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wobbled wrote: 21 Sep 2021, 21:11 His 'unfortunate fate' meaning?

What I understood is he's most probably dead, not just away as pretty much every member who disappeared.

I didn't know about Seebart's unfortunate fate, what a sad end as with Blaise. I guess that the lack of the boys, who were left behind at some point also contributes to the issue.

I'm bad introducing stuff so let's go straight into the point. I remember discovering Deskthority like 6 years ago, somewhat middle of 2015, unusually, considering how lazy I am, I consumed the shit out of this place, reading every thread I could, learning as much as I could and after a long time ...

zrrion wrote: 16 Sep 2021, 20:20 NAND is better

XNOR gate supremacy

… sometimes some advanced understanding of the language is required in complicated subjects.


¿Mande? ;)


¿Mande de enviar algo por correo, mande de gobernar o mande de que prosiga?


The linguistic mist of "el cosito" is a fantastic concept. I like it a lot.


Wanna see more? Just look ...

I think based on this post you're fine to add English wiki entries, anything that is unclear can be changed later if need be. Would still like to see other languages though but considering the visual editor is still down I doubt the powers that be will get around to adding such a thing any time ...

I don't know if it has some technical name, but that's what I call a flat cable. They are not something you can get very often as a consumer but you can try I guess. Keep in mind they come with different spacing so you might get one that doesn't fit quite right. Good luck getting one since single ...

So, after a quick talk with VR20X6 at Discord, we have developed a concern based on the idea of lubricating switches using wax. My knowledge of chemistry in general is pretty poor, but as far as I know wax is made up mostly of fatty acids and that could mean it is prone to oxidation. Our concern ...

Picture of this bad boy (TI 911) just cleaned, the 70s looking is pure madness:

In defense of the unusual means of payment, Spongebob1981 and I are from the same country and I have had to deal with this while selling my F 122 a year ago:

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Hi guys. I have been pursuing in my head a 555 timer based capacitive controller which senses frequency changes for years. The idea seems at least possible, so I'm here asking for some data to play around. Do you happen to have any measurement of any capacitive switch (CBS, Topre, Digitran ...

That's an impressive work. Have you decided which keycap material you're going to use? Would you CNC a "master" keycap, then cast a mold, or directly do the mold? Please keep us updated, making molds is something that requires a big pair of balls and any obtainable information would aid any future ...

Hi again, Mr. Harris. I know the main purpose of beamspring keycaps is imitate the Selectric family and that you were not part in the design of those, but I wonder if you could confirm if Selectric (and in consequence beamspring) keycaps use curvature continuous tops. That would explain why other ...

How did the result go finally? Do the skff swithes perfect fit the Futaba pcb and plate? Very curious. :D


A long time passed, lel. They do fit in the PCB, but not in the plate, which by the way is now part of my microwave. I wanted to print a plate for this build but it was expensive as fuck. I ...

Hi Dick. I'm glad to see you around. I have had some questions for a long time and I would appreciate if they were answered:

We know for patents and the categorization of IBM switches in general that there were a lot of candidats to be in the place which was finally ocuped by beamsprings switches ...

What the fuck happened while I was not looking at this thread :lol: Well, I try to be polite in places like this, but man, the desire to do the following is physiological at this point. Presuming Soarer is actually dead and someone contacts his family:

"[...] Asking ourselves about our dead ...

There's a guy called Paranoid on Geekhack, he sold an IBM model F XT to Soarer at some point and his account is still active. With some luck you can ask him about information.

Googling for his name I have found his wiki page here: https://deskthority.net/wiki/User:Daniel_beardsmore, and if I recall correctly, there is a single account for the forum and the wiki, so I checked Deskthority's member list https://deskthority.net/memberlist.php for user Daniel_beardsmore and ...

Instead of wasting time (not trying to be harsh, is literally that) trying to axiomatize a valid answer to your questions based the current information, why don't we try to find him? I'm sure someone has a bit more of personal information which might lead to him if he is still somewhere. Don't just ...

What I ended up doing was just investing multiple hours into cleaning the switches, restoring the tactile leaves to a less extreme angle and greasing the sliders up with silicone grease. But they're still pretty scratchy so I'm not very optimistic about doing anything further with this board. I ...

ZyBeR wrote: 23 May 2021, 22:37 Did you ever find a solution to usb convert the 3277 board?

He hasn't been active for years.

John Doe wrote: 30 Apr 2021, 19:28 Anyone could confirm the switches? Seems kinda magnetic or related of sort?

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So if I'm understanding this right, are you saying to create a surface or a curve that goes from a square at the bottom to a squircle at the top and wraps around?


If I'm understanding your question right, yes. That's the process I did with mine:

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Any tips on measuring Beamspring btw?


I did a keycap family inspired in beamsprings a while ago. Although my results are not a match (neither pretend to be), there's a mayor characteristic that I must point here. The base of the keycap is absolutely normal filleted square, the TOP of the keycap ...

It is not a problem. You must realize that a coil is an inductive load (i.e. the current is changing slowly) and that frequency is high and that the force generated by coil depends on its current only. It is not a problem to achieve current ripple only few percent and adding the key stem and cap ...

This is the part I have not very clear, why would I want to PWM the switches? I was thinking on varying the input voltage so the current will do too and with it the strength of the magnets


Only a very rough "on the back of a napkin" calculation. Feel free to improve it.

Because PWM is more ...

The power losses of a switch which is not being pressed corresponds to ohmic losses. These will be dominated by losses in diodes and the FET switching losses (for PWM driving).


This is the part I have not very clear, why would I want to PWM the switches? I was thinking on varying the input ...

Pointless waste of electricity. The much better option is to use a ferrofluid-filled tube system like is used in the suspension systems of expensive cars. Sure, it'll cost about $200 per key but at least you won't have to spend that extra $1.85 on electricity per month. It'll only be about $1.75 ...