Filthy vintage cherry mx blacks - do they worth the effort?

seebart · 28 Jan 2017, 13:46

Lynx_Carpathica wrote: I made the descision: Restore, clean, and then sell it here, on Deskthority. I'm sure someone will get it. It also has cintage MX Blacks, making it to have the potential to be mutch...Mutch smoother than a new mx black. And the keys in the moddle (GHJK for example) are buttery smooth. And yes. there IS a difference between new and vintage MX Blacks.

Respect!

Lynx_Carpathica · 28 Jan 2017, 15:27

Why?

Laser: I won't bother.

Daniel Beardsmore · 28 Jan 2017, 15:43

seebart wrote: … other useless keyboards like this HP dome is still in that box of waste …

Are those dye-sub keycaps? They're very eye-catching. In theory you could 3D-print parts to go inside them to use them with another switch.

seebart · 28 Jan 2017, 16:18

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:
seebart wrote: … other useless keyboards like this HP dome is still in that box of waste …
Are those dye-sub keycaps? They're very eye-catching. In theory you could 3D-print parts to go inside them to use them with another switch.

I am planning to do exactly that with these:

Spoiler:

Daniel Beardsmore · 28 Jan 2017, 16:38

A third party external Commodore PET keyboard … maybe the one posted here recently. I forget if that was real SMK or clones.

seebart · 28 Jan 2017, 17:18

Daniel Beardsmore wrote: A third party external Commodore PET keyboard … maybe the one posted here recently. I forget if that was real SMK or clones.

Yes sorry, same one. I doubt someone else had another one:

keyboards-f2/maxi-switch-s-n-749-199-cb ... =commodore

Daniel Beardsmore · 28 Jan 2017, 21:34

I had a feeling it was the one I'd seen before. I just forgot which switches it was.

seebart · 28 Jan 2017, 21:55

Daniel Beardsmore wrote: I had a feeling it was the one I'd seen before. I just forgot which switches it was.

Maxi Switch vintage linear.

Daniel Beardsmore · 28 Jan 2017, 22:45

I could see that just from the URL above …

Lynx_Carpathica · 06 Feb 2017, 13:19

Btw they are Dubleshoot ABS.

Tuntematon · 12 Feb 2017, 12:03

Does it actually say Key Tronic anywhere on the board? Looks like a Chicony KB-5151.

Lynx_Carpathica · 12 Feb 2017, 15:16

Nowhere

Tuntematon · 12 Feb 2017, 22:37

I'm quite sure the OEM is Chicony then, I've got the same keyboard as far as I can tell. A Key Tronic with MX Black would be very unusual

PollandAkuma · 15 Feb 2017, 00:51

I can clean anything! ... You can too!