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geekhack Community => geekhack Media => Topic started by: Melvang on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:56:19

Title: Floss mod on IBM XT before and after
Post by: Melvang on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:56:19
Hey guys, I did a floss mod using interior cores from paracord for a floss mod as nobody in the immediate area for me carries Oral B Super floss.  I have TONS of this stuff.  Especially when 550 paracord has 7 interior strands. 

I recorded this as two separate clips.  I did the before, did the floss mod, then did the after.  Sorry about the background noise.  It got down to record lows today (-24°F) so the furnace has been having to run a bit more especially in this 100+ year old house.

This is the "before" clip. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtAxlWFqW7g)  There is a link to the second one in the description of the first one

This is the "after". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH6w93jY7UM)
Title: Re: Floss mod on IBM XT before and after
Post by: Touch_It on Fri, 27 February 2015, 10:36:57
Nice videos.  Maybe it's just me, but I am struggling to hear a difference between the videos :(.
Title: Re: Floss mod on IBM XT before and after
Post by: JPG on Fri, 27 February 2015, 10:47:53
The difference is not outrageous, but the floss mod does remove most of the high-pitched sound while keeping most of the low/mid range sound.


It removes the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing sound and keeps the oooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumph sound  :p
Title: Re: Floss mod on IBM XT before and after
Post by: Melvang on Fri, 27 February 2015, 14:30:33
Quote from: Touch_It on Fri, 27 February 2015, 10:36:57
Nice videos.  Maybe it's just me, but I am struggling to hear a difference between the videos :(.

The videos don't reveal the difference near as much as in person.  I think most of that is because of the camera picking up the drone from the furnace which is directly under the camera and there is a vent less than 3 feet away directly behind the camera.  Plus that keyboard really didn't have a ton of ping with the plastidip on the top barrel plate.
Title: Re: Floss mod on IBM XT before and after
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 28 February 2015, 19:26:01
Play videos both at once :))
Title: Re: Floss mod on IBM XT before and after
Post by: pr0ximity on Sat, 28 February 2015, 23:08:20
I got halfway through a floss mod on my Model M the other week and ended up undoing it after testing and fiddling with that half because it was far too difficult to get a uniform feeling across the board. Did you run into any similar difficulties with the F and the paracord core? I wonder if its flexibility makes it a less finicky solution. It sounds very uniform on the video. It seemed to me like the smallest changes in either the length of the floss or the seating in the key would result in anything from not seating properly to making no difference at all.