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Another potential mod for quieting a Model M is to put small paper disks between the spring and the key.

I did this briefly on one key to help nudge a bent spring back into shape. It also had the side effect of reducing sound a few dB.

It got me to thinking about the potential to sound-reduce a ...

Hey, I totally agree with US customary units being silly! I really wish my 3rd grade teacher was right, that the US was going to convert to the metric system (when Jimmy Carter was President).

I do however have a certain fondness for an MIT-based non-standard distance measurement, the Smoot ...

Ah, luckily the 'freedom fries' era has ended, and it was thankfully short. BTUs however are used a lot.

Hopefully a potential potentiometer fixes the problem. If not, consider taking a peek at the speaker cone to see if it is intact.

I have three Model M keyboards from Unicomp; an 'old' classic 101 (2010, which I am using now) and two 'old' ultra classic 104-key (2015 & 2016). I like them, a lot. I'm considering buying a 122 key from them if my work on a IBM-made 122 key Model M doesn't work out.

Interesting! I wonder what kind of switches my 1980's era Brother electric typewriter had in them (lost the typewriter in a divorce so can't check).

Thanks! I'm hoping I will like it enough to use it in the office once commuting resumes, and it will be a bit quieter than the Unicomp Model M I have been using (as part of being a good neighbor in cube-farm-land). Anything will be better than the dreadful stock Dell keyboards my employer gives us.

This should arrive later this week in my mailbox:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Clicky ... 4631152826

This is an interesting-looking IBM 3276:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3276-Contr ... 4907326040

Cool, or more my speed:

"I internally modded this massive terminal keyboard to add GNSS/GPS capabilities to it and a Stratum 1 time server."

You are welcome! Glad to be able to help.

LOL! Sounds pretty bad.

Thanks for sharing!

True!

This however, screams Cold War to me:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Nato-Bundeswehr ... 2749.l2649

Thanks Weezer; yes I did. Sent a message via eBay. Fingers crossed!

Other than geographic location, is this what you are after?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-P- ... SwhsZgN-ke

I think it is actually WWII era.

Wish I could figure out a way to get this. Seller doesn't sell overseas.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Telefon-mit-Wah ... SwAYRgV0Cx

German isn't my first language, but it is my distant second, and I like the chance to shake off some of my rust in using it.
Here's my translation of some bits of it. Corrections from native speakers very welcome!

Tastatur TST 102 MT

Tastatur=keyboard; I think 102 key keyboard

Maße: 44 x 23 x 5 ...

Upon further inspection, there are some other differences between the bled-through keycaps and normal ones on this 1988 Model M.

Normal keycaps have, on the inside, a raised lettering (HI2 and J6 for two examples); the bled-through keycaps don't have that lettering inside. Also, on the front of ...

Yes, I am building the converter into a project box (not sure which yet, but likely some large metal electrical boxes I have hanging around).

The threaded panel mount DIN5 connectors are made by Amphenol, and I purchased them from Mouser Electronics (mouser.com), a large electronics parts supplier ...

There are more keycaps like that on this machine. Until now, I had only experience cleaning Unicomp Model M keycaps that I was certain of the provenance of (I am the original owner of the keyboards purchased directly from Unicomp). And none of the three Unicomp boards I own have anything like that ...

Sharp looking keyboard indeed!

All very cool, thanks!

Perhaps someday my projects will go beyond being a cap and shell washer.

And like me, another fountain pen fan? Looks like a white Lamy on the keyboard.

This looks cool too: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Intell ... 3927164433

eek!

Just found a photo of this on eBay.

This was the first computer I actually owned. I liked many aspects of it, but the keyboard was awful.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-Atari- ... Sw55dgFqM1

Oops, I'm a newbie here and missed the spoiler button. :+)
Thanks!!

Based on almost nothing, I think so. Pretty sure Amphenol makes a connector that will mate with that plug, and also the IC pictured is similar to one of the IC's on the Model M I am working on.

Grüẞ Gott! Greetings!

Very cool keyboard; would it be possible to show the connector type for it? Might help in figuring out if it is convertible to PS/2 or USB.

As I am cleaning these Model M keycaps, I noticed this odd detail as they were drying. Looks like the marking actually went all the way through the keycap? Is this common?

Side A: Side B:

My first experience working with computers was in 1979 or 1980, typing on the keyboard of a paper teletype-style terminal attached to a mainframe via 300 baud acoustically coupled modem.

Followed by learning to type at the local community college on an IBM Selectric. I work better and more ...