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caesarcaliyugula wrote: ↑

30 Mar 2023, 16:58

[…] I simply have a surface of 27x11.5" to work with. […]

Perhaps with that much vertical space, you should consider using a Rollermouse: wiki/RollerMouse

What about taking a look at the wiki?
wiki/Olivetti_KBD_2812

engr wrote: ↑

28 Mar 2023, 16:59

[…] there are vendors on Etsy who will print images on dye-sub paper for a reasonable price.

Or directly in Germany: https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 4-298-3391

An advantage of a national search is you avoid Etsy's silly translation of "keycap" as "Schlüsselbund"

[…] Indeed, the most asked question on the Spanish-language mechanical keyboards Telegram group is "How do I get the Ñ character now?" […] […] The "N tilda" question is simply because users aren't paying any attention - I bet if they look at spanish keyboard (which they have laying around, no doubt...

Muirium wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2023, 12:50

[…] Really, all that matters is what the user wants to achieve. […]

That's something I think we can agree on.

I know barely a thing about Cherry MX but I remember hearing about mystical Nixie switches. Is this Nixdorf one of the mythical boards? […] Link to listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125798286969 No. The "mythical" switches have a translucent switch top: https://deskthority.net/wiki/images/thumb/0/0...

I always wonder how much credit is given to a keyboard with such a capital built-in design flaw. Which by the way, as made obvious in this thread, is not as trivial as some may assert: […] and even in a worst case scenario a bolt/screw mod just needs a power drill and some screws and your good to go...

J888www wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 04:07

[…] two NIB (broken rivets et al) SSKs […]

[…] And those who chose not to be (paying!) "DT club" members (and do not have a "DT Pro Member" mention in their profile - just click the small down arrow under a poster's name) should obviously refrain from criticizing webwit's greed, imaginary or not. Are those who donated money without wanting ...

[…] The fact that you haven't been run off the forum for your greed and your general pissant woe-is-me attitude is a testament to the tolerance of the few people that still bother to be active here. […] Well, I am not aware of any rules violation by webwit which would have entailed any sanction wha...

[…] Then I wonder: to which would this numpad goes to? After browsing through a number of victor technologies portable computer image, I stumbled across this site, in French: https://www.obsolete-tears.com/victor-v386px-machine-305.html Great source of information, sadly I dont understand a thing a...

[…] Let's say I stick with a Tipro; I have a couple but not the "programming" setup currently, so I can't check for myself. Does it support scancodes for, say, Japanese input or the entire range of "multimedia" keys? In any case I have been able to program (and widely use) the complete set of Latin...

[…] I'm curious if anyone out there has something they use a programmable keyboard for that was a "game changer" for them? You bet! Tipro keyboards are entirely programmable. You can reprogram any key (on 4 levels each) with characters (even not present on a keyboard) or complicated macros. And of ...

I remember I got rid of (most of) the similar smell of an old keyboard by spreading a pound of ground coffee in a box, placing the keyboard on top with two small pieces of wood to avoid direct contact between the coffee and the keyboard, and then hermetically closing the box. After two weeks or so, ...

JP! wrote: ↑

09 Feb 2023, 04:29

A refreshing Modelo M

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364138458185

I suppose its Cherry sticker intends to suggest high reliability

Hy, probably I don`t understand the whole thing. The "open place" on the picture in my last posting is the switch,right? The grey button on this pic is the keycap? And the white button is the lid? […] Exactly. There are so-called "relegendable" keycaps, consisting of 2 parts, the base and the lid. ...

[…] what do you mean with "You can help"? By writing "I can help", I meant that I do have 14 single 1u black keycaps with transparent lids. But perhaps you should consider replacing the relegendable keycaps with "normal" ones, i.e. keycaps fitting Cherry MX (and MY) switches. Have a look there: htt...

If it is black keycaps (with transparent lids) which you are looking for, I can help. But first you should make sure that under each of the 2u (="double size") keycaps, both switches have a spring, i.e. the cross-shaped part moves up by itself when you press it down. Simply remove the 2u keycap by g...

Congrats, Mu !

Muirium wrote: ↑

01 Feb 2023, 23:00

My guess is I’ve written two million words on my HHKB since 2014. It happens.

That would be approximately 2 full pages per day - every single day.
Not very much, if you ask me

never can escape the exhausting old people, huh? Given my age, you might soon have to again apologize for what you yourself called a "cheap jab": https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=506268#p506268 I would suggest you switch to learning from experience. It is a rewarding intellectual exercise, y...

[…] Or, as an alternative which fortunately is frequently used on DT, edit the opening post to put old stuff in a spoiler or mark it "sold" or strike it out? Fortunately, this thread follows the exact same practice. So. What is your point? You are right, I obviously missed the spoiler at the end of...

You edited your first post to obliterate sold items. The result […] is a goofy hybrid […] I have to side with Muirium here. There's no way to actually read this thread now or even know what it was about in the beginning. That makes all the posts which follow worthless. Why not start a new thread to...

[…] but this is a gear site and I don't want to clutter this thread with political debate. Good idea! […] that is, unless they reinstate the draft and I end up in a shithole trench on the eastern front a couple of months from now. Too bad Muirium is probably 30+ years above draft age and cannot joi...

jgaynor wrote: ↑

24 Jan 2023, 14:54

Reuters AK123 KT / 10-11-0308. […] couldn't find any info on switches but it's close relatives (AK125, etc) all seem to be Cherry Brown.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354538368488

Certainly not Cherry switches of any kind - the LEDs wouldn't be in a corner of the keys.

mind_prepared wrote: ↑

19 Jan 2023, 14:49

Happy New Year everybody (including my critics, God bless their little hearts and minds!)

Nice way of proving one's critics right.

[…] they charge 50 USD for custom legend on a 1U key. If I were you, I would invest into the tooling, make 50 keysets, leave a couple for myself and resell the rest. As a matter of fact, ordering more than just one set and reselling all the rest for exactly your buying price is just a zero sum oper...

If DIY is an option for you, check the link in the first post of this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27180

It was one of countless similar songs published for the benefit of the proles by a sub-section of the Music Department. The words of these songs were composed without any human intervention whatever on an instrument known as a versificator.

George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part II, Chapter IV

justin4232000 wrote: ↑

02 Jan 2023, 22:12

Or you can do what this guy did on Ebay, by putting this as the auction title...
Where is the facepalm emoji?

"Wyse 901867-01 Vintage Mechanical Keyboard - NICE"

"Mechanical"?