deskthority

june bug wrote: ↑

24 Jul 2023, 00:01

nos chicony ergo with alps skcm white for pretty cheap

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256153379153?h ... SwdbdktY-B

Remember: if the ad doesn't show the switch, it's probably not Alps. Mind you, it's an enticing price. Shipping's a bit high.

+1 on the box! I've seen a couple YouTubers use just about the same style.

I'd like a darker grey lock lights sticker, but I can't have everything. I've looked into making custom stickers for restoring Omnikeys, and I got some transparent and opaque slides that can be printed on with a laser printer, and that have an adhesive back surface. What I haven't been able to find...

Just wanted to say thanks for the compliments on the 101. It was a lot of work.

Remember that the "white" Dell case is really a cream color and the keycaps are cream and dark tan. Don't go for full-on white. It'll be splotchy. There's a good pic in the wiki of pure white caps next to the Dell caps, for comparison. As an example of how too much temp can be bad for you, I decided...

Finally finished the 101. FullTop - Copy.jpg FullBottom - Copy.jpg DIP - Copy.jpg BottomCaseInternal - Copy.jpg Yes, it's now "badgeless." The 101 has a sticker instead of a plastic badge. It's now pretty much destroyed. I also moved the bottom case sticker into the inside of the case. I'd like a da...

OmniKey Ultra (Silver colored sticker, blue text) Vendor ID: 777 Part #: 560,0020 Lot #: not listed Serial Number: 0338x-0E FCC ID: GT6OMNIKEYULTRA Date dial on top case: 90-02-27 Number on bottom (green) PCB: 900125-rev 0.0 OMNIKEY ULTRA/PLUS/102 Brown (bottom case) PCB: PN 890717-00 rev. 0.1 OMNIK...

OmniKey Plus
Vendor ID: 222
Part #: KPlus
Lot #: 0C19
Serial Number: 06214x-90/01
FCC ID: GT6OMNIPLUS1
Date dial on top case: 89-10-19
Number on bottom (green) PCB: 8902270 Rev. 0.2

Chip bottom: Malaysia
8938MPW97286

[AMD]
AM2764
-155DC
12.5V PGM
940FSVB

Cool. Thanks, folks. This is at least 4 projects down the road, but I think it might be fun.

Muirium wrote: ↑

25 Jun 2023, 22:09

hellothere wrote: ↑

17 Jun 2023, 20:00

Remember that the Apple Standard keyboard through the AEK II are PBT dye-sublimed, so don't retr0bright those.

I assume you’re talking about their caps. The AEK I&II cases are very ABS indeed

Yup. Forgot a word.

As always, I did search, but I got way too many hits, so new thread. I've had a Datacomp DK-191 shoved in a corner for a while. It doesn't have a case. However, it does have the uncommon yellow clicky SMK 2nd Gen switches, but several on the num pad are broken. I did a general search for SMK case an...

TL;dr I'll share all the eeprom backups I have here. I'll do backups for all the keyboards I come across that have ZIF eeproms, so enjoy! Share yours, too! Quick details: I have an OmniKey with a bad eeprom. I thought I could take the eeprom from another OmniKey and make it work, so let's buy a pro...

The paint I've used is Rust-Oleum Granite Grey, topped off with a couple of coats of clear matte enamel. I've heard of and seen the dye keyboards and those do look pretty good, but the difficulty level is much higher. There are also some nice paint colors from Duplicolor, but I've had the most compl...

Nice idea. I have this set of double-shot new Tai-Hao Alps keycaps (blue, light blue, and tan) and I think I'll swap out the original pad print Dell/SGI caps for these, too. I've got three or four bigfoot cases, but they're all cream colored. I know a couple are pretty yellow, so I may paint those g...

Kind of like the old Omnikey 101s ignored every other PrintScreen press. That's by design. Using a different PS/2-to-USB converter did not help. Transplanting new switches under the malfunctioning keys did not help. Transplanting a new chip and a new oscillator from a 101P did not help. I am not se...

https://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard_II. Salmon Alps ones are labeled M3501, made in USA ©1989. Anything else is just a possibility of salmon Alps. I've learned this the hard way. a. I do have a salmon Alps AEK II that needs a ADB port (as in, it was missing when I bought it). Not re...

[UK] Logitech trackman marble mouse, refurbished [20 pounds] https://www.cfultd.com/peripherals/mice-input-devices/Logitech-trackman-marble-mouse-810-00767.html?limit=50 The KidTRAC on the website is a better deal at £40. While that one was made a few companies ago, the new version of that sells fo...

I've mentioned that I've had several Model F XTs and Model Ms, from IBM, Lexmark, and Unicomp. This includes new, old stock. I said I prefer the Model M because the Fs felt like they were going to throw a rod or something every time I typed on it. I also strongly hated the extra heavy-duty weighting...

Nope.

Well, I have a Dremel and a few cutting tools ...

I'll give it a shot. I can't make it worse .

Top and bottom of PCB.

I'll try to get pics up in a bit.

I roll a natural D20 and I'm able to resurrect this thread. I have an Ergo Pro that also has a blown micro USB port. I can actually see it moving around inside its housing. Playing with the data cable does occasionally make one of the lock lights come on, so I'm fairly confident that this is the pro...

My official "best pics I can take" of the grey AEK II I'm selling. top - Copy.jpgcloseup - Copy.jpg * Rust-Oleum 2x Primer * Rust-Oleum Granite Grey paint * Rust-Oleum matte clear enamel Looks great! I know I’m nitpicking here, but with that level of effort put in and how clean it looks, I am sudde...

My official "best pics I can take" of the grey AEK II I'm selling. * Rust-Oleum 2x Primer
* Rust-Oleum Granite Grey paint
* Rust-Oleum matte clear enamel

...BOX Whites still stretch and crack keycaps, I wonder: Do Glazed Greens, White Owls or White V2s do that, too? The original design came out around 2018 and they were redesigned last year, per this wall of text I have a TKL with all box jade, except for the space bar, which has a box navy. I bough...

And fully documented on that link. Thanks very, very much.

I think it was an Apple Standard keyboard. I'm not sure if I saw it here or on ebay.

Something that is posted here, somewhere, is an AEK or AEKII with Alps that have dust-protection shrouds. Those are kinda cool, too.

Yes, I should post those in the Wiki when I run across them. I'm lazy.

Shipping might be expensive if you’re outside the USA but this is a cheap AEK II: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125792510239 ... That is now no longer available. Mine. All mine. Great... thanks... It came in today. I did say that I took a bit of a risk because no switch pics usually = the least expensiv...

At what point is it no longer a keyboard? I definitely wouldn't call this a keyboard. Just watching the video of this thing made my wrists hurt.