If the people around you start complaining, the "dental floss" mod is easy and cheap, and makes a big difference on how far the sound carries.
Ouch!
You should have gotten them from Unicomp so that they did not charge you extra shipping.
They have the only non-standard keys (eg color) available anywhere, as far as I know. They cost far too much, but if you are the "only game in town" ......
I've just acquired through ebay a Model-M original 1390136 (1390131 US) IBM buckling spring (27-JAN-1987) and I flit from desk to meeting (have it plugged into a lenovo laptop at work)... I can't tell you the difference between the two. Only issue is the apparent noise for my colleagues - they are intrigued with the retro keyboard but dont appreciate the click clack boing clack (although music to my ears).
I'm not going back so they need to get used to it (i'm mostly surrounded by folks I am the boss of so easy for me to be ruthless about it). Interested in the floss mod that I've read a bit about - does it make a difference to the feel of the keyboard - I imagine even the new unicomp "suffers" from the same "issue" for others?
Next stop is another for home (following up a lead at work from a chap who used to install IBM mainframes with his dad in the old days, apparently there is a garage full of bits that never got dumped.... Aladins cave perhaps
wow, thats someway more than I would expect to take mine!, stickler for authentic look and feel, but, is it ok to do the floss mod in situ - i.e. withough removing the case, just to insert to the spring?
Just looked into the 'floss' mod.
Seems interesting, but does the added weight reduce the quality of the feel when typing?
What's a BS board without being obnoxiously loud? I thought that was half the point.
Duly so if you're in an office because it's like you're sitting there yelling "HEY LISTEN TO ME, I'M GETTING **** DONE!"
I know... It sounds like I'm typing twice as fast as I am
I know... It sounds like I'm typing twice as fast as I am
haha yep, the lady working the desk is always commenting on how fast I type, and even though i'm not setting any records, (Probably a solid 80wps, better than average but not great.) It sure sounds like it.
What's a BS board without being obnoxiously loud? I thought that was half the point.
Duly so if you're in an office because it's like you're sitting there yelling "HEY LISTEN TO ME, I'M GETTING **** DONE!"
The problem with this is when you pause to think or have a slurp of coffee, everyone knows you are not typing and therefore not working.
It amuses me that an object which a person has blissfully lived a full life, without, for years, suddenly becomes the object of such intense desire that mere hours or days without having it become excruciating.
It amuses me that an object which a person has blissfully lived a full life, without, for years, suddenly becomes the object of such intense desire that mere hours or days without having it become excruciating.
About 10 years ago I sat next to a fellow that brought his Model M into work. In fact, he was the one that inspired me to go find my Model M in my parents' basement (my only mechanical at the time, bought brand new in 1994 from CompUSA). His was older (grey label) and was particularly "boingy". It got to the point where I could identify some of his keys by the way they boinged. I could tell when he was just scrolling around a web page with nav keys versus scrolling around code with xemacs. :)
A couple of years later we all moved and I was sort of sharing a cube. That's when I started hearing grumbling about the noise. The Quiet Touch version of the Model M was hard to come by, so I set out and did the grease mod myself. After some experimentation with how to load the grease, I eventually achieved good results. It's posted on my blog somewhere.
Ok, so now its floss vs grease or floss + grease?
And thats the kicker.
Delivery Status updated to "Delivery Attempted".
No delivery was attempted.
Shocking.
Hi Keiron
I have just called UK Mail and the drive is still saying that he will be
with you by 6pm. I will let you know if I hear any more.
Regards
Helen
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Hi Keiron
I have just called UK Mail and the drive is still saying that he will be
with you by 6pm. I will let you know if I hear any more.
Regards
Helen
Ha!
10 to 7 now, still nothing.
Still nothing.You should go to their office and try to pick it up.
Order canceled.Who cancelled it ? A real saga, I guess.
Order canceled.Who cancelled it ? A real saga, I guess.
Order canceled.Who cancelled it ? A real saga, I guess.
pull up, push back.
What's with all the hair? :))
you going bald?
Dat sound :DShow Image(http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/20950000/ngbbs4baae7e31446c.jpg)
I didn't know they allowed inmates to have personal computers in Abu Ghraib prison.
I think the unicomp keyboards are only 2 kro. Does that affect your typing experience at all?
Dat sound :DShow Image(http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/20950000/ngbbs4baae7e31446c.jpg)
I thought I had the ****tiest dorm room, I have been proven incorrect :P
I pay well over £1k p/y for the room...
It sucks, I know.
As long as there's a computer there though, I don't really mind.