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BTW. The black Dell keyboards in that style exist in maybe half a dozen different domes from different OEMs. And they are called "QuietKey" like an older, classic beige rubber dome keyboard from Dell more associated with that name.

One of the black ones gave me so much finger fatigue at work, that ...

When this happens it is often a cold solder joint.
The solution is to take a soldering iron and redo the joint.

Former active member Daniel Beardsmore has also compiled a bunch on his website .

On Reddit, I sometimes participate in /r/mechanicalkeyboards, /r/ergomechkeyboards and /r/Vintagekeyboards .

The software that the Deskthority Wiki is using (MediaWIki) is made for free sharing of information. All ...

I am a strong opponent to neural-network - based "AI".

With all the kindest intentions, I will have to inform you (whoever you are, reading this) that all my contributions in text and image to Deskthority's forum and wiki are for living beings only.
If you would feed any of that material to any ...

Freewrite Wordrunner - "A mechanical keyboard for writers".
(From Tom's Hardware)

Looks like a black resin Casio strap. What I see would match a Casio F-91W, but there are other watches that differ from it only slightly that it also could be.
He has also been confirmed sometimes having worn a Casio Forester FT-600WB-5A, but that can't be the watch in the picture because its ...

Good work! That keyboard sure has character.

BTW. Is that supposed to be a pen tray at the top right, or is it for something else?

I would believe rubber dome, unless someone says otherwise.

wiki/Cherry_G86_series

From:https://www.cherry.de/en-us/product/g86-71400
"Robust Product Design with IP 54 Spill and Dust Resistant Key Field for Harsh Environments"

Yes, ZMK supports the Nordic Semi chips. I think that is one of the driving-forces behind its adoption.

With assembly, I would think soldering a bunch of switches in would be cheaper than putting a bunch of hot swap sockets in.
I don't think it is the cost of components but the cost of skilled labour that is dominant factor.
All types of hot-swap sockets I've seen have been surface-mounted, and I ...

I don't know what any of those keyboards are using, but my guess is that they could be newer models of ESP32 microcontrollers. They are inexpensive, widely available, popular and sourced from China, but it is only in the last couple of years that there have been ESP32 chips with USB PHY in addition ...

Hmm. It seems it does not work for me at all now, even in "Private"/"Incognito" mode.

There is a list in the Wiki , where it is listed as having "membrane switches", based on a conversation with a German distributor of TA typewriters .
I suppose that could be some kind of spring-over-membrane switch: different types were common on mechanical typewriters.

AFAIK, Triumph-Adler ...

Anyone knows what kind of switches the Triumph Adler Twen 180 plus typewriter uses? Found it at a thrift store, but i couldn't look underneath the caps to see for myself... They felt nice when pushed, linear mechanical, but i'm not sure what exactly.

There is a list in the Wiki , where it is ...

does anyone recognize the computer or if there is any way to confirm the model?

I think the label says "CLONE" in red letters with the N and E being a ligature.
The text below that is harder to see, but I read it as "TUENG PC".

The thing to look for is an IBM PC clone case that has the label in ...

By the way, redirect pages and searches don't work for me. Only the precise name of the article.

I agree on the thick lasered PBT. Not bad. It is what I've used on my daily driver for years now (and a bit shiny now). So please don't throw away!
Nowadays there are dye-sub and doubleshot thick PBT from other sources, but the same colour scheme and surface texture may not be available.

The most likely cause is that it was a PCB made of phenolic resin from which there has seeped formaldehyde over time.

The smell still lingers in paper bags stored with the PCB only for a week or so.

A mesh bag with the screw-in stabs and the spacebar-grey switch have been on the balcony to air out ...

Also, the label has the newer Cherry logo from 2012.

Yes. The last part of the serial number should be a letter indicating the year and two digits indicating the week number.
wiki/Cherry_date_codes

I threw away the PCB. I think my other G80 keyboards have PCBs of a different material that is not made of (as much) phenolic resin.

I got a tip on another forum that active carbon could absorb formaldehyde, so I packed some active carbon filter matting in the empty bottom of my G80-3000 which was ...

I would advise you to not store anything with the cable wrapped around it.
The cable is likely made of PVC with plasticisers which will eat its way into ABS plastic.
If that is how they came, do check for marks.

Overall, I think it is first the keyboards with mechanical switches in them that would ...

I'm sorry, I thought the whole PCB was what you meant. I will throw away the PCB.
I have desoldered the Grey space bar switch, and unscrewed the screw-in stabilisers. I'm not convinced that vintage Cherry MX Black switches are worth saving.

From another thread I've posted on a Swedish electronics ...

Hmm.. At one time, I used to be doing silicone and resin casting, and pressure chambers are used to get the bubbles out of those materials before casting. But I never saw a pressure chamber large enough to fit a full-sized keyboard PCB...

I smelled my other Cherry G80 keyboards. After several years ...

Hmm. The switch side still smells.... I'll let it air out for a while longer before I'll even think about putting it together again.

I made a replacement ECD shield out of some cardboard and aluminium tape. I dunno if it is completely conductive, considering that I needed three strips of tape, but ...

I've cleaned the PCB. Still smells strongly. I have cleaned the case and keycaps separately.
I put the PCB on the balcony to air. If it has not improved on Sunday, I'll seriously consider throwing the PCB with switches away...

I could probably build a jig for the keycaps just for show, using a bag ...

Last night, I took my old Cherry G80-0915 / Commodore PC-keyboard, (once showcased in
this thread ) out of storage to look at it.

It had been in a plastic bag to protect it against its attached cable, inside a cardboard box.

It smells like old electronics, but ... incredibly strongly. It reeked ...

It isn't just the footprint and keycaps, but also that hot-swap keyboards (such as this one) use plate-mount and that the height of the plate above the PCB is fixed (to 5.0 mm).

But hey, the Tecsee Medium seems to have a bottom housing that is the same height as MX! It took me a while of searching ...

No, there exists no key switch that is lower in profile that will fit into hot-swap sockets for Cherry MX - compatible switches. Only Cherry MX-compatible switches of that same size will fit.

The closest thing I think exists ready-made or in kit-form might be a "Macro-pad" with low-profile "Kailh ...

In your experience, how have different microcontrollers influenced the performance or capabilities of your mechanical keyboards?

Some history:

The origin of "the hobby" (whatever that is...) is largely with collectors and users of older mechanical keyboards, like most of us on this forum in ...