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Quizerno wrote: ↑

29 Jan 2020, 04:35

Wanted to get my hands on one, but too slow.

Same.

10/100 are pretty old now but excellent for a home lab when your learning / training . A virtual switch is all well and good but no substitute for learning on the real thing!

Unless it's older Netgear stuff , then you will just want to kill yourself , the UI is terrible

The computer has a bit of a history as well, if you're interested: https://imgur.com/a/UWSavnC That is cool! That looks like the same ram i use on my 2950x ( micron b die right ?). I struggled to get hold of it! Mine can do 2933 at decent timings, have to drop em too low for 3200 to be worth it!

NOS Kawasaki Fujitsu keyboard. Contact the seller outside of eBay for a better deal. https://www.robot-forum.com/robotforum/thread/31701-kawasaki-ad-controller-rare-surplus-spares/ https://www.ebay.com/itm/233477508828 They looks quite cool. Do we know what switches they have ? Beautiful ergodox ki...

You could prob fill that back in with paint and a very fine sewing needle as a paintbrush. Dunno what type of paint but you want something quite thick , like modelling paints .

My hat’s off to you! And especially working for a not-for-profit I can respect the frugality. My company is very different - it has revenues in excess of €10B a year, and it’s is most definitely for profit, so there’s a lot of waste and no significant pressure to reduce it. I know we work with a la...

Some early IBM rubber domes are ok. Some cherry ones aint too terrible. Some much older Compaq. Dont remember the model number , but some Packard Bell keyboards (early ones) where dome on PCB, never used one but they are supposed to be on the tail of the best rubber dome ( and one of the better swit...

I went and asked the friendly guys in IT asset management (their office is right by the coffee machine and I had nothing to do anyway) and they said no problem, just keep the mouse and keyboard. I guess they have better things to do than de-cap and de-grease people’s old keyboards just to be able t...

To those who recommend talking to IT asset management, you’ve got a point. That’s how it should be handled and if my boss was in any way running things by the book then I’d just do that; but he’s not. As an IT manager myself , i don't inventory keyboards even expensive ones. They are not something ...

AT101 Alps profile. For stabs, MX mount/Matias are probably the best option. I will have to do more research on that, and ask around to see if there are any other choices. Edit: Alps mount looks like the way to go. It will have to be determined by where the keycaps go, and if they are going to be a...

Model F Battleship for great and totally reasonable price of $2500. Shipping not included. https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-model-F-122-FULLY-restored-new-foam-soarers-converter-ANSI-mod-EXTRAS/324050800899?hash=item4b72eed103:g:wAUAAOSwTz1eKTtS Man i need to sell my fully restored backup battleship wi...

Dark mods would be nice also.

I highly doubt that the unicomp SSK will eat into original SSK that much , with normies or people with far too much money on eBay yeh sure , but true collectors and experts will still want the original and will be willing to pay a fair price for it. Normies cannot tell the difference and could not g...

Findecanor wrote: ↑

21 Jan 2020, 08:01

For the MX switches, though, the company is now raising its guarantee from 50 million keystrokes (which was already a lot) to 100 million

Honeywell disagree , there hall effect switches had a MTBF of 30 billion !

https://imgur.com/7tJ8Z70 this mine,brand new.. That... is HOT ! I have one that almost new and also a re-brand that is yellow but switches are mint as it had a sealed rubber coating over it. A PCE is such a good board, high quality case , nice smooth old cherry blacks and a good modern layout. Its...

Ok, thanks for the heads up, I'll clean them by hand then! Just dust them out with a compressor or a can of compressed air first. Put em back together and see how they feel. If they are then smooth you can work on other things, like fixing inconsistent click or none registering keys. Any liquid or ...

That is amazing. That thing is just built to insane standards, we simply do not get anything made to that standard any more.

I'll take the dust on them as excuse to finally buy an ultrasonic cleaner! Don't ultrasonic them unless you have to. Always dust out alps with compressed air first and see how they are then before you go down the cleaning rabbit hole. There is some secret sauce dry lube on older alps that you will ...

cookie wrote: ↑

16 Jan 2020, 16:41

True, but let's be honest. PFU dropped the ball this time.

PFU Coasting on previous success and not innovating or keeping with the times.

Also known as "Doing an Intel"

That mouse looks odd. I have a rollermouse red plus and love it to bits , but i would never use it for cad work. When i need a mouse ( games etc) i use a Ducky Secret. Its very well built , had a very nice sensor and all settings can be changed from the mouse itself , no silly software. It does have...

Thats an old M! I am keeping an eye out for my birthday M but its only about a year and a bit younger than that one.

Just out of interest, does anybody game on their Alps keyboards as well? Or would it wear out the switches way too fast? It will be fine! IMO alps are not fragile , they just wear super fast if used dirty. And anyway, keyboards are built to be used, dont be like them car collectors who wrap there c...

Anything that stems the tide of shitty cheap rubber domes (then dont even try to make half decent domes anymore) is good in my book.

Also i think i am going to call them , cherry Acer , oooo or cherry MA yeh ! Cherry MA it is

Glad you found it .

I was tempted to send off the card on my beamspring , see what came back.

I cannot see your image . Can you please provide a link.

We just need a proper bottom row , none of this small space bar 4 keys on the right modern crap.

1.5x mods with 1x winkey

If the TKLs are anything like the full sized boards: we'll still have a cult following of the original, higher quality, non scratchy originals, with smoother switches and reasonable bottom rows. I'm unimpressed with Unicomp's current offerings and will always prefer a 1987 Model M to a modern Unico...

Was this a scam then? This thread is very old and no one has what they paid for Doubt that its a scam , Muirium is an active member of the community for a long time. I had my stuff ages ago but then Muirium had a family issue and had to take some time away. He is back recently so i would send him a...

JBert wrote: ↑

09 Jan 2020, 14:21

I didn't know such stations needed compressed air though, I would have thought everything was integrated in the base station.

That metcal does , some like the ebay one have a pump built in.

I would say you need to try to get some physical prototypes first (3d printed would be not ideal but should be fine to show the concept). People always respond better to a thing they can see rather than a promise to make something. Don't make the video too flashy , it just looks like your getting so...