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Very cool

I am not sure what the point of this is. Are you trying to define an analogy for different types or levels of tactility? Are you searching for a unified definition of tactility? Or are you critiquing definitions of tactility put forth by others?

fohat wrote: 12 Nov 2021, 15:34 A first generation Model M 122-key terminal case can be modified very easily to fit

Thanks! That's exactly what I used

If anyone is interested, I posted a gallery of the full restoration process here:

viewtopic.php?f=62&t=26521

I recently bought an IBM Model F122 off of eBay, and it was thoroughly abused. I posted a topic in the main forum in regard to a faulty switch column. After it was resolved, I decided to post the restoration process for everyone to see. This was my first time restoring a Model F. It was fun and I ...

So after taking the PCB off the back plate, I put some Kapton tape on the back of the PCB along the capsense pads and the trace of the column in question all the way to the ribbon cable. Just reassembled it and tried the keys and it all works now. There we go.

So I took the thing apart again and took the PCB off of the back plate. No signs of visible damage, but then again I may not have the best eye for what to look for.

I did notice that in this restoration video: https://youtu.be/Zl7AMp7Cffs?t=1393 at the 23:00 minute mark, there is a plastic ...

I will say that after the 4th time reassembling the thing, I have my clamp technique down. Probably took me 45 seconds to get all the clamps on and to push the back plate and barrel plate together.

One thing I noticed when trying to check continuity between the ribbon cable solder joint and the ...

The problem could be where the ribbon cable connects to the pcb. Have you done a continuity test from the ribbon cable to one of the pads on the bad column?


That's a good question. I performed a continuity test from the ribbon cable solder joint on the main PCB to the corresponding solder joint ...

I have an F122 that I'm restoring. I have everything pretty much completed. Everything is reassembled and tested. Everything works perfectly (I'm actually typing this post on it) except for an entire column of keys . The column I am referring to is this one:

https://i.imgur.com/rvX8jpt.jpg

It ...

Looks an awful lot like a Cherry KFN3

The RT-102 is made by NMB and is NMB Dome With Slider. The Sagitta is made by Chicony and is a rubber Dome board.

Jesus Cockgargling Jones on a fucking rainbow-painted moped this is the dumbest fucking thread I've seen on this forum in like fifteen minutes or so.

"You didn't do the exact thing, therefore results are invalid!" Or maybe the thing just doesn't fucking work for every fucking set of fucking ...

https://imgur.com/a/DZVjaKE
Hey everyone found this board on an ebay posting. The seller is indicating it came with a Unitron U2900T. I read that most Unitron keyboards are rebranded Datacomp's but can't find this one. The broken off switch seems like a grey cherry to me. Cheers


Looks like an ...

The shapes of the tops and the font don’t look like IBM buckling spring keycaps though

Doesn’t have the distinctive KeyTronic font

Looks like KeyTronic keycaps

Polecat wrote: 24 Sep 2021, 06:17 Weird Focus-ish keyboard. No photos or info on the switches, anyone know this one?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384410414027

I had that on my watch list for a few days. Seems way too expensive for a standard Focus board with SMK switches.

BTC dome with slider boards like the ones for packaged bell that can be had pretty cheap. They are so snappy and feel almost identical to BKE redux domes. I love em.

a) I shall now always call it "Packaged Bell." :D
b) If they are similar to BKE redux domes for the Topre/nopre keyboards, I'll ...

Great deal relative to the gold badge omnikey 102, which was advertised at $99 in PC Magazine 1989.

BTC dome with slider boards like the ones for packaged bell that can be had pretty cheap. They are so snappy and feel almost identical to BKE redux domes. I love em.

I use it in macros a lot for formatting, inserting fields, etc. in various windows programs such as word and Visio. However I don’t use the actual key directly and have it mapped to something else. Not sure what that falls under

Has anyone seen an Ericsson keyboard like this before?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ericsson-Keyboard-Vintage-Working-No-IBM-5251-beamspring-/174947941739?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=724-127637-2357-0

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/liUAAOSwnlRhScic/s-l1600.jpg

Those orange ...

If we're talking MX compatible switches, the realm of possibilities greatly expands.
I mention, elsewhere, that I'm looking for the best MX case to put some Kailh Box Jades in. One that's on-par with a Northgate OmniKey: metal bottom case, metal switch mounting plate, screws or bolts holding the ...

[…] The ideal keyboard would include:
-at least 115 keys
-Alps compatible (preferably salmon or black) or Topre compatible (so I can stick BKE redux domes in it)
-Built in full programmability and key remapping (or programmability using a GUI based program such as Via or Vial)
-metal mounting ...

I don’t have this problem because I can’t seem to identify a white wale. Seems like everything off the shelf needs some level of modification to be the ideal keyboard.

The ideal keyboard would include:
-at least 115 keys
-Alps compatible (preferably salmon or black) or Topre compatible (so I can ...

I've always heard it referred to as a ribbon cable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_cable

I would love to put some amber alps in my omnikey ultra t. The white alps that came in it are trashed (most of them bind badly on off-center key presses). I’ll probably swap them out for salmon alps at some point since they are more reasonably priced and not too bad to get a hold of.


I'm in ...