boards, which if I succeed to then I won't ...

The NumLock key sends the appropriate "Num Lock" key code, but apparently if I want the functionality to switch the Model F's numeric pad to a cursor pad, I'll have to define that as a separate layer So, you're on Mac, and this is your first experience hooking up a fullsize mech to one, right? ;) A...

Positively superlative! :ugeek: Do you also keep a serial number database for these user-submitted boards, or am I thinking of someone else? Actually, I think it was you: :D https://sharktastica.co.uk/topics/kb_birth_certs I can't remember if I submitted my own small collection, including this Kishs...

I have a lot of caps, to put it very gently indeed. I’m unlikely to need them.

What do you have in mind for a little Poker-sized set, yourself?

And the solution is to select xwhatsit/ibm/fat/universal in Pandrew's configurator. This gets things working-- Very good. That must be the appropriate one for whatever post-Xwhatsit controller version you've got. well, except for the "Num Lockl" key, which doesn't activate its LED or change the map...

Are you sure your controller is 32u4? As I recall, all of Xwhatsit's original controllers—including the one I installed in my AT—are 32u2. The chip makes a difference. Their hex files are incompatible. As I recall, I laid out my AT based on this starting point in Pandrew's configurator: http://35.16...

The actual problem is this: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=509716#p509716 Not great, and not getting fixed under the current ownership! But if you have one computer that knows your login, your web browser there ought to be able to show you the credentials you used, so you can manually enter...

The keyboard, caps and stabs are shipping to me. I may well be able to spare the caps and ship them along to you, and whatever stabs I don't need. There's more than enough for the Poker in the pic.

Send me a message in a few days once I have them.

Indeed! Artfully done.
The RGB backlighting, which typically looks garish on a desk, has a waving, rippling effect when used as a floor, along with the contours of the caps.

Good find. That firmware looks promising, feature-wise. Though I do see it was last updated in 2018 . Maybe explains why it's still AVR (Atmega) based. That chip's miserable memory ceiling is the only reason we're still talking about kilobytes of ram in keyboards, like it's the 1970s when every byte...

Value? Well, it's not like there's many of these already sold to compare to! Only an auction could tell. What's the "1958" about in the title, btw? Someone asked about those keys just last month: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=517930#p517930 Same looking keys, but different layout, though: ...

Onboard remap and macros are pretty advanced functionality when you think about how to implement them. QMK/etc. would have to implement a whole new level of abstraction in order to support them. Currently, those firmwares allow arbitrary mapping of keys, with layers and macros, all of which is avail...

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01 Jan 2024, 10:33

Yep case included.

Nice. It’ll make a cool little project board for my spare switches. Appreciated.

I’m interested in the Poker.

Is the case included?

This simple question is in fact very complicated, thanks to IBM's bad choices in the 1980s about protocols and connectors. I'd point you to one of DT's many, many threads about this but the server's too broken today to conduct a search. :P My practical advice is buy them both, try them, and return w...

As the whole membrane is behind an insulating layer, what you're looking for is continuity (multimeter says "beep!") between pairs of pins. Note: they will only conduct when the corresponding "key" is "pressed". No keys held down—or rather no membrane landing spots squeezed—and no pairs will show up...

Oh? You want this bread? Listen, Monsieur Speakadaenglish, you don't know bread from your mother's sh…!

Well, seeing as this is clearly the pedants' thread: Tokyo Press is famous for its switches and infamous  for the HHKB "keeb", so there is little doubt as to what the proper answer is. :mrgreen: Topre's keyboards don't have switches. (Some have DIP switches on the back for a few sundry settings, but...

Definitely a conductive membrane. Looks very easy to convert. A simple, bare matrix conveniently exposed on a ribbon cable. Can't get any simpler! A nice project for a newb! :D These units have no electronics and simply expose the key matrix on a flexible tail. Your job is to make a controller for t...

Ho ho holy moley! Santa's way too generous. I'd feel so guilty now if I'd taken part and given what I could bear to part with when others were getting hefty loot like that!

Good idea. In the meantime, a recent acquisition of mine—the Kailh Box White switch-equipped 8BitDo retro keyboard —is my tip for a taste of sincerely clicky action for a very fair price. It's my first Kailh board and even as a Model F snob I find its switches quite commendable. It's closer to blue ...

Peter was active here many years ago, and vanished without a trace, leaving customers without their stuff as I recall. Anyway, yes, you can definitely mix and match M and F caps: including Ellipse's creations, which are significantly better than Unicomp's modern production quality. Single unit alpha...

Testing switches is a good idea. If hotswap was a thing 10 years ago, when I was where you are now, I'd have definitely tried it. Mind, all there was back then were the various shades of MX. I was a bit early for all that stuff. I've had quite a few Model Fs and Ms. I’m very much on the F >> M end o...

What makes you hanker after the loudest and greatest of all clicks now? Your initial focus on reds and browns warns me you BETTER KNOW WHAT YOUR IN FOR! The first time you meet Model F will be an eye opener!