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No point in destroying something that's still good. How about selling it and sending him the money, so he at least recovers some of his investment.

I checked Etsy again and there are a few people selling wooden keycaps, including whole sets.
By the few that have pictures showing the reverse of the keycap, it looks like a plastic stem is simply glued to the wood, probably with some kind of epoxy.

I have seen a few on Etsy, but usually as one novelty key, not a whole keyset.

It would not be a thing for me, but that's just my personal taste. There could be many people who would buy them.

schwi wrote: ↑

30 Aug 2021, 01:52

Tha_Pig wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2021, 09:48

I guess you're the guy who outbid me at Ebay

this board was BIN, so you must be thinking of another...

I was kidding. I have seen a few like that on eBay, but they are usually pretty expensive for something that I can't use, despite looking awesome.

Here's a thing https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/858806551334748170/858904360929984553/DSC06873.JPG https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/858806551334748170/858904336766992425/DSC06852.JPG https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/858806551334748170/858904343556915240/DSC06849.JPG I guess you're...

I had to look down to check, it seems I in type mostly with my two middle fingers for all keys and the right pinky for SHIFT and ENTER.

Considering how movies are made today, my bet is everything we see in the scene is entirely CGI and was never built as a physical prop.

Karmel wrote: ↑

18 Jul 2021, 00:26

I think that's some sort of theatre device, or something along those lines. They seem to sell for a lot, although that one looks a bit out of shape.

Yeah, it came from a surplus lot. It's missing a few keys. I have no way to test it

I have this thing among the ton of junk I want to get rid of to make my wife's life easier after I die.
Anyone here has a use for it? It would be a shame to just dump it. I don't know what it is, but it has keys...
Any takers?

It looks awesome, but would it work?
I have searched around and can't find much information on the specs.

micmil wrote: ↑

03 Apr 2021, 02:06

I'm in. Gotta buy some new M keys anyway. May as well add a few more to the order.

PM me the address

UPDATE: Already taken

It works, but it's missing a few keys.
I'll send it to anyone interested in restoring it and giving it a good home.

Keyboards are kind of the exception there. A good quality 20-yeard-old mechanical keyboard can still be used today. I guess that's part of the charm. A good 40 year old keyboard can still be used today! They're harder to find, but they're tanks ! At 20 years old, a keyboard is only just getting sta...

I'm looking for black backlight keycaps that have Latin letters, but also another (could be either Russian or Greek, as long as they have the Latin letter and an alternative one on each key) I found some at Amazon that looked good, but they were poorly made, one of the keys broke after less than a w...

It's not an easy question. I have been into computers in general for a very long time. I love all kinds of hardare, old and new. But most hardware doesn't have a very long useful life. You can collect vintage monitors or CPU's, but they don't have much use beyond being a valuable antique. Keyboards ...

TNT wrote: ↑

01 Mar 2021, 23:31

I think that's why all these people on Reddit keep saying that they want to eat their keycaps...

I would not recommend eating these, I think they are expired.

"Food grade" = safe , i.e. does not leech chemicals into its surroundings. "Food grade" plastics is important when you have drinking cups, cake moulds, etc. But this is yet another example of when the info sheet for a cheap item contains unnecessary bullet points. This is similar to when a mechanic...

zrrion wrote: ↑

01 Mar 2021, 23:09

I'm told cherries are pretty tasty if you get the right ones

Well, these left me with a bitter taste.

I was looking for keycaps and I found this at Amazon...
What does that even mean?


UPDATE: I received the keycaps and they are pretty poorly made. After less than a week of use, the "K" key broke from the stem.

Any serial numbers or markings that could help identify it?

That's an archeologic project there. I think the plastic part are the only thing that can be salvaged. At least the keycaps. But all that was metal there is beyond restoration.

Great job!

This one looks like it needs a lot of work and patience!
Are you planing to restore it to work with a computer?

Post pictures! :O

There are kits that allow you to convert an old mouse to optical usb one.
Here is a video on how to convert an old Apple mouse, but I guess with a little work it could be used on different old models.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIvFI8KJivM

Myoth wrote: ↑

24 Mar 2019, 14:14

wiki/Cherry_G86_series

That was fast! Thanks!

I found this keyboard at a thrift store. It says HP on the front, but the back label says "Cherry" so I assumed I had scored a mechanical keyboard. (silly me) It doesn't seem to have switches. It looks like a dome under there? Anyone knows what kind of keyboard it is? I don't want to disassemble it,...

Damn, I'd love to go give a hand, but I live too far away.
I love old junk.

That looks like an ErgoMagic keyboard. The one I found has only three panels instead of four, but they seem to have made different configurations.

https://www.fentek-ind.com/Comfort-keyboard.htm

There was this eBay thing a while ago of an absolutely bizarre keyboard, but I can't recall what it was called and I can't find it back. It was some kind of hellish contraption with a bunch of small keyboards on stalks of different heights. It looked unbelievable xD . Anyone remember that? Also, do...

Ummmm ... most of the switch plate and ummmm ... yep ... that's about it. Once I decided that I wanted to put these keycaps on it, I needed a standard bottom row and that necessitated ditching the PCB and altering the switch plate and the top of the case the way I did. I still have everything, incl...