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That's one of the cleanest IBM bottom labels I've ever seen. Great job on the cleanup/restoration.

$250 is definitely a good price for an F122 right now but keep in mind that seller had a rather low feedback score and only posted two (REALLY blurry) pictures. Wouldn't surprise me if both were in really bad shape underneath. Seller only showed a picture of the bottom of one of them, so the cynic ...

It's a shame no one has worked to reproduce the original Alps SKCM switches. It seems like they would have a market--I find it hard to believe that anyone would prefer the simplified switches to a proper modern version of blue Alps.

zslane wrote:I can only conclude that somewhere along the way he must have somehow managed to convince them to continue making keycaps for him.

All of us with money down for round 7 VIOLETTCREAM production sure hope so, anyway.

Gamuholic wrote:Beautifully clean Northgate Omnikey 101 and Omnikey Evolution. The only reason I didn't say NIB is because I don't see a box

Starting price on the 101 is at least $101 too high.

Hopefully he'll make an appearance here soon to update us all on the VIOLETTCREAM run status.

€480? €650? Hmm.

Source?

Looks fantastic. If you end up running the Cyrillic version in MT3, I might have to get a set.

At least auctions like this raise awareness that they can be sold for quite a bit, which will draw more out of the woodwork and bring prices down over time due to increased supply out there for sale. Solid logic. I'm still hoping that might happen for beamers someday. But realistically, I'll bet to...

I'm super late to this thread, but that's the best all-over dyesub I've seen. The legends are perfectly sharp, and it makes the sets on eBay look even more crappy by comparison. But now that this method seems to be taking off, can we talk about the long-term stability of the pigments being used? It ...

Wow, what a mess.

5 wide by 4 high could make for a really sweet model F game pad.

I think it's a good solution to attach the tops of the space bar stabilizers with screws. It does kind of beg the question though: is it worth exploring building up the frame out of screwed together layers? Would that be appreciably less expensive than machining the whole thing together as one piece?

That looks great! I'm happy to provide feedback, and really looking forward to seeing these in the real world.

My own opinion is that two spacebars would be enough. I think most people would use the one under N/B as space, and the one to the left as backspace, like the "erase ease" configuration on some vintage keyboards. Or since it's reconfigurable, they might want to use it as an easy to reach modifier/fu...

Take ANSI split backspace and move backspace one row down to |\. Please, no. Unless this is an optional alternate config. Rick, the layout looks nice and symmetrical, but have you prototyped the locations of the three space bars in actual use? From the picture I think my right thumb will impact exa...

My favorite to look at were NMB's implementation of stepped caps. Pics are not mine; they're from a completed eBay auction. Rick, the tiny backspace and big-ass enter key are totally UNcool, so don't get any ideas. :D https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180715/22ec081761ee1b52fd6c9697405dcf97.jpg htt...

Agree that the stepped caps can be aesthetically nice, but in use it's rather annoying to be forced to hit long keys only in one small spot. I would definitely recommend designs that fill the available space between keys and can be hit anywhere along their length (necessitating some sort of stabiliz...

It's cleaned AND restored!
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It should make a decent switch donor for... someone. Thanks for the heads up, ekeppel.

Black and cream were not listed as orderable when I last checked. I would definitely like some eventually, though.

Thanks again for letting me try your prototype, wcass! I'm looking forward to reading the whole write-up.

I've been really yearning for an MF SSK lately. Reading about custom capacitive buckling spring projects like this will help my patience.

Oh boy. You don't KNOW heavy switches and crazy long key travel until you try to type on a manual typewriter.

Yep, first round. Hopefully shipping before end of 2018.

You have until at least a few months after the first round ships to customers.

That's great news you got paid. I don't know if you saw it, but about a month back, Chyros did a review on his YouTube channel of the "APT Hall effect keyboards." I was sitting there wondering "what happened to XMIT? I thought those were his designs?" D'oh. Edit: here's the link. https://youtu.be/Y0...

Anyone want to wear their Honeywell love?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/263748185798

Things with Massdrop are moving. I'll post publicly when I have something public to post. Great news... I hope! As for knives, another dad I know carries one, and uses it to cut drinking straws shorter for his small children. Brilliant! I did that with my daughter. I carry a mini Leatherman with sc...

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Techno Trousers wrote: ↑Yeah. Plus AZERTY layout, though I assume that could be changed with an xwhatsit and keycap swapping.

Sssshhhh... don't say that out loud, or someone might come to verbally abuse you.

I originally wrote "that can be fixed," but then decided to go the diplomatic route.