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Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 16:55
by Daniel Beardsmore
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 17:47
by raatmarien
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 17:52
by Nuum
Yes, they are, they are from the same seller as the one MonsterToys has, I think. It was very rusty so be careful with those.
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 18:14
by macmakkara
If someone want to groupbuy those beamsprings. Im in.
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 18:26
by Halvar
I'm interested in buying the broken one for spare switches if someone wants the one that is ok. Also willing to send out spare parts like switches or key caps to people from DT.
(BTW the three from the last haul were proxied to snoopy, Monster-Toys and Muirium)
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 18:28
by scottc
Shit... I'd love one of those. Have to wait for confirmation of Great White from Cindy first.
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 18:37
by rzwv
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 14:26
by Hypersphere
FYI, that IBM F 107 sold on eBay yesterday for $617!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251620237236?ss ... 1426.l2648
No, I did not buy it!
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 15:49
by Muirium
Clicks on the beam spring auction. Laughs out loud. Not at all surprised to see the deal "taken off ebay" so soon again!
Good to see both Macmakkara and Scottc already stake a claim. Now that Snoopy and me are sorted out, you guys are head of the beam spring waiting list!
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 16:12
by Halvar
Yes, it's the same "error in the auction" as last time around... macmakkara is covered, but I guess Scottc will want to / have to wait for a complete one and not take one that's missing caps.
Anything new about the Great White Texan whales?
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 21:04
by RougeRambo
Anyone fancy an RS6000 GB?
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 21:04
by RougeRambo
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 21:38
by seebart
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 21:55
by webwit
RougeRambo wrote:
GREAT SCOTT!
Tinnie, when is the group buy?
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 22:25
by Muirium
I will now cite this as my ballpark figure for the resale price of a Kishsaver!
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 22:46
by webwit
Kishsaver is more. That's the Model F HHKB.
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 23:06
by Muirium
Good point. The shorter the dachshund…
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 23:07
by seebart
seeing these crazy prices I should buy those 4 F´s for 100 Euro, fix them up and...wait and see
Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 23:11
by Muirium
Bet the Kishy premium is all about scarcity. XT's are bloody good keyboards, and easily the biggest bargain out there. IBM just made way too many of them to catch the big spender's eye.
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 00:04
by Hypersphere
XT -- the Model F for the rest of us! It is indeed a great keyboard and one of the easiest in the Model F line to get up and running. For those who do not feel inclined to install Soarer's Converter, there is the plug and play Hagstrom Converter.
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 00:29
by andrewjoy
F***k me that's one expensive keyboard!
I want to see what a Happy Hacking model F goes for !
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 01:52
by Hypersphere
andrewjoy wrote:
F***k me that's one expensive keyboard!
I want to see what a Happy Hacking model F goes for !
Let's find out by starting to make offers to Muirium for his Kishsaver!
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 06:12
by Hak Foo
Hypersphere wrote: XT -- the Model F for the rest of us! It is indeed a great keyboard and one of the easiest in the Model F line to get up and running. For those who do not feel inclined to install Soarer's Converter, there is the plug and play Hagstrom Converter.
The problem is that for many of us, it's one compromise or another too far on layout
* Too many hat keys.
* No gaps between alpha and numpad blocks
* No editing block, so if you use a lot of those controls via muscle memory, it's shot.
* Layout is ALMOST ISO, which drives Americans nuts.
I'd rather convert a 122-F internally, than deal with the hassles of an XT-F.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 12:01
by seebart
Yeah, the layout of the XT is the only downside for me. I use software keymapping to make things a little easier.
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 14:54
by Hypersphere
I've dealt with the XT layout by remapping to a hybrid HHKB/Mac configuration and swapping keycaps accordingly:
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- xt140422r.jpg (869.79 KiB) Viewed 6207 times
It works surprisingly well.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 15:55
by seebart
I saw this in the XT layout preference thread a while ago. The hardware mod is not an option for me, I'm a purist. XT needs to look like XT for me. I bet it works well though.
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 16:03
by Muirium
Yeah, the XT has a lot of personality. You either love it or hate it. Soarer's Converter helped transform mine from the get go, software layout wise, into something I could live with. I use that numpad all day, but seldom for typing numbers. And the function key column, likewise.
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 16:38
by webwit
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 16:57
by seebart
Uhh...an ssk. Good thing I don't have €'s to spend!
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 21:32
by Hypersphere
seebart wrote: I saw this in the XT layout preference thread a while ago. The hardware mod is not an option for me, I'm a purist. XT needs to look like XT for me. I bet it works well though.
This is actually not a hardware mod. It consists of remapping using software and then swapping some keycaps to coincide with the remapping. If I did not like the HHKB/Mac layout so much, I would have been fine with the original XT mapping and keycaps. A nice thing about this setup is that it is entirely and easily reversible.
Looking forward to refurbishing my AT and F-122. I plan to do some rearranging of springs on these to create a modified ANSI layout that can easily be reconfigured as HHKB/Mac.
