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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: irendulic on Fri, 07 March 2014, 19:21:31
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Hello,
if there are any other IBM SSK II rubber dome fans out there, here's a nice deal, 48$ shipped brand new ones.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IBM-SPACE-SAVER-SPACESAVER-II-BLACK-KEYBOARD-WITH-DRIVER-CD-/141212239481?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20e0e7c679
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excellent!
I believe someone was looking for just this a while back. It may be a rubber dome, but it's no cheapo low end rubber dome.
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I wonder how hard it would be to take it apart and modify it to a buckling spring variant...
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I wonder how hard it would be to take it apart and modify it to a buckling spring variant...
It'd probably be much easier to buy a black M13, and mod it to a TKL with a Trackpoint. One day, I'll do this to my own.
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I wonder how hard it would be to take it apart and modify it to a buckling spring variant...
basically impossible
These use scissor switches, so you'd need a new case (taller for BS switches), new keycaps, new springs/hammers. I guess you could re-use most of the matrix and controller, but there's not really a point since fabricating the rest is hard / expensive.
It would be easier to build a BS keyboard from the ground up.
I wonder how hard it would be to take it apart and modify it to a buckling spring variant...
It'd probably be much easier to buy a black M13, and mod it to a TKL with a Trackpoint. One day, I'll do this to my own.
Or mod a SSK or AT model F (or F122 (http://www.sethstorm.net/images/keyboards/6110668-F13.jpg)) to add a trackpoint.
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Or mod a SSK or AT model F (or F122 (http://www.sethstorm.net/images/keyboards/6110668-F13.jpg)) to add a trackpoint.
Is there a guide/thread on that mod?
I have some F122s inbound..... and trackpoint would be perfection!
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Or mod a SSK or AT model F (or F122 (http://www.sethstorm.net/images/keyboards/6110668-F13.jpg)) to add a trackpoint.
Is there a guide/thread on that mod?
I have some F122s inbound..... and trackpoint would be perfection!
F122 inbound from where???
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Or mod a SSK or AT model F (or F122 (http://www.sethstorm.net/images/keyboards/6110668-F13.jpg)) to add a trackpoint.
Is there a guide/thread on that mod?
I have some F122s inbound..... and trackpoint would be perfection!
F122 inbound from where???
The last one you posted. It's only slightly more than what I paid for my Year of the Tiger Ducky with an extra set of caps back in 2011.
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Don't forget the predecessor of this keyboard, which is not the buckling spring Model M, but the buckling rubber sleve M4-1.
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Or mod a SSK or AT model F (or F122 (http://www.sethstorm.net/images/keyboards/6110668-F13.jpg)) to add a trackpoint.
Is there a guide/thread on that mod?
I have some F122s inbound..... and trackpoint would be perfection!
(a bit OT, but...)
Haven't made one, but I could if you wish.
The short of it is:
Obtained keys from an M13 (black or white will do)
Redid the keyboard to ANSI layout
Obtained a trackstick assembly from an EnduraPro
Shaved down the B key to fit the stick (to get rid of the overhang)
Installed the stick, fastening it between barrels with extra-stick (3M VHB) tape
Put the controller in the far upper right
Removed DIP switch slot, feeding usb cable through that