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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: derzemel on Sat, 23 May 2015, 04:58:17
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My dad lives in Italy and I have been telling him about my new found passion. A few days ago I got a box from him with some stuff:
(http://i.imgur.com/h1hH6bn.jpg)
:D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D
The ISO WYSEs are cherry MX Black... SMOOTH black... Vintage black ;D ;D ;D
I now have some of switches for a TKL Project I am working on (http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/need-your-input-regarding-a-tkl-numpad-design-t10699.html)
The IBM, sadly is a rubber dome, but in a normal Model M case. I plan to open it to see if there are usable parts.
I cleaned the Gray WYSE and I am planning to use Soarer's Converter (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52597.0)on it. I hope it works with ISO. If it works, then I'll keep it as is and I'll find some vintage Blacks somewhere else
I am still not convinced that I should put in the effort to retrobright the yellowed one. I also has some very shiny caps.
Also, the yellowed had an EM shield inside it which I cleaned and moved to the gray one:
(http://i.imgur.com/XHc1b5h.jpg)
Here are some pictures with the cleaned gray one:
(http://i.imgur.com/AvlY7ip.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/arFzaN2.jpg)
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Daddy coming through! How did he know what was good to send and not to just ship you a ton of rubber domes???
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Daddy coming through! How did he know what was good to send and not to just ship you a ton of rubber domes???
real men knows what mechanical means :)
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That WYSE board looks really nice and clean. Great find from dad!
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Daddy coming through! How did he know what was good to send and not to just ship you a ton of rubber domes???
Well, we talked a bit and I explained what Cherry MX is and how Model Ms look. I then showed him a WYSE pc that was for sale on Kijiji.it and now i have these :D
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That's a great present
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You can convert that rubber dome Model M into a buckling spring, if you want. Just get some springs and regular Model M keycaps that can house the springs (the rubber dome keycaps cannot), and you are good to go. I've done it before.
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W530... Laptop of the Pr0zz
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You can convert that rubber dome Model M into a buckling spring, if you want. Just get some springs and regular Model M keycaps that can house the springs (the rubber dome keycaps cannot), and you are good to go. I've done it before.
That's a pretty good idea. One idea I was thinking was just throwing a terminal internals into the chassis. Hook up the ribbons, done! That would work too.
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You can convert that rubber dome Model M into a buckling spring, if you want. Just get some springs and regular Model M keycaps that can house the springs (the rubber dome keycaps cannot), and you are good to go. I've done it before.
Yes, I was thinking too to source some Model M Keycaps + springs with flippers and throw away the rubber domes
W530... Laptop of the Pr0zz
Yes, that thing is a beast and I love it, but it also weighs almost 3kg + 1 kg the charger
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W530... Laptop of the Pr0zz
I'm more interested in the bottle. ;)
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awesome your dad actually knew what to pick up :))
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You can convert that rubber dome Model M into a buckling spring, if you want. Just get some springs and regular Model M keycaps that can house the springs (the rubber dome keycaps cannot), and you are good to go. I've done it before.
Yes, I was thinking too to source some Model M Keycaps + springs with flippers and throw away the rubber domes
W530... Laptop of the Pr0zz
Yes, that thing is a beast and I love it, but it also weighs almost 3kg + 1 kg the charger
I've got some springs and flippers, if you want them. I am not sure how many exactly, but it might be enough for a Model M. Send me a PM if you are interested.