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I have immense respect for the work Ellipse has done in (re)creating the keyboards, but the constant evasion tactics are undignified. The use of false sense of urgency is undignified. It is clear that it works, though. I also hurried to order my keyboard before one of these deadlines, which was the...

I think you are asking if they can ship together if something is in stock at the time an order is going out. I feel like it's clear what I'm asking and this is unnecessarily evasive :lol: You keep saying you expect to be shipping keyboard orders over the course of the rest of this year. I've asked ...

an_achronism I noted earlier that the XT foam and relegendable caps are expected to ship separately so they will in no way hold up any orders. Now there's a shipping cost added for all non-keyboard orders during checkout Right but I obviously wasn't talking about them having separate shipping, that...

Probably rather premature as I expect my F77 order is a way off being shipped still, but thanks to darkcruix, I have these babies washed, dried, and ready to go: https://i.postimg.cc/HL0X2HHH/PXL-20210627-004614491.jpg Update: New transparent cap reproductions now available to order, for delivery ar...

wobbled wrote: ↑

24 Jun 2021, 18:33

Tiresome

Also tiresome: this patter

I've just got a BTC F&F board and the key feel is the my least favourite I've experienced. I'm going to clean it up and Mitsumi Mod it but I'm not hopeful. Why are you after a dome with slider board in particular? I think he just loves the (firm, rather sharp/binary) tactility of BTC DWS in particu...

Hope you succeed where I would fail. Out of pure disgust, I might even place the package under our fleet of Caterpillar 797Fs as they run over it in a fully laden procession. That way, it becomes part of our working site - forever. No Land Fill required. Look, if you don't want it, you just let me ...

Put original Model F caps on your Model M and see for yourself. It should feel a bit smoother and crisper. I mean yeah I can do that but the repro caps and originals aren't identical. Extremely similar I'm sure, but not identical, so I don't know if it's a reasonable assumption to make that the key...

Here, has anybody who has the new "XT" style caps from the GB installed and tested them on a Model M? I've heard that taking actual IBM F caps and putting them on an M or vice versa can be a bit hit or miss because of different plastics (IIRC the caps are smoother but barrels are rougher on one than...

This is all spot on. I agree that the significantly different type of tactility on Topre and the pricing both contribute to why people sometimes say things like BTC DWS is "more tactile" or just better than Topre... it's just more sharp, more binary imo. I also agree that MX tactiles are not as nice...

As a note the priority is very low for the XT foam and I will only be focusing on mailing out everyone's non-XT orders over the coming months, so please expect these to go out around year end and not earlier if you are interested. (...) This will be another group buy style order like with the beam ...

Bit later than planned, but here goes. Top post updated with a bundle price, obviously let me know if you only want the board or any of the keycaps individually and we might be able to figure something out. https://i.postimg.cc/28XgFN0P/PXL-20210617-030744772.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/9X24VvY5/PXL-20...

As the resident BTC Dome With Slider Proselytizer... they're not as good as Topre. Actually, let me be way more specific. The BTC has a much stronger tactile feel, which I do prefer, but the construction quality of a common BTCDWS (not to be confused with the DDOJSIOC) board like the 5130 is nowher...

Great idea! The switch reads, "80206/8088". I'm not sure which one of these numbers represents AT or XT but I've tried both. The 8088 and 80206 are the Intel processors used in the original IBM Personal Computer (which used the protocol now often referred to as "XT", scancode set 1) and the later I...

If you are sincerely looking for feedback, I'll just be brief and point out that presenting a solution as a silent "video" composed of 16 minutes of text walls is inadvisable and extremely unlikely to change anything or help anybody. If it were me, I'd record it as spoken instructions over a screen ...

I've actually been wondering about HaaTa's force curves for membrane and capacitive buckling springs Me too, I have no idea where those came from. I have more than one original IBM Model F and they definitely feel a lighter than either M I have, even the seriously messed up 1990 one. I wonder if Ha...

Bjerrk wrote: ↑

16 Jun 2021, 12:47

I believe it's a BTC dome with slider board with FCC ID E5XKBM10140.

Agree, have a Viglen like this. They're decent but I wouldn't expect too much.

a few weeks ago, trying to find Soarer out of genuine appreciation for his work was considered "doxxing" No, this is not what was alleged at the time. What was being described as doxxing was not simply finding Soarer, but posting his full name and address on a public forum for all to see, as esr re...

As a daily Unicomp board user I freely admit that they are not exactly the same, Unicomp has had ups and downs on the fit and finish of their boards, but the typing experience (ie what I care about) is basically the same with nice tactility and audible click etc. I would like to go on record as som...

Nice one, and is the space bar on the F122 really good? I know it’s better than the other Fs, but is it superior to the M’s? And does it feel like the rest of the keyboard? I mean, define "superior" here. The XT bar is heavy but some like that; it makes it incredibly stable and there's no rattle. B...

TheInverseKey wrote: ↑

14 Jun 2021, 02:09

Weezer wrote: ↑

13 Jun 2021, 22:05

Yeah I did figure it out...but thanks!

It was just annoying that I couldn't easily create an exception...that I had to dump my whole cache or do incognito

This is why you support FireFox.

This guy gets it

So...you didn’t watch the video in the original post? I also originally thought that a “beige whale” was an 80s tech riff on Moby Dick, but the definition given in the video specifically contrasts it with a “white whale.” Space Cadet is a potential white whale; an F XT is a great example of a beige...

Right, finally revisiting this. Just ordered a 3x3 switch tester with the following on it: 3 BOX Navy 3 BOX Pink 3 BOX Noble Yellow Plan is to swap springs around as follows: BOX N, stock | BOX N w. NY spring | BOX N w. P spring BOX P, stock | BOX P w. NY spring | BOX P w. N spring BOX NY, stock | B...

raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑

12 Jun 2021, 16:22

Seller has some negs on items that sold at low prices for either cancelling the order or not shipping/communicating so… probably?

Yep, saw that! "Out of stock". Heard that one before!

I could be wrong, but I suspect the problem is that you listed it already, *then* asked what it's worth. What does it matter? It'll sell for what it sells for; that's what it's worth. If you heard somebody say it was worth $500 and it sold at your auction for $5, what good would the information do y...

I'd say the difference between beamspring and F is actually more different in feel than F and M. The model F's and model M's both have the same basic keystroke. But beamspring is an entirely different mechanism. It might be more different , but I didn't feel like it was a more impressive difference...

I enjoyed this but I can't totally relate to the "shitting on Model M" thing, perhaps because I'm still relatively new to this community. I definitely have seen people saying that the F is significantly better than the M, though. I wish I could agree fully with the sentiment in this post but I unfor...

fohat wrote: ↑

12 Jun 2021, 03:04

Sometimes a bit of this and a bit of that yields the best outcome at the best price.

Frankly I regret not buying that one and using it for my NOS module. However, ideally, I'd prefer to put it inside a Bigfoot case, just because it's dumb as hell therefore I love it.

I circled a relevant bit that you might be interested in. :D That one was a fixer-upper, so not exactly the pristine one Mips is after: Has been refurbished to the best of my ability after having been left outside in the rain for some time. Mechanical parts in good working order, every key produces...

Ah, sorry if I came off the wrong way, like, in a humble braggy sort of way. (...) And huzzah! Another who prefers the XT over the AT. There are dozens of us! Hahah no need to apologise, I understood! But I'm still jealous... ;) At this point, I mostly just like finding and trying new keyboards, no...