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ahh, that looks also good... I'll paint my black top-case to white instead

Good idea

That looks lovely pompom! Congrats Did you mod the switches?

photekq wrote: That looks lovely pompom! Congrats Did you mod the switches?

Not yet, but probably vintage blacks with a Leeku PCB in the future!

THAT is a lovely keyboard chanlol, it looks like the keyboard of my dreams!!!

Finished this in the weekend: my first 60%

Alps 60%? Nice!

Did you build it using Hasu's PCB?

Yep, it's Hasu's PCB with the plate from a Dell AT101 where I enlarged the backspace and right shift mounting holes to fit the additional keys.

Great looking board. Exactly what I'm planning on doing with mine, only ISO.

Nice board I see some Dell caps there like on my board. It's a very powerful board

It's a true frankenboard

- Plate, modifiers & space bar from an AT101
- Command (right shift) & arrow down (FN) key from a M0118
- Alpha keys from an Acer rubber dome
- Switches from an AEK2

And if someone's wondering about the raised "Application" key: That's the "FN lock" key with a locking switch underneath for when I need arrows or F1-F12 for an extended period, e.g. going through emails or sessions in the debugger

I have also used the plate off a Dell but even if the short shift and pinky Fn are something I love in all my other 60%'s I just couldn't bear the thought of having weird caps on the keyboard, my OCD needs a clean look I envy you for your courage

I need both Esc and backtick on a regular basis, so putting either of them in a layer wasn't really an option for me… So I thought if I need to modify the plate anyways, I might as well try this pinky Fn thing

After a day of use, I found the off profile Command key annoying enough that I'm now using a 1.5U cap for right shift until I can find a 1.75U one…

Round 5 caps and a Bro Caps Zombro!

perfect match concerning colors!

Yep, black & red and white! Height is also OK, but would not use on this position...

Deep Space @JD-40

thanks again pasph

portable setup (to do: shorten cable and sleeving)

Very nice ! What kind of cable/adaptor have you used for the keyboard? I'm interested in doing the same thing.

Thanks. Currently i'm using the Apple Lightning to usb adapter and some standard mini usb to usb cable.

TX1800& enjoyPBT dye sub

I just bought a Triumph Adler Gabriele 7700L typewriter to scavenge the keycaps.
It was on sale near my home, I bought it for 15€

They're AZERTY layout from Belgium which is what I use daily... but not all key match the actual BE layout
I tried to convert to QWERTY but then I have troubles when I get back to AZERTY
But finding a ISO FR-BE set seem very hard...

The typewriter: A free MX black inside I disassembled the key caps: And temporarily mounted them on a cheap G80-8200LPDDE that I have: They need some cleaning though, when I'll have a bit of time.
I plan to mount them on the TKL I'm trying to build...

What do you think, is this an interesting find?
I found some more on local auction sites, if someone wants a set

I want a QWERTY set. All I can find around here are QWERTZ.

The only thing I don't like about my TA set is the absense of homing indicators. But I like the looks.

Nice TA set CRi! You cannot do better than that for €15. My newish Topre toy:

Padprint? Do all 660C have the capacitance formula on the case? Slightly nerdy, I like it!

Tad Williams' books have a perfect height for repairing Model Ms (my wooden construction is not here, as always: the tools I need are not were I need them)! Anybody read Tad Williams? And not only Tolkien?



I bought a full sized Model M found at a local craig list, in very good condition, almost no rivets broken (I counted only two, and the rest could not break off easily), German language, for my fathers birthday, I hope he likes it. I know that chances are low he will actually use it, but at work he could type on it just for a day as a show-off for the colleagues - "hey, this guy is bad-ass typing on this clunky old keyboard". He is journalist, and we always had a lot of typewriters at home.

A good backpack is the one were a full sized Model M fits perfect inside:

great model M sleeve

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