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If you skip out on "off-topic" and "marketplace" there are esentially no dust ups. That being said, I think you missed out on the rise in price of Brown Alps and White Alps, both of which have gone threw the roof. Brown Alps being the new(ish) hotness, and White Alps as a resonable replacement for ...

If you skip out on "off-topic" and "marketplace" there are esentially no dust ups. That being said, I think you missed out on the rise in price of Brown Alps and White Alps, both of which have gone threw the roof. Brown Alps being the new(ish) hotness, and White Alps as a resonable replacement for t...

If you get a NOS Black Alps board, you can click mod them and they feel a hair better then Matias Clicky switches. Or if you already know you like Matias switches then you could get a dusty Alps board and swap out the switches. You can get a 200 pack of Matias clicky for about 35 (i think) so that w...

Interesting I didn't know Signature Plastics did front printed keycaps.

Cindy has a fairly cheap one for sale right now with a converter.

There are plenty of under 30s here, including myself. Ditto and I also have plenty of modern keyboards and keysets. I prefer the slower pace here (when I am avoiding "off topic") There are plenty of under 30s here, including myself. You guys understand what majority means right? I’m an outlier too ...

Blaise170 wrote: ↑There are plenty of under 30s here, including myself.

Ditto and I also have plenty of modern keyboards and keysets. I prefer the slower pace here (when I am avoiding "off topic")

You should totally add that to the wiki/Alternative_keyboard_layouts

The switch is a pretty cool, I wonder how long R&D took to design it. They did a kickstarter, you can check their page. It took forever it seemed, I backed it and got a bunch of switches that I can't use because I didn't know they required surface mount detectors and light sources... On that note a...

I was that one who didn't respond. Just payed, sorry for the tardyness

Blaise170 wrote: ↑I think you are grossly underestimating the cost of "only" 8 different parts.

Doesn't have to be that cheap when the price you are trying to beat is $800 for a 70ish switch keyboard.

Even reproduction beamsprings would be quite expensive, due to the tooling costs and all. Insanely expensive, and out of the question for anyone that doesn't manage a quite rich company I'd say. Repro would be expensive, but just remaking the switch modules and putting them in a redesigned(cheaper)...

Yes it was posted on Gizmondo, you can find it on their site. The facebook link is a repost.

Well according to the current regime in Washington they want to conduct a "Trade War" with China hence it may become far harder in the future to get anything shipping to the US out of China. Source? First result, google actually auto completed after I said "trade war" it had first result "trade war...

It really bothers me to know those machines are still on, they might cause fire sometime, why there is still power on the premise? Who pays the bills, it's really not eco-friendly...neighter it is safe. Yah a lot of places "slip through the cracks". I know someone who has been living in a home were...

Unicomp keyboards are made in the USA, though I am sure they source the electronics from China. That would explain the "origin China". It is known Unicomp has the old Lexmark Model M molds, this is a fact.

Sounds like an urban legend to me

I now know what all the hubbub is about. I just got my first Model F in today and wow. I can see why some hold it in even higher regard then Beamspring or Blue Alps. Very refined.

Ah hell did I miss out on this?

This is the easiest Model F to ANSI mod. Pop "ANSI mod Model F" in your search and you will find something on that. I dunno about that. The AT (and XT) spacebar can go to hell. I had a lot of trouble with the stabilizer when it came time to sandwich both plates back together. Personally I'd also sa...

This is the easiest Model F to ANSI mod. Pop "ANSI mod Model F" in your search and you will find something on that.

Displaywriter restored by JAC https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Beam-Spring-DisplayWriter-Rebuilt-Custom-Keyboard-w-Solenoid-Beamspring/183206495887?hash=item2aa7f5468f:g:xQAAAOSwwBha6gsx Wow that's gorgeous. JAC did a great job with the restoration :o Best Displaywriter I've seen to date. Yep, it's for...

I would be down for 120 of these switches. Also thanks @Blaise170 for pointing out that set on massdrop, bought 2.

andrea-i wrote: ↑Damn, that 5640987 is my favorite model F by far! the layout is still troublesome, it's still a bit too big...but that blue switch, my gosh!!

Buy it then

If humans were built with their heads at hand height this would be the most ergonomic design available...

What would be considered overpriced? Depends on who you ask, some will say "20% less then ebay sold prices" others will say "The price I payed 4 years ago before people actually wanted it". What I am trying to get at is price is in the eye of the beholder in the collectables market. There is no Kel...

Featured on Deskthority!.. by its own goddamn manufacturer. https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/020/985/190/4df14e7efbaadffc45d5ee2c92cf29a8_original.png?w=680&fit=max&v=1524493007&auto=format&lossless=true&s=98f42aacd8bc5e7297ef3c1a68154e32 Drevo, 'featured in' sections mean that someone else bothere...

This all is giving me a headache, from the branding to the poor formatting of your post to the hyperbolic language. Also if you spent so much time on developing each part then why did you go with the same gamer-y lasered keycaps as every cheap alibaba keyboard?

Did someone say aluminum ergodox body!?

@DeChief I use Evapo-Rust, it is expensive but only attacks rust (mostly). Vinegar will induce some additional rusting if you introduce too much air into the mix, not a large concern if you only leave it for a day or so but would be an issue if you left it longer. If something has rusted deep then a...