deskthority

Lot of header pictures here ... Are you making a keycaps salad ? :lol: :lol: I actually have an IBM F122 ANSI conversion that I need to post once I finish formatting and editing. Unlike this guide which was quickly photographed with a point and shoot, the ANSI conversion was taken with an SLR macro...

Ascaii wrote: ↑I doubt these are dyesubs...my bet is pad printed

I thought that too, until I noticed how the lettering remained so deep into the keys even with the damage. I also scrubbed them by hand VERY hard, and the lettering did not fade.

Probably around $50. Though I'm not sure if that's a fair price. I might do that for you. Some if the keys on this board are ruined, and the layout means you can't just replace with different ones. There were also two keys missing when I bought it. But one thing is the linear gray key. Do you want ...

scottc wrote: ↑Using this with a modern computer won't require any converting if you have a PS2 port. It speaks AT, so with a simple DIN5 to PS2 adapter, it will work just fine.

Already tried that, it didn't like the conversion. The LEDS would work when I touched the caps lock key though.

Looks like a nice find. Vintage Cherry MX Black switches. Looking forward to seeing the finished result! I was thinking the same thing. I've been looking for a nice set of Vintage Blacks. I would probably have the switches desoldered out, wasting all of your efforts........... How much would you pa...

Desoldering! :twisted: I thought about not harvesting the switches but there are two missing keys and some are damaged beyond repair and good luck finding replacements. :? I desoldered all the switches on the PCB like in the picture. This took about one or two hours to finish! :shock: IMG_2096.JPG O...

I also cleaned the key caps. I soaked them in hot soapy water, and then hand washed each of them under hot water. Took quite a while. IMG_2059.JPG I actually like the cable on this board a lot. It feels solid, has a nice coil, has a glossy black feel, and the end is a full metal piece. IMG_2052.JPG ...

In order to clean it, I opened the whole thing in order to get to the barrel plate and interior. I unscrewed all the screws I saw and the board wouldn't open in one area. This guy was hiding from me! IMG_2040.JPG Another yucky part of the keyboard... IMG_2045.JPG The huge spacebar has a linear cherr...

Here are some pictures of a Unitek keyboard I acquired at an electronics store yesterday. The board was VERY dirty when I first picked it up and needed some cleaning. Here is the label. IMG_2035.JPG This was the state of the board before I cleaned it. IMG_2028.JPG IMG_2033.JPG IMG_2034.JPG

Ellipse wrote: ↑Yep it was a great find! It is now a part of my NIB Model F collection - NIB F77, PC AT, PC XT: http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-n ... t9705.html

Wait... Do I see a speaker on the back of the XT? Whattttt.... I didn't know XT's had speakers.

Holy crap, nice find Ellipse. The case isn't that important on these boards, I know some people that like it without the case anyway. I was at a electronics discount store today, and they had keyboards for sale, but they also had a museum. The museum items were not allowed discounts unfortunately, a...

idollar wrote: ↑@ramnes

Definitely, the shiny 107 deserves these keys

I like a lot your keyboard !

Will you make them gray or beige blanks? I think gray would go with it better.

Whoa! What kind of switches are those? They sound more clicky than mx blues.

Awesome job idollar! The bare metal look is really nice! It reminds me of a Terminator's hyperalloy endoskeleton . Maybe the keyboard can be named "Terminator". Well I just spent twenty minutes looking at different terminators on the wiki site :? Now im afraid if I get this keyboard it might become...

Hmmm, troll? oh, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Duck Orion: [youtube]http://youtu.be/DvlR_a__IFg[/youtube] Not a troll, no. The cheat looks really cool, but the youtube link for the ducky board doesn't work. Even if I type in the URl arranged correctly, youtube won't give me anything. :?

In order of purchase: 1. IBM Model M 2. Dell Quietkey 3. Leopold FC200R 4. Filco Majestouch 2 TKL 5. Ducky YOTD 6. Realforce 87USD 10th 7. KMAC 8. Dell AT101 9. The Cheat 10. WYSE PCE 11. Cherry G84-4101SPAUS 12. Focus FK-2001 13. Cherry G80-8113 14. KMAC2 15. custom 75% of my own design 16. LZ-GH ...

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Very nice Ramnes. I like the blank keys and the red esc. I first I thought the blue logo thats on my SSK too looked ugly but now I kind of like it.

One important remark, if the frame is not perfect after the polishing it will be very obvious. The reflections will make it very obvious. I would not recommend to do this sanding and polishing with a damaged case. In a completely different subject: I had to reduced 10 points that current threshold ...

I actually wanted it to be cool to the touch, would give it a true metal feel. I can only dream of the metallic smoothness I am missing out on.

I think it would be a good idea to dye the keys a light silver maybe. Not the dull Unicomp grey but a more of a cross between the brilliant white and the gray. I have no experience with dye. I have to think about it. Lets see those blanks when they arrive. It will take time. They were shipped to th...

I think it would be a good idea to dye the keys a light silver maybe. Not the dull Unicomp grey but a more of a cross between the brilliant white and the gray.

Oh god... Now I NEED one of these boards... I was going to do this with gray keys and I didn't know it would look so good with polish. I love that shine. Looking forward to the rest of the pics i$! I even have the paint at home, but when I saw this metal, I could not cover it again. :roll: Yeah... ...

Oh god... Now I NEED one of these boards... I was going to do this with gray keys and I didn't know it would look so good with polish. I love that shine. Looking forward to the rest of the pics i$!

Unicomp has the keycaps. Not expensive. http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK The problem with me is if you want printed keycaps to replace the ISO keys in order to achieve full ANSI you have to mix and match and even then its a lot of money. Unicomp should just make an ANSI and ISO order opti...

Ooh, nice looking ctrl. I like the stepped look. Although I like to have my caps lock remain there. Made by DAH YANG industry. I can't stand ginormous enters though.

The only thing I can think of is the ribbon connector is not in all the way. Or the membrane has something in it that is making the keyboard act funny. I have my model F disassembled right now, After my ANSI conversion the keyboard started making random keypresses. I think I am going to clean the PC...

Thanks.
I will be waiting for the info.

XMIT wrote: ↑I'm up to around 40. I just cleaned up my keyboard storage last night. I didn't realize I had quite that many.

I'll start selling them off at some point. Toys are meant to be used. My goal really is to get them all up and running on USB.

I might be interested in some!!

I didn't win in the contest. :( But i'm not going to let that slow me down. I'm finishing up PCB design and looking for quotes on laser cut acrylic sheet. This is going to be using membrane type buckling spring switches. The bottom "membrane" will be a PCB (with integrated controller, microUSB conn...