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gotta say, that's impressive.

Ellipse, would you consider manufacturing springs of differing weights for your project? I've always found the Model M actuation weight to be perfect, but Model F's a bit too light for my liking. Of course I stuck with Model F due to its superior key feel and construction. If you offered Model F rep...

holy shit guys, can you all stop trying to win this pointlessly long argument already? especially on other people's posts, there is no need to pollute all of deskthority.

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nice! looking forward to the response from threebond, though I would be surprised if they still sold that specific lubricant, or were willing to make new samples for testing. so it'd be a big plus if they could advise whether they currently sell lubricants now with a similar formula.

agreed agreed

I don't have one, sorry to disappoint, but I've been on the lookout too for quite some time now. Are the old model ANSI G80-3000s considered very rare? I don't think I've ever seen one on sale...

Hi, thanks for the response. As mentioned, in an *ideal* world I'd like one <$1000 shipped but I'm open to consider other prices. I totally understand the effort required to restore these things and would be happy to personally put in the labor and restore one, no matter how filthy it is

Hi all, I'm currently looking to own an IBM 3278. Prefer US layouts. I am located in the US (northern California). Let me know the board's condition and what price you're looking for. In an ideal world I am looking for $800-1000 USD range, but send me PMs and we can work something out. Thank you

I see. I never knew about this and also couldn't find it on google anywhere. thanks for the tip!

hi all, as I get more and more into vintage alps boards, I have noticed that some of my alps boards have keycaps that are not interchangeable, i.e. the slits of the switches seem to be different sizes. for example, the keycaps on my ibm 5140 with skcm brown alps have much thinner stems than the keyc...

have you tried a cream board before, chyros? they are _quite_ nice and _quite_ expensive -- about the same as blue alps right now. hope you get a good deal given the work you do on your channel.

I contacted northgate kb repair a while back and I think he had a SIIG minitouch available, you should ask.

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Hi all, looking to buy an SGI Granite board. PM me what you have! Thanks

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Ideally with white alps but no strong preference; chassis only is fine too since I'm looking to swap in other alps switches. Located in U.S.