I was wondering if it'd be possible to mod the model f to a tkl. Someone here had modded a model m to 60%. I was thinking of modding a model f to a tkl or 60% by folding the excess plastic sheet under the steel plates. I'd been mulling this over and today I came across someone who did this to a microsoft natural kb.
http://imgur.com/a/PFsCk
you could scrape off some of the soldermask on the F PCB and surface mount some wire jumpers to repair the matrix, but it'd probably be easier to just make a new PCB like the XTant.I was wondering if it'd be possible to mod the model f to a tkl. Someone here had modded a model m to 60%. I was thinking of modding a model f to a tkl or 60% by folding the excess plastic sheet under the steel plates. I'd been mulling this over and today I came across someone who did this to a microsoft natural kb.
http://imgur.com/a/PFsCk
60% Not possible. I doubt the PCB would react well to being cut up.
TKL? Already done. Check my sig.
you could scrape off some of the soldermask on the F PCB and surface mount some wire jumpers to repair the matrix, but it'd probably be easier to just make a new PCB like the XTant.
In theory it's possible but in practise very very difficult to cut down a model F
you could scrape off some of the soldermask on the F PCB and surface mount some wire jumpers to repair the matrix, but it'd probably be easier to just make a new PCB like the XTant.
In theory it's possible but in practise very very difficult to cut down a model F
I recall reading something during the development of a controller for XTant and similar projects that the controller was very sensitive to changes in the layout of the PCB, like it was "tuned" to the layout, the traces are a certain length, run parallel and only cross perpendicularly at specific points for a reason, etc. etc. All EE stuff I didn't really grasp but the sum total was that if you cut up the board and changed it, even if you had the electrical circuits correct via patch wires, the controller would still not be happy and things wouldn't work.
Keep in mind the XT barrels have a different indexing pin than the F 122s (referring to your comment about having spares for the F 122). XT on the left, 122 on the right.Show Image(http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=33430.0;attach=920;image)
so give me a reason to buy one of those 2 listings! or maybe i should just wait for a decent AT?
Of the listing you linked, the first one is ridiculously high priced.
so give me a reason to buy one of those 2 listings! or maybe i should just wait for a decent AT?
Of the listing you linked, the first one is ridiculously high priced. Forget it. The other is decent for an XT, but you'll have to put a lot of work into it.
Here's an AT: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-AT-84-key-Clicky-Keyboard-/331373715923
A bit on the high side, you could make an offer. Would save you a lot of work. Modifying it for the ALT modifiers is straightforward, and getting a TKL layout out of that is just rearranging keys.
Of the listing you linked, the first one is ridiculously high priced.
What! That is a lot of good stuff at a reasonable price.
If I needed or wanted it, I would pounce on it.
Of the listing you linked, the first one is ridiculously high priced.
What! That is a lot of good stuff at a reasonable price.
If I needed or wanted it, I would pounce on it.
I live right next to waltham, if I had $40 I'd have picked up up already. The seller is a GH'er.