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Changing key layout of an unresponsive Model F on Debian 11 (“Bullseye”) Putting this here in case it helps anybody else. My Model F became unresponsive on August 14 after I botched a layout change with firmware. Finally got it working last night after weeks of avoidance and anxiety. The steps were...

Question. After I compiled pandrew's utility, entered the bootloader, and ran sudo dfu-programmer atmega32u2 erase sudo dfu-programmer atmega32u2 flash my_qmk_firmware.hex with the hex file I generated on the QMK site, the F77 became unresponsive and is no longer detected in pandrew's utility. Shoul...

Forty-fifth! \o/

Addenda:

Pandrew just PMd me that source code for his utility is available. Compiling from source is now at the top of my agenda.

He furthermore suspects my system is restricting repeat and delay rates. That settles the question in my mind.

@cloudhax I'm thinking the same. But I may have a better chance of success with an Ubuntu VM on KVM, since Ellipse has successfully tested the firmware on Ubuntu and KVM probably allows the kind of passthrough that VirtualBox might prevent. But I've never used KVM before. To avoid that learning curv...

Acknowledgement @Ellipse, Weezer, Wazrach, phughes, Bjeerk Thanks for all the advice and encouragement following my 6 August post, guys. My new F77 is typing beautifully. This is my first experience with buckling springs and I couldn't imagine a better. Repair Debrief I had to open my case three ti...

@Wazrach @Weezer

Thanks, guys. That's reassuring. If my worries about breaking off clips or anything else are unfounded, I'll pick up the tools and try it myself in the next few days.

When that crap happens on my model Fs i just use some tweezers to pull the flipper back into place. Appreciate the input. I tried, but the force required to move the flipper would snap the nub off before it ever moves. I'll have to open the case if I'm going to fix it myself. I'd love to hear of th...

Thanks for the suggestion, Bjerrk, but this thing is jammed tight. Either it was overlooked in QC (doubtful) or the KB suffered a huge blow during shipping that knocked it loose and immediately clamped down again (also doubtful - packaging is not damaged, the styrofoam should have absorbed the impac...

F77 came in the mail yesterday. After five hours of reviewing documentation and reseating springs, four of my five problem keys are working more or less reliably, but one stubborn holdout forced me to realize my keyboard has a serious mechanical fault. Putting it under a flashlight revealed the flip...

wobbled wrote: ↑

11 Jul 2021, 12:19

It's 'Paranoiac' just in case you try and use that word again.

Yeah, my spellchecker was tired af Touchė.

wobbled wrote: ↑

11 Jul 2021, 02:26

forgive me for writing you off as an alt-account.

This response is paranoaic. I take back what I said about being reasonable. I should have realized it before. I'm sorry, and I'll try not to bother you again.

Just arrived! Gotta say, even after five years it was totally worth the wait :D Here's a comparison I did between my five-year daily driver, a silenced Realforce Topre 55g, and the F77 Compact :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrt8-P-AbV0 By the way, the finish turned out amazing! I'm particularly...

…they demanded reimbursement of the import duties, and Ellipse refused.¹.[/size] I missed that. What country was it sent to? I’m in Australia and have paid extra to send keyboard orders as seperate shipments to keep the total (including postage) under $1k AUD to avoid the hassle and risk of the shi...

Glad to hear Ellipse is now ignoring the "energy vampires" :D. Any enterprise serving the general public gets plenty of them, and ignoring them actually improves the product by keeping the focus on important things like product development, operations, and support. I read the warranties and terms of...

Those new color schemes are gorgeous, Ellipse. I'll be ordering the one with grey keys come round two.

leekster wrote: ↑

25 May 2021, 01:13

... And I only type using metal gauntlets when I'm playing D&D...

This guy types.

Caps Lock was initially described by IBM as Feststelltaste or Groß I mean, caps lock is pretty gross… Hiss! Caps lock is our ally in a world of initialisms and environment variables. This page alone: AFAIK AND CMD SSK APL JIS F/XT. Imagine typing those without caps lock. My wrists cramp up just thi...

Just occurred to me how suggestive those gifs are. Cannot unsee.

Ellipse wrote: ↑

19 Aug 2020, 18:01

Interest check: ultra durable modern style powdercoating for classic zinc and/or compact aluminum cases?

I'm in for modern powdercoating of the classic zinc case. I'll be ordering at least one the next round, and if a more durable coating is available, then that's what I'll order.

Gurbsordidity for dust covers I have used the Fight Computer Dust Antistatic Vinyl Keyboard Cover (Keyboard Cover: 20W x2H x9D-Large) for my buckling spring keyboards. It is a soft cover. I was looking through my old emails and it looks like tomorrow will actually be 7 years since I ordered it, and...

@Gurbsordidity: I mentioned in a fairly recent post that the medium-size plexiglass "roofs" formerly sold by the now-defunct Elite Keyboard company fit perfectly on a F62 standard-case keyboard. I think that the full-size covers might fit the standard-case F77, but I have not tried this. Right! Tha...

Scarpia's right. Free speech is more nuanced than some here suppose. The webpage Scarpia linked to is an interesting read and gives US examples that generalize to other state regimes. Freedom of speech is on a continuum. Our modern legal standard establishes that some forms of speech are so grievous...

I'm bouncing back and forth to work 2-3 days/week, so I needed a method to transport the F77 without risk of damaging it(not like it could be damaged- more like protection for other things around it) Picked up a mostly unused, but old, circa 1982, Samsonite attache for cheap on the 'bay. Turned out...

This I am the Dark Knight of aftermarket keyboard prices shtick is so obviously ridiculous that one thing is certain: Wobbled himself can't possibly believe it. Wobbled's true motives are anyone's guess, but when I recall that he tried a similar stunt in January to pressure Ellipse to pay the duty f...

This isn't negotiating, as I'm not looking to buy it. It simply caught my eye as disgusting greed and so I felt like I'd approach him about it on a forum where free speech, last time I checked, was perfectly fine. Also the term 'antique' is incorrect as that would suggest the item is over 100 years...

And I'd appreciate you not trying to scam or rip off the entire community, these NIB SSK's have sold for $600. Your asking price of $4000 is disgusting, and as this is listed on the website ModelFKeyboards, I thought I'd mention it in its associated thread. I also do not consider it a Great find, r...