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taylorswiftttttt wrote: ↑

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DustGod wrote: ↑The best is my "aliencaps", for sure.

Those are pretty rare for sure. Fact is there are many variations of the "regular" Model M

Those are keycaps from an Italian Wheelwriter, which isn't particularly rare

Got busted in a little short than 6 hours. Reddit took waaaay longer.

There are two types of right shift keys, one with normal corners, and one that has like a bar of plastic going across the corner. Make sure you try both, some types of those keys binds with some variants of Model M's and some variants of the stabilizer inserts. I suppose that the problem is somethi...

Now that we're at it: in reality, the best M's are the M122's.
More buttons.

This is a beautiful and unique board. I really hope that it's still functional!

Also, if I'm not mistaken this would be the third known version of IBM beam spring board to feature a metal IBM badge, after the 3101 and the 3277 ones.

I love how the Model M is the best known single keyboard model yet every once in a while a previously unreported wacky one shows up!

The best is my "aliencaps", for sure.

(I'm no photographer, as you can tell.)

Thanks for the tips! I'll try as soon as I can!

If you have access to another Model M, you can try swapping out the shift key and see if that helps. I've encountered something similar and I think it was because of minute differences in manufacturing. I already tried to swap it with a blank but otherwise perfectly identical keycap from my Wheelwr...

Hi everyone! First post here :) I'm seeking out help for a small but significant problem with my Model M (a 1393395, if that matters). I started using it with no problems at all; I also, in some occasions, removed the keycaps (both parts) for cleaning and replacement. After some time - at least two ...