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Offline naikon996

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Lexmark model M parts interchange.
« on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:47:22 »
Hi there, I am thinking about purchasing a IBM 82G3292 keyboard(spanish layout).
I already own a 1988 1391401, 52G9658, and a customizer 101.

Would it be at all possible to swap the US layout from the Lexmark built 52G9658
I already have and transfer the keys to the spanish layout board?

I would imagine the frame of the older IBM built boards might be incompatible, but the
lexmark boards should be fairly interchangable...right?

Cheers:)
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:51:12 »
That shouldn't be too much of a problem; all the parts should be interchangable.  The only thing I can think of would be keycap shape differences if one 'board is an ANSI layout and the other ISO.
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Offline naikon996

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:58:13 »
Ah right, might be worth a shot then.
Shipping to Ireland is a pain though:(

If anyone is interested, here is the link: clicky
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:59:44 »
Quote from: itlnstln;22610
The only thing I can think of would be keycap shape differences if one 'board is an ANSI layout and the other ISO.

This.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 11:02:58 »
Right off the bat, you are going to have some issues with the Enter key and the left Shift (and non-existent caret key in the US model).  You can use the spring/hammer parts with no issues on these keys, you just won't be able to use the keycaps.
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Offline naikon996

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 11:08:57 »
Quote from: itlnstln;22614
Right off the bat, you are going to have some issues with the Enter key and the left Shift (and non-existent caret key in the US model).  You can use the spring/hammer parts with no issues on these keys, you just won't be able to use the keycaps.


Oh well.

Thanks for the heads up. Better safe than sorry:o
Spanish layout should not be too much of a problem, but I like
the ISO 8859 layout too much.

Again. thanks:)
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 11:26:49 »
The letters are certainly changable.  You would just need to leave the Enter and Left Shift/Carets.
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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 11:44:45 »
And the right backslash key functions the same, even though it's at a different place in the matrix - I'm not sure if they're wired identically, or seperately, but it's the same scancode.
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Offline wumpyr

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 13:49:08 »
If you'd rather UK keycaps to replace the spanish ones, Unicomp will sell you a set for $20.
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 25 February 2009, 05:22:16 »
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If you'd rather UK keycaps to replace the spanish ones, Unicomp will sell you a set for $20.

Even with shipping it might be cheaper to get a german Model M from ebay.de and a keycap set from Unicomp than buying an original 1391406 on ebay.co.uk?
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Offline Chloe

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 25 February 2009, 05:41:07 »
Are Unicomp keycaps two part?
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Offline cchan

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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 25 February 2009, 06:00:34 »
They can be. Unicomp sends two- or one-part caps on request.
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