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@Nuum: Nice board ! I will get soon a WoB Icon mods set, it's somewhere on the way, when I get it you can have the ISO Enter if you want it

For me, I tried a couple of them on my Tipro, and the Tipro will 'scream' like a siren and won't work when they are installed. I'm still trying to find a way to disable them in Tipro's program because obviously just blank-out them (i.e. assigning nothing to these keys that I will put blockers on) does not work on a Tipro.

I don't have a lot of these SP black colored blockers (I ordered them from SP, not getting them from a used Tipro), but you can PM me your mail address just in case, I can definitely still help to make your Phantom look more complete and handsome (if these blockers really can).

@DanielT, @Menuhin: That would be awesome, from both of you!

@nuum so you are the one who split the board. Congratulations, the caps go well with the Phantom.
@scottc Thanks again.
@ettasian the parcel is on the way from Beijing to me. Will pm you once I get it.

This was an old ragged SSK I had revitalized into something worth using for my MF SSK guts.

livingspeedbump wrote: ↑This was an old ragged SSK I had revitalized into something worth using for my MF SSK guts.

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Shame Unicomp doesn't offer a key cap color closer to the original Mopar blue.

Do you happen to have some photos of the SSK before the hydrodip? Would love to see some before pics!

I wouldn't have expected a hydrodipped SSK to look that good, gratz!

Finally soldered a cable to my Leeku 1800:

What a beauty Khers ... you savage ANSI surrender monkey!

Thanks! Give in to what you cannot fight, ANSI is oh so nice

It's a beauty !!!! ANSI is so good, with US International you can write almost anything (except for Romanian characters )

What is "US International"? That sounds like an oxymoron to me.

A variant of the american qwerty layout that allows you to use accents and other diacritics for other languages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#US-International

Fascinating.

I like the idea of using ALT GR to activate diacritics. Very handy!

Why, ANSI is great for Romanian too The 'programmer's' Romanian (sub?)layout is entirely US-compatible, *and* AltGr + a/i/s/t/q gives us ăîșțâ as needed.

Did someone say US International?

Great mix of keycaps!

The irony is that the US-Int layout is better suited for some language than dedicated national variants (for instance it's easier to type proper french with US-Int than with ISO-FR).

Matt_ wrote: ↑Great mix of keycaps!

The irony is that the US-Int layout is better suited for some language than dedicated national variants (for instance it's easier to type proper french with US-Int than with ISO-FR).

Currently living in Spain, and US International has been perfect for Spanish.

Laser wrote: ↑Why, ANSI is great for Romanian too The 'programmer's' Romanian (sub?)layout is entirely US-compatible, *and* AltGr + a/i/s/t/q gives us ăîșțâ as needed.

I know, I use the same
I meant that it would have been cool to have support also in US-International

Let's push for it

Okay I rubbed this into everyones face, this should also be on DT since it represents:



For those interested, here's the full build log with some comments:
http://imgur.com/gallery/pFXLv

Impressive, that's the ultra high-end Cherry num pad. You're missing a Clack on there...

seebart wrote: ↑Impressive, that's the ultra high-end Cherry num pad. You're missing a Clack on there...

DT keycaps are my clacks

Wodan wrote: ↑

seebart wrote: ↑Impressive, that's the ultra high-end Cherry num pad. You're missing a Clack on there...

DT keycaps are my clacks

I can't argue with that. I've been meaning to get a DT cap for well over two years now...

Wodan wrote: ↑ ...
For those interested, here's the full build log with some comments:
http://imgur.com/gallery/pFXLv

Extravagantly mega luxurious Numpad...
Only possible to have the taste and the resources for those who've been around for a while.

Why did you say 'PCB mount switches' in "... Make sure you push the PCB mount switches firmly and individually into the PCB..."? Aren't those switches mounted to the plate?

Menuhin wrote: ↑ Why did you say 'PCB mount switches' in "... Make sure you push the PCB mount switches firmly and individually into the PCB..."? Aren't those switches mounted to the plate?

While the switches are indeed plate mounted, the variant of switch is called a PCB mount switch because it has those "legs" on the bottom case. These switches were designed to be used without a plate. When using them with a plate you better have a perfectly cut plate ... even then you have make sure they sit really neat before finalizing.

This will give you the most solid/rigid construction possible.

Wodan wrote: ↑

Menuhin wrote: ↑ Why did you say 'PCB mount switches' in "... Make sure you push the PCB mount switches firmly and individually into the PCB..."? Aren't those switches mounted to the plate?

While the switches are indeed plate mounted, the variant of switch is called a PCB mount switch because it has those "legs" on the bottom case. These switches were designed to be used without a plate. When using them with a plate you better have a perfectly cut plate ... even then you have make sure they sit really neat before finalizing.

This will give you the most solid/rigid construction possible.

Ach so...
These Nixies are those '5-legged' (including the 2 pins) MX switches.

Oh, that means some Nixies boards are switch-PCB mounted..!
Thought older boards are mostly switch-plate mounted.

Menuhin wrote: ↑ Ach so...
These Nixies are those '5-legged' (including the 2 pins) MX switches.

Oh, that means some Nixies boards are switch-PCB mounted..!
Thought older boards are mostly switch-plate mounted.

Exactly. But _ALMOST_ all Cherry made boards are PCB mounted. GMK ist still making PCB mounted boards today. Some vendor made plate mounted Cherry keyboards (Wyse!) and all Alps boards are plate mounted because there is no PCB mount option for Alps.

There's only one known variant of plate mounted Nixdort switches, seebarts CT11

Edit: but even the CT11 uses PCB mounted switches in a plate mount configuration

seebarts CT11 - sounds like some kind of sturdy battleship.

The Nixdorfs are 7 legged. They have diodes in there two They're a huge pain to desolder.