Post your keyboard/keycaps!

[thefarside]

Very cool

[ParachutePeople]

I'm using this flimsy piece of shit

For real though I love white SMK cherry mount so much.

Also, for anyone who doesn't know, the blank key on the left opposite the backslash actually outputs a different scancode (EUROPE_2) than the backslash so I've remapped it to windows key (LGUI) on my soarer's

I just got a DTK SPK 101 Keyboard and it has an identical layout to yours and also outputs EUROPE_2 on the same key. White ALPs too!

[AndyJ]

My work in progress; another iteration of a tenkeyless Model F/AT.

I've just been swapping keycaps around and editing the .Xmodmap file so far. I haven't opened it up to add the Model M spacebar and backspace key yet. The "Fn" key is just a Model M post sitting on the left half of the former 2u Insert key. Some pictures on the Web suggested there were contacts under there so I could use two 1u keys; I'll know for sure when I take the board apart.

I have a 2u Backspace key, but I just popped another Backspace key beside the first one temporarily. I'm slowly retraining my right hand to find and kit the original 1u key, but it's easier to find and hit the left key. (I have arthritis and decades of bad typing habits complicating things) If I can do without one of the Backspace keys I'll have a free key for something else.

I may swap the '|.\' key and the '~.`' key; I use '|,\' more often, and the lower key is easier to hit with my pinky. Yes, there are two Escape keys; I liked the Model M Escape being up and to the left, and the M's Enter key on the cursor pad, which I use heavily.

I'll be moving to a modified Colemak key layout in the near future. Colemak makes a big case for a Backspace key on the home row; it's easier to hit the left side of the spacebar with my thumb than it is for me to hit Control with my ring finger, and I probably use Backspace more often.

Yes, there are three Enter keys. I liked the Model M's Enter key on the numeric keypad, and put one on my cursor pad. The one on the left is an experiment; I thought it might be useful with Colemak. I exiled the Tab key over to by the right Escape key, it has a 'T" keycap on it. Tab is occasionally useful for moving between fields, and though it's a little longer reach over there, it hasn't been an issue so far.

"F2" will be a meta key. The Fn will get an "F1" keycap when I take the board apart and put a flipper and spring in the barrel.

Not present: NumLock, ScrollLock, Pause, keypad + and -, F11, F12, and PrintScr.
New: left and right Enter, left Escape, left Backspace, right Alt, right Control, Fn (F1), and Meta (F2).

I need to set up the keylogger and let it run for a few weeks to see what my key usage looks like.
The non-alpha keys should get the same usage with Colemak.

The Fn and F2 keys aren't doing anything yet. Theoretically it's possible to add layers with xmodmap, but I've had all I want of xmodmap, thankyouverymuch. The whole Linux hardware-to-X key handling stack makes my brain itch. My Soarer's convertor came in today, so hopefully I can get that set up next week.

After I do the spacebar mod and look at the keylogger I'll probably do some more fiddling with the layout. I was surprised that 84 keys seemed to be plenty, even with duplicates and 2u keys.

I have a programmable keypad that can send F12 if I need to get into the alternate boot menu. Hopefully the Soarer convertor will let me map something like Fn-F2 to that.

[JP!]

Robotron K7672.04

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[ArtyomTheMetroHopper]

Robotron K7672.04

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Damn, I do not know why but that's a good looking keyboard!

[Aruberon]

Robotron K7672.04

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Started doing some investigation into these, as im sitting on a K7673.02 myself, at first I was under the impression it spoke a special version of XT, but according to the robotron forum, its essentially normal XT with only a few keys being different, they even provided me with scan codes for each key:

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Ultimately I would love to convert one of these, future goal when time permits it.

[Aruberon]

And I suppose to contribute to the topic and the current east bloc vibe:

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Zbrojovka Brno Consul 262.12

As far as im aware, the only hall effect board to natively speak AT, made in 1990ish.

Decked out in a spare set of cyrillic keycaps, this one originally came in a czechoslovakian layout.

[Bjerrk]

And I suppose to contribute to the topic and the current east bloc vibe:

Looks fantastic! And such a sensible layout, too

[TNT]

I too once owned one of those, but the 262.9 version.

They're absolute beauts and surprisingly well made, given their origin, but I couldn't get used to the uniform profile so in the end I sold it

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[Aruberon]

I may or may not currently be closing in on a 262.9 (and a 262.3)

I absolutely love these, as you say their build quality is wonderful, but I guess thats what you should expect from a company that in addition to computers and pheripherals made rifles, machine guns, engines and cars, and "only" make hunting rifles in the modern day

Usually a bit scratchy out the box, but once cleaned they have a magical sound, but the enter key is hilariously loud, never minded the uniform layout, allowed me to take liberties with the layout quite a bit.

[lozenges]

Not my only model m. But it being a laaaaaate model terminal keyboard I figured I would customize it. I want to put a custom blue "Model M" badge where the lock lights would be. Open to suggestions on that last part!

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[Aruberon]

As mentioned prior, I was closing in on a 262.9, the older, XT speaking brother of the AT speaking 262.12, and the last day of the year this arrived:

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What a handsome pair they make though:

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[Muirium]

They’ve got that Absolute Slab look which, despite being completely against my use case, I will always be fond of. Fashions change, but style is timeless.

[Vla]

Some Tesla switch board

[Muirium]

Fantastic! If only the cars had so much style!

[Aruberon]

Some Tesla switch board

Do you happen to know what year is it from and if it speak a relatively "normal" protocol or is it moonspeak just like the older Consul ones?

I do love the inter compatability as the Zbrojovka Brno Consul boards are effectively just rebadged Tesla boards, still using Tesla hall effect switches and compatible keycaps (probably identical molding tools even), although yours uses the older 4 magnet version, correct?

[Inxie]

Just got my custom ordered WASD keyboard. Went with Zealio 67g switches, and o-rings with 0.2mm reduction, and because I'm such a huge fan of the Zelda series of video games, I made my own layout with the Hylian alphabet based on A Link Between Worlds and Breath of the Wild. (Which unfortunately does have some duplicate characters but that's just how it is.)

And because I actually can read this, I decided why not, and went with this. So far, I'm quite pleased with the sound and heavy tactility, and the soft landing from the o-rings, because I do a lot of typing as I work from home and allowed to use my own keyboard with my work computer.

I originally was using a Model F XT, but the product I support really did need the use of F11 and F12, and it was already a fairly large keyboard and I usually prefer 10 keyless keyboards. Then I was using my Redragon K552 (I think that's the model, but mine is red LED only) which I had already owned but was getting tired of the clicky sounding. Because my work involves talking to clients and taking notes, not only do I hear it over my headset and have to crank the volume on the call, but the clients also hear it too and it does trip them up in talking I noticed (some even comment on the speed of my typing because I do around 90wpm, so they are hearing basically white noise lol). So, I decided to custom design this model keyboard, and wanted tactility, but not clicky, and a dampened bottoming out sound. I actually got this keyboard while I was working today, and switched keyboards between calls, and I could tell there was an immediate difference. I was able to type and keep up while listening to them, and they no longer seem to notice I'm even typing. (I actually got a "are you there?" today because I can't actually talk and type at the same time (only transcribe)..

So anyway, here's the pics of the keyboard I got. I think I did pretty good for my first time using Inkscape, and converting TTF fonts to vectors, and getting everything positioned just right, and sized the way I wanted it. And I went with blue modifiers because even though red is my favorite color, this just seemed like it would look better.

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[TNT]

Just got my custom ordered WASD keyboard. Went with Zealio 67g switches, and o-rings with 0.2mm reduction, and because I'm such a huge fan of the Zelda series of video games, I made my own layout with the Hylian alphabet based on A Link Between Worlds and Breath of the Wild. (Which unfortunately does have some duplicate characters but that's just how it is.)

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That must have been an unholy amount of effort

Some Tesla switch board

That's superb! Love the toggle switches on top and the white Cyrillic inscription on the black background looks so good!

[Inxie]

Just got my custom ordered WASD keyboard. Went with Zealio 67g switches, and o-rings with 0.2mm reduction, and because I'm such a huge fan of the Zelda series of video games, I made my own layout with the Hylian alphabet based on A Link Between Worlds and Breath of the Wild. (Which unfortunately does have some duplicate characters but that's just how it is.)

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That must have been an unholy amount of effort

I honestly pulled it off all in one night, found WASD Keyboards as a manufacturer willing to do the keycap design I wanted, but then also had some really good keyboards. I learned that I needed to use Inkscape to do the design, so I learned it all in one night, thought about it for a bit and how I want to handle Zelda symbols (using it only for the bottom row keys) and traditional symbols for the other keys, and then going full Hylian alphabet on the keycaps, and spent a lot of time centering things how I wanted them to be placed. Snapping tool? Yea that wasn't working out with Hylian. lol, I had to manually work with each key, but still was fairly easy to do and get done in one night.

[ifohancroft]

Just got my custom ordered WASD keyboard. Went with Zealio 67g switches, and o-rings with 0.2mm reduction, and because I'm such a huge fan of the Zelda series of video games, I made my own layout with the Hylian alphabet based on A Link Between Worlds and Breath of the Wild. (Which unfortunately does have some duplicate characters but that's just how it is.)

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That must have been an unholy amount of effort

I honestly pulled it off all in one night, found WASD Keyboards as a manufacturer willing to do the keycap design I wanted, but then also had some really good keyboards. I learned that I needed to use Inkscape to do the design, so I learned it all in one night, thought about it for a bit and how I want to handle Zelda symbols (using it only for the bottom row keys) and traditional symbols for the other keys, and then going full Hylian alphabet on the keycaps, and spent a lot of time centering things how I wanted them to be placed. Snapping tool? Yea that wasn't working out with Hylian. lol, I had to manually work with each key, but still was fairly easy to do and get done in one night.

By the way, I found their templates not ideal to work with out of the box, so I modified them to separate the selection of letters and backgrounds for alphanumerics, modifiers, etc. Let me know if you want me to send you those modified templates. I feel like they save a lot of time when making a keycap set for WASD Keyboards.

[SunshineRag_DT]

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Acquired these keycaps about 4 years ago as a flea market sale as I loved the colors and feel. Could be from multiple boards. No idea where they were from but they are by far the best looking and best feeling caps I have. They look shiny but are not slick and are SA but uniform profile and super thick. They do not include modern layout sizes so required creative placement to fit a 60% board. Not MX so required 3d printed adapters to mount.

[Scarpia]

My latest build with the appropriate 'The Last of Us underground bunker' ambience:



Details: Keychron Q2 Knob with Purple Pandas switches, SA Carbon keycaps and Durock v2 stabilizers. Thocky, not silent, but if the "New World Order jackboot f*cks" are close enough to hear the thock, we've got bigger problems

[wobbled]

My latest build with the appropriate 'The Last of Us underground bunker' ambience:

Details: Keychron Q2 Knob with Purple Pandas switches, SA Carbon keycaps and Durock v2 stabilizers. Thocky, not silent, but if the "New World Order jackboot f*cks" are close enough to hear the thock, we've got bigger problems

The Last of Us is about the best vibe you can possibly go for. Love that game & show

[Scarpia]

My AEKMINI with NOS Black Alps Click modded

This is an incredible framing of those AEK keycaps. Are the files available anywhere or could a print be commissioned? I've got an old AEK64 build in a frankly rubbish case so...

[mikhail]

Commodore Cherry with Swiss layout
G80-0558/e

[mikhail]

Acer KB084-PC/A-s
Multitech back logo
SKCM Blue, long white switchplates
AE doubleshots (stock mods), AE dyesubs from Tektronix (alphas)

[TNT]

Those are both very nice boards! Did you keep the vintage Blacks in the Commodore or did you replace em?

[mikhail]

Those are both very nice boards! Did you keep the vintage Blacks in the Commodore or did you replace em?

I had to trade this keyboard for a NOS TG3 for PBT DCS keycaps . Alas, the viblacks were not very smooth.
Acer, on the other hand, has alps in good condition. Very pleasant.

[mikhail]

TG3 Keyboard with PBT DCS keycaps. 2010 date.
Really love this pure dark white color. I wonder what color this in SP catalogue.

[paperWasp]

UCF PC3
ACP ALC
ALB ALP

UP MG POHE
GGT GLUC LDH

What are the two rows of keys good for?