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There, let's see what secrets she keeps

Rivets are non existent - bolt mod asap:



Shape is pretty decent:

thought its f122 viewing from front just

Time to sleep:

SilenceGoo wrote: thought its f122 viewing from front just

I think F122 boards always have stepped 1,5u bottom row modifiers, else they are indistinguishable. These old cases with the IBM logo are really pretty

I think that those screws are going to be too long to allow the case to close. I think that the general consensus is that m2x8 are about the longest that will still allow the assembly to sit low enough.

They have to be cut, as all I could find was 6/32 imperial bolts :/ Murica is great.

tatsurou wrote:
all I could find was 6/32 imperial bolts

Holy moly that's big!

McMaster-Carr here in Atlanta delivers in a few days but is expensive, ebay from China is insanely cheap but takes 2-3 weeks.

I'm almost ready!

Keyboard had some cracks in it (I believe someone smashed it on some point):



Fixing with soldering iron:





And fixed!



Dremeled bolts:



Who needs beds anyway?

I love M122s! Looks like you're making good progress!

How fixed the cracks? Sodering iron? How would it work in plastic like that?

Keeb is back together now, waiting for the teensy 2.0++ to come and will get rid of this crappy wire it came with.

Soldering iron + staples work wonders in plastics!

Teensy 2.0++? Does it mean that original controller is dead and you are going to build a replacement?

It is so I can remap the keys. Rewiring rj45 to ps2 kinda worked but the keyboard just keeps pressing the keys all the time. I assume is talking to the computer in mode 3 instead of mode 2

You can run Soarer’s converter on your Teensy. These boards work well with those, I have one myself.

But sure, you can go straight to the source with a whole controller replacement if you like.

Isn't Soarer's firmware written for Teensy 2.0 and not 2.0++ ?

I think it's ++ onwards, I might be wrong. Pretty sure it works on ++

She works beautifully! I wired it to my F XT Soarer's converter real quick to see if it works and it does! Every key sends a scan code and it's quite different after bolt modding. Keys feel more deep and thocky than regular blue badge model M. I will make a quick video for you guys to check out later on as it's very nice and fine experience to type on. I''m glad it works again!

Quick wiring:



Writing this on it!

Sorry for the crap quality!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go2ztK3 ... e=youtu.be

Nice job! I do love these boards - I hear people complain about the size, but come on, it's just a really cool layout.

It's looking great. I love the trick you used to fix the hairline crack in the case.

Dude, do you take on commisioned work? I got a couple M122 units that could use some repairing.

sure just pm me!

Here we go, a little brain to make it work:

And then:



Some Teensy:



Aaaand put freely like that:



This has been written using current setup So it works and it looks nice

And finally:



Wire is matching the color of this behemoth of a keyboard. Goodwill - $1.99

And this is a better quality video this time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbaF4V ... e=youtu.be

Most excellent.