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IBM 5251 Display Station in the rollicking Stallone '80s action flick "Cobra":

Beam spring(?) on MST3K Agent Double 007:

I was starting to get the shakes...

Santa delivered no fewer than four keyboards to my hearth last night:
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From bottom to top:

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An Apple Extended Keyboard 2. This is the first Apple keyboard I've ever owned. If someone knows of a good ADB to USB converter please let me know as I'd like to put it in my ...

It has arrived...
The box tantalizes me with its heaviness, but I shall be a good lad and wait 'til Christmas morn...

I managed to plug the keyboard into my laptop without making the computer go nuts. Other USB keyboards work when I plug them into it, but no keys register when I plug in the 5251 (I use Switch Hitter as a diagnostic tool). When I look at Device Manager it recognizes the 5251 as a "HID Compliant ...

I did that, and while it said "Flash Successful" the keyboard is acting even crazier now, to the point where I can't open folders or start programs even if I plug in a working keyboard. I need to shut down and restart in order to have a working computer again

So I followed the steps, but I don't think QMK Toolbox is detecting the keyboard. After several attempts at flashing it says "Flash Complete", but the keyboard is totally unresponsive. I don't think it recognizes the bootloader. (Note the buttons are greyed out, but that's because I plugged in a ...

Okay, so I was able to get the keyboard into bootloader mode. At that point do I just export the keymap.json from the QMK configurator link you gave me?

Okay I'm in.

IBM 3278 in the 1991 martial arts cheese-fest "Tiger Claws":

Just beautiful.

PCB tracks coRRRRRRRosion?
Could also be breadcrumbs ingress - even very small particles getting under the plate materially lower the levels (although on the beamspring it will likely cause spontaneous keypresses rather than chatter).


Ugh. I was afraid of that. I hope it's possible to simply ...

Hey all,
My 5251 keyboard has been acting up of late. It started out as the R key very intermittently chattering, then the I key would sometimes not register unless I upped the voltage threshold. Now when I plug the keyboard in it seems that all of the keys are on at the same time according to ...

For no other reason than I find the nuts easier to work with when I don't have to deal with the barrels themselves. Also the panheads have a smaller diameter than the washers, so there's less chance of the barrel plate cracking when they are tightened.

Between the thinness of the sheet metal and the curvature of the backplate I'm not really sure it would be worth it. Now if somebody could do the flush riveting like they use on airplanes that would be something. For what it's worth I use panhead bolts too, but the heads are on the plastic side of ...

Hmm, been having some weird behaviour recently and it's just baffled me.

Every now and then, a particular key will stop responding at all until the keycap is removed and it's reset, even though everything appears fine. It's always one of the same few keys so far--S, E, 4, left alt; in those areas ...

davkol wrote: 14 Mar 2023, 18:00 Ducky Secret was PBT. Apparently some version is still available.

As a Secret owner I can confirm. It's a good, solid mouse, though the buttons are developing quite a shine, and the insulation on the cord has split.

IBM keypad with a very special key indeed...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195751322025?hash=item2d93b021a9:g:8n8AAOSwmWNkWLC9&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4AEUzGP5a92lIhmiRakEdooJ8GCumf4ZpheYO8FQxlOECkokvXlbSSmjZz1S74JGK4WBlxu30KEuIkK0cWB%2BD8r52tz3vNbHd7N4Cu%2Fj6Gr6o0amz7AWdrVlw1Q8HDPN0Ue1jfBe6d1 ...

Just in case fohat's suggestions don't work for you, Model F spacebars are almost always made of PBT. XMIT made a post about gluing PBT caps here:

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IBM Model F122 at a not-terrible price:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134396739441?hash=item1f4aab7f71:g:sNcAAOSwHixjtE1B&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoBHVTddE55h0GJNt0ZZpyJLnMU%2B0H5IooIGqp8%2FIeIFdi7BfKRp9jIXA9%2F9tk8lfl4pInDC7YfgH3WQ%2BRcR9KJluMms5A9aZ0Xei57aYFZ1ri3jOScGNrUr%2F0DQqswb ...

JP! wrote: 14 Dec 2022, 00:01
It seems this keyboard might be haunted.
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Lol I guess that's one way to hold down something while you paint it.

Santa was very good to me this year:

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Santa sent a note with his loot. He seems to know my keyboard collection well. Since I already have IBM, Alps, and Cherry keyboards, he sent me three keyboards with switches I've never tried, let alone own.

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The first is an SMK ...

The box is enticingly large and heavy...
But I will be a good boy and wait until Christmas to open it.

I'd be game to ship in the U.S.A.

Sub-kilodollar White Whale:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314220415011?hash=item4928ff0823:g:mLoAAOSwTHZjaRQw&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4CelVxuuQ4tR8L%2Ff3nTXZ%2FAXUQJnGo5CoyAyjmmjAybuD4pbQ03q4MkOhWLnSYm%2FpSMVuOgdlmTc8ot3FG0cnmuHQXtlD3z8VQD08s3PByeld2iSXq5w7IpikBA ...

I hear it's also a great way to sharpen one's typing skills. I may need to try it myself soon.

apastuszak wrote: 05 Oct 2022, 01:06 Anyone know whart that empty socket at U2 is for?

I'm not sure but it may be a diagnostic port.

According to Midjourney it's this:

The babe holding the F XT is about to have a bad day when her shoelace gets stuck in the back wheel.