deskthority

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Oh yes.

I agree! I got into Northgates when a fellow DT member spotted an Omnikey 101 US ANSI layout on eBay for a rather low price and urged someone to buy it. The board was rarther dirty, but I restored it and it turned out rather well. After that, I have just been patient, looking for Northgate postings.

My quietest boards:
Topre-switch boards with added lube and "Hypersphere Silencing Rings":
HHKB Pro 2 45g
HHKB Pro 2 with custom 55g
RF87UB 45g
RF87UB 55g
Topre-switch boards purchased with built-in silencing:
HHKB Pro 2 45g Type-S
RF R2 PFU Edition TKL 45g
Matias Quiet Click:
KBP V60 with

There is not much... nothing you can do about corrosion under the soldermask. It's due to delamination humidity age moisture etc.
The thing to do is just copy the design and order an entirely new pcb.

Some more observations along the way:
1) I have some trouble switching between my laptop (normal ANSI), my desktop (ANSI Filco Minila Air which has a less staggered bottom row and a very troublesome right shift) and my work PC which has a full-size ISO-UK keyboard. Apparently, I will have to standardise

Well I've poked around this thing for way too many hours already. And not a peep out of the board.
The troubleshooting guide says to check and make sure you're getting a clock signal, which I'm not. I think this might just turn into a giant time sink for me (been there way too many times before :oops:

Thank you!

Most of my used keyboards were purchased from various sellers on eBay. Occasionally, I have managed to find a good price from some SKCM blue Alps keyboards. Lately, it seems that all the eBay sellers have been paying attention to our hype here on DT and over on GH, because prices for blue Alps boards

Yes, this is what I recall from taking some SKCM brown Alps apart several years ago. My recollection was that the fit of the components was like that of a fine bolt-action rifle. The switches felt like fine machines. Other Alps felt wobbly and rattly in comparison. Much of the perceived weight of brown

I'm curious how you can tell. What are the giveaways?
So many of these look like unbranded Model M's to me.

Actually, I am not totally sure what exactly constitutes a "vintage" MX black - I am relatively new to serious keyboard science.
method_ who posted above, was looking for vintage or as close as possible switches, has taken the risk, has by now received his board and seems quite satisfied. You might

(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah).

PMd

ok that is brilliant, I am definitely gonna use that one when the time comes

What a con!

I posted last year wondering about how much a Kb-102as was, wasnt ready to sell then, but im kinda leaning towards that now, just dont really know how much its worth.

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Banjo Guy Ollie is wonderful, check his channel out.

PM-ing for G80-11800 (MX brown

What Suck about Alps clone is that they never brother make a complicated Alps clone. Which mean only Complicated Alp Switch are only Alps SKCM! right now I cannot imagine how many Alps board had been destroyed by Recycle Center.

Time flies, price grows.