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I can't blame them for not knowing better. Unless you are into vintage keyboards and know how to identify switches, they are all about the same. It is also winkeyless so it must be old and old is good right? As for pricing, they see Zenith keyboards selling for around $130 so they price theirs the s...

Aristotle switches

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114655637906?m ... olid=10001

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324536427868?m ... olid=10001

This one is worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81

Double_Shot_ABS wrote: ↑

10 Mar 2021, 04:31

This gold omnikey has perfect back shell

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Keyboa ... 890.l49292

No it isn't. It's missing the back stick-on feet.

I didn't know the Microspeed trackballs come with a scroll log.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Micros ... 3920694707

No, that wouldn't work. The model M flippers does not have carbon in them for the model F capacitive sensors to detect.

Will this one do?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284196891728

-Space-NATO- wrote: ↑

28 Feb 2021, 04:40

So it was over $99.95?

It was listed at $124.95.

Double_Shot_ABS wrote: ↑

25 Feb 2021, 23:50

Where are the photos? Really want to see what it originally looked like before I send him an offer.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190414182 ... hp?t=16720

So far, it's a pretty nice driver. However the back side (south side) of the spacebar is very high and that's getting a tad painful. It's not like I can go out and just buy another spacebar for this thing, so I'll see if I can adjust my typing to the keyboard. Is flipping the spacebar an option? I ...

KBDFans is planning to have some HiPro Topre compatible keycaps.

https://kbdfans.com/blogs/news/ec-hipro-keycaps

Lalaland124 wrote: ↑

09 Feb 2021, 09:24

Heyo, does anyone know what switches this keyboard has :3?

Silitek rubber domes.


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leetuser wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2021, 09:21

Does anyone know anything about the Packard Bell T0303? I can't find anything at all.

Its some BTC foam and foil judging from the feet and back panel.

wiki/BTC_53_series

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NMB-RT ... 4859844122

What is with this seller? This item got relisted at least 4 times.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Zenith-INEQ-Ke ... 4690868588

The problem with those boards is that you can't desolder the switches - they are literally "glued" in place with whatever that rust-resistant spray they put on the top after the switches were already installed.

Teletype model 43 repair manual.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-Teletype- ... 4478080612

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Peacock keyboard

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154320070308

There is another one on eBay for $182 BIN. Even that is too expensive.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/-Rare-Vintage-Ta ... 4674523338

Yes, it's true: the Germans killed the beam spring. You're telling me if it wasn't for them I could be typing this on a brandnew and affordable beamspring keyboard? No. You would be typing on an insanely high/thick rubber dome keyboard. You basically get something like this: https://www.ebay.com/it...

Well, here is a link to all the ISO standards if you want to look into it further.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20175520

This is covered in "ISO TS 09241-411-2012" and "ISO 09241-400-2007". The standard says "The home row height of the keyboard shall not exceed 35 mm." That fits with the advertisement snippet you included and the measurement I took for my IBM XT. https://imgur.com/a/ysXe5yY It also has a description t...

SilenceGoo wrote: ↑

25 Jan 2021, 05:10

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233871328090/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265026221391/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265026167324/

3 interesting keyboards I totally have no idea what they are

Here is my educated guess:

Keytronic F&F
Alps tall cream
Vintage SMK/Maxiswitch

Tandy 3000

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303856878755

viewtopic.php?f=55&t=24314&sid=5c1ff106 ... 1ead7745cb

Or just buy 2 replacement switch modules from Orihalcon. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/IBM-BEAMSPRING-Key-Switch-COMPLETE-5251-3101-3278-3279-5120-Displaywriter/302464820514?hash=item466c4ee522:g:ZRoAAOSwsU5ZxwpL Wouldn't the replacement modules have the same or greater resistance as the ones he has in t...

Also does anyone know how to lighten a beamspring spacebar? The 5251 spacebar is twice as heavy as the one on my 3276. The most facile method is to remove the lefthand spring. The key technically does not need this spring to function as intended. A more pleasing and calculated solution would be to ...

Erase-eaze keyboard

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114599578178

The main difference between the Alps lube conversation and lubing the FLS is that the Alps switches are all discrete. FLS? The slider contacts the spring and that's directly on the PCB. I could see contaminating other leaves being a problem. I don't see this being a problem. The switch plates that ...

You can try the Dark Reader plugin.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... ieeh?hl=en

FLS is overrated as fuck, almost all the boards have awful protocols that and terrible layouts so you have to map the matrix and use QMK, and on top of that the switches aren't even that good and have a weird force curve and weighting. Chyros praised them, hence the stupid prices lmao. I would pick...