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Title: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 14:17:26
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251513960813

Hopefully you guys can see this. But if not...

P/N 1391406, (17/3/89) ISO layout, apparently all working but there are 5 keys missing (right arrow, right ctrl, pause, pg dn and end)

Have I dun goofed? Or his it a decent deal?
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sat, 26 April 2014, 14:42:11
Good deal.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: osi on Sat, 26 April 2014, 14:48:38
Nice pickup! I will add one of these to my collection someday
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 14:59:10
Nice pickup! I will add one of these to my collection someday

Good deal.

Thank god. I thought after I pushed that button that I had made a terrible mistake.

Where can I source some replacement caps from? If all else fails I can get some, but I don't really want to take some from work...
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:01:07
Aw damn, can't believe I missed that. I've been wanting an M at a good price for a while now :mad:
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:05:45
Aw damn, can't believe I missed that. I've been wanting an M at a good price for a while now :mad:

Me too hah, I was just browsing after paying for another item, saw it with a BIN and just couldn't resist :)

Sorry bro :)
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: BlueBär on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:07:10
Thank god. I thought after I pushed that button that I had made a terrible mistake.

Where can I source some replacement caps from? If all else fails I can get some, but I don't really want to take some from work...

You can get keycaps from Unicomp.

Aw damn, can't believe I missed that. I've been wanting an M at a good price for a while now :mad:

Wait you have some amazing boards but no Model M? Madness I say!
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:08:33
Wait you have some amazing boards but no Model M? Madness I say!
I know, right? :mad:
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:35:38

You can get keycaps from Unicomp.


So should I just get single printed ones and then some RGB modifiers? Because the sets don't really have very good descriptions and I am new to the whole Model M thing :(
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: BlueBär on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:43:48
So should I just get single printed ones and then some RGB modifiers? Because the sets don't really have very good descriptions and I am new to the whole Model M thing :(

I never bought anything from them so I'm no sure but I don't see where you would buy a replacement Ctrl keycap on their site.
Oh and of course you can also look in the classifieds, there's a lot of people who have Model M parts and uncomplete keycap sets.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 16:05:03
I never bought anything from them so I'm no sure but I don't see where you would buy a replacement Ctrl keycap on their site.
Oh and of course you can also look in the classifieds, there's a lot of people who have Model M parts and uncomplete keycap sets.

OK :) Thanks very much, I shall have a good look around.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:24:52
http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK

To avoid getting a 1k ctrl keycap, you should open a support ticket and tell them what you need.

Pearl is the lighter colours. Pebble is the darker one on your KB.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:40:41
http://pckeyboard.com/page/Buttons/PRK

To avoid getting a 1k ctrl keycap, you should open a support ticket and tell them what you need.

Pearl is the lighter colours. Pebble is the darker one on your KB.

Ahhh, thank you. I thought I was looking for granite, hah, glad you told me that!

Yeah, I have opened a support ticket with them already to see if they can help me out. Thanks.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:50:45
fwiw, the grey they have is really nice: got metallic flakes and everything, it'll just look ugly on your model M :p Works well with the unicomp black cases though.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 26 April 2014, 19:01:23
Hahaha thanks for the heads up. I might look into getting a couple of singels at some point :)
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 26 April 2014, 19:37:06
Yeah, when you put in an order for single random keys there is a place for you to describe what ones are needed. I got a bunch of stuff once from them and they got all of the random single keys right first try. Even the "+ on the numpad" which is exactly what I typed in for that one.
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: Kliee on Sun, 27 April 2014, 09:20:39
For missing keys on an original Model M, the better source might be clickykeyboards.com.

Unicomp is great for custom BS keys (that's where I bought my red escape and Geek Hack keys) :).


Congrats on your "new" Model M !
Title: Re: So I just bought this...
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 27 April 2014, 10:12:48
I don't know about international shipping, but as I remember, and entire standard M set is only about $30, so you could fill out your set and do some dye experiments ....