The Model Fs that I have disassembled had a clear mylar sheet with "keyhole" shaped slots matching the holes that "slide fit" the PCB into the curved metal plate.
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- 15 Nov 2022, 15:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: German Model F AT Resurrection Journey
- Replies: 35
- Views: 55360
- 15 Nov 2022, 03:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Alps Appreciation
- Replies: 4210
- Views: 1170562
Re: Alps Appreciation
did you tape off the lock light label to keep the paint off? Don't blame me if it goes wrong, but I have had good luck removing labels with naptha (old-fashioned cigarette lighter fluid). Work quickly and clean it up immediately because it can damage plastic. With all the extraneous stuff off rehab...
- 14 Nov 2022, 15:19
- Forum: For sale
- Topic: SOLD - [EU-NL] [H] IPCS Datacomp DFK-102 | Focus fk-555 (both blue Alps ) [W] PayPal / IBM boards
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4248
Re: [EU-NL] [H] IPCS Datacomp DFK-102 | Focus fk-555 (both blue Alps ) [W] PayPal / IBM boards
One is NIB, which I'll keep as an heirloom SSK. The other two are in good cosmetic condition and work fine but could use the usual bolt or screw mod. I bought one out of Cindy's crop of NIB SSKs what, ~8 years ago? It came out of the box with over half of its rivets broken, including almost all of ...
Re: Jackpot
ebay comes to your rescue with pre-made foam for about $20 US , sans shipping (ships from Canada). I never had any trouble cutting foam (I put the sheet under the plate when I spray paint it, so I have the exact location of the holes) but this looks like a clean (if pricey) product. Maybe I missed ...
- 13 Nov 2022, 22:42
- Forum: Other external
- Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
- Replies: 26264
- Views: 8709055
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Aren't those either MX or Alps mounts?
- 09 Nov 2022, 16:07
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: German Model F AT Resurrection Journey
- Replies: 35
- Views: 55360
Re: German Model F AT Resurrection Journey
Wouldnt sandblasting the barrel plate potentially risk the plastic stabilizer rivets? The stabilizer tabs can be removed with a small flat head screwdriver and replaced with a larger one. Use a small screwdriver (smaller than the size of the hole) to push them gently but firmly out from behind and ...
- 06 Nov 2022, 15:08
- Forum: Marketplace Help
- Topic: Price Check: How much is my _____ worth?
- Replies: 4745
- Views: 1348835
Re: Price Check: How much is my _____ worth?
It is nice to see a clean simple complete set on the top.
- 05 Nov 2022, 16:06
- Forum: For sale
- Topic: [FS][60€] Space Invaders - Techmex ALR - RT101+
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2539
Re: [FS][60€] Space Invaders - Techmex ALR - RT101+
Awesome board!
But that small Backspace would drive me bonkers.
But that small Backspace would drive me bonkers.
- 03 Nov 2022, 15:22
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: USB Hub you can attach to the back (or side) of a keyboard
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1555
Re: USB Hub you can attach to the back (or side) of a keyboard
The Buddha taught that wishing that the world was not the way it is can be a cause of suffering.
Relax, let it go.
Relax, let it go.
- 28 Oct 2022, 20:48
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM AT USB conversion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8121
Re: IBM AT USB conversion
Actually, Soarer originally wrote his firmware for the AT, then expanded it. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2510&p=508038&hilit=xt%2Fat+converter#p508038 That said, I have used simple adapters in your situation with no problems. Are you sure that the keyboard actually works in its own r...
- 28 Oct 2022, 00:47
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Trying to work with an eBay seller
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7502
Re: Trying to work with an eBay seller
US Post Office has "flat rate" parcels that go domestically for $10-20 and you can often find one that will suit you if the item is a moderate size. They are considered "priority" and usually delivery pretty quickly. Outbound international is a VERY different story and the "large flat rate game boar...
- 27 Oct 2022, 20:42
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Trying to work with an eBay seller
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7502
Re: Trying to work with an eBay seller
I agreed to buy it if the seller charged a reasonable amount for shipping. That is always a losing proposition. These days, I do my best to get an accurate measure of the size and weight of the final package, and let ebay do its own "calculate shipping" process for the location (wherever that ends ...
- 26 Oct 2022, 15:26
- Forum: Want to buy
- Topic: [WTB] ALPS Keyboard
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3126
- 26 Oct 2022, 04:50
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Retyping Books
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21102
Re: Retyping Books
My mother had a high school friend who became a writer. After he graduated from school, he went to a respected "writers' colony" where the headmistress made them spend a year copying major contemporary novels to "get the feel" of what it is like to write a great book. This was in the early 1950s and...
- 26 Oct 2022, 04:41
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Trying to work with an eBay seller
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7502
Re: Trying to work with an eBay seller
How are you “saving them the PayPal fees,” then? Maybe I am not understanding, but ebay fees are roughly 10% and Paypal fees are roughly 3% - depending .... Taking the sale local and paying cash still obligates the seller to ebay for the transaction fee but a cash payment avoids the Paypal fee. If ...
- 25 Oct 2022, 01:31
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Trying to work with an eBay seller
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7502
Re: Trying to work with an eBay seller
A seller who is not familiar with keyboard switches and caps might be afraid that he would break one of the parts and render his item worthless, or nearly so.
A seller who understands the keyboard market knows that a buyer wants to see the switch.
A seller who understands the keyboard market knows that a buyer wants to see the switch.
- 21 Oct 2022, 17:20
- Forum: For sale
- Topic: [WTS] [EU-AT] Everything in my collection
- Replies: 73
- Views: 17983
Re: [WTS] [EU-AT] Everything in my collection
someone lands a load of junk their nutty old relative was collecting This is true for just about everything. I have literally tons of "stuff" that I have collected over my lifetime, and my kids will have very little use for the overwhelming majority of it. "My precious .... " (fill in the blanks) T...
- 19 Oct 2022, 03:04
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Carbonated non-alcoholic drinks of choice?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 88683
Re: Carbonated non-alcoholic drinks of choice?
For many years tonic water was my soft drink of choice, until I pretty much gave up ordinary soft drinks because of the ludicrous amount of sugar. "Diet" tonic is an abomination, artificial sweeteners and quinine are a blasphemous combination. These days I do enjoy seltzer water, but that is hardly ...
- 19 Oct 2022, 03:00
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Model F AT in ISO?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1176
Re: Model F AT in ISO?
I don't know the specific answer, but back in the day IBM was exceptionally good about covering all the possible bases.
- 17 Oct 2022, 00:48
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Is there some way to program an AltGr key on an ANSI keyboard using a Soarer's Converter or QMK
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1446
Re: Is there some way to program an AltGr key on an ANSI keyboard using a Soarer's Converter or QMK
Looking at the code set in Soarer's docs it looks like "RALT" is the right side ALT key, but I am guessing. Have you tried that one?
- 15 Oct 2022, 15:48
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM AT USB conversion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8121
Re: IBM AT USB conversion
Made mine myself Yes, the 1200 units refers only to the cables that Orihalcon has sold via ebay, and does not count DT and GH direct sales. I own at least one of them although I usually use my own boxes, and have several several Teensy modules installed internally (I hate those old fat coiled cable...
- 15 Oct 2022, 01:57
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM AT USB conversion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8121
Re: IBM AT USB conversion
Holy mackerel ! He has sold 12 hundred of those things !
Does he still make them himself by hand?
- 14 Oct 2022, 04:46
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM AT USB conversion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8121
Re: IBM AT USB conversion
You can "daisy-chain" AT -> PS/2 -> USB with all passive adapters with no drama.Meowmaritus wrote: ↑14 Oct 2022, 03:04
a passive AT -> ps/2 converter will work just fine
a way to connect ps/2 to your PC.
- 12 Oct 2022, 17:21
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Are Alps keycaps harder to take off than Cherry keycaps?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4427
Re: Are Alps keycaps harder to take off than Cherry keycaps?
That embarrassing guide from years ago proved my concept.hellothere wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 02:55
I, quite literally, finished building something exactly like that about 10 minutes ago, only it uses TMK. Yours looks better
Subsequently I built a nicer one, still using parts from the electrical department at Home Depot.
- 12 Oct 2022, 01:18
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Are Alps keycaps harder to take off than Cherry keycaps?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4427
Re: Are Alps keycaps harder to take off than Cherry keycaps?
I don't know where you heard that. My old project looks embarrassingly crude, but it works fine.apastuszak wrote: ↑11 Oct 2022, 19:02
My preference is to use a Soarer's Converter. But that only works with PS/2 boards.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58 ... msg1348717
- 06 Oct 2022, 01:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: How did I do for $130?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4042
Re: How did I do for $130?
even shifting that locally would cost more than $130. Envy y'all, so I do. Shipping is escalating fast over here too, and international shipping outbound from the US is crazy. I could see the 2 big pieces in a large box going ground for $80 and $50 would probably ship a smaller box with the rest of...
- 28 Sep 2022, 15:16
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IBM "F54" Case IC/GB (Electronic Typewriter 65/85/95)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4639
Re: IBM "F54" Case IC/GB (Electronic Typewriter 65/85/95)
That is cool! I would think that a nylon case would be a very good idea.
The back is butt-ugly but that doesn't matter.
But the F AT is where it would really be worthwhile.
The back is butt-ugly but that doesn't matter.
But the F AT is where it would really be worthwhile.
- 26 Sep 2022, 16:41
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Model F Dampening?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2763
Re: Model F Dampening?
That is a lot more effort than the floss mod. But it makes me wonder whether something like a small square of black electrical tape might be enough for just a bit of relief. Soon I will have to disassemble my favorite 122-key for a thorough cleaning, I am getting doubled and continuous characters fr...
- 01 Sep 2022, 13:46
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Lenovo: we need to talk about the Evil Layoutery you're applying in your laptop keyboards.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1750
Re: Lenovo: we need to talk about the Evil Layoutery you're applying in your laptop keyboards.
I have had a T440p for some years and it is a great little machine.
Naturally, as a 122-key terminal user on my primary computer, I have plenty of bones that I could pick about the layout, but this is the one that truly makes me crazy.
- 15 Aug 2022, 16:20
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: What happened to the Mini-M?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3536