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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: y11971alex on Thu, 09 June 2016, 22:01:31

Title: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: y11971alex on Thu, 09 June 2016, 22:01:31
https://imgur.com/a/5dEDJ

So... since this keyboard is now officially grey, it's industrial. 

*sigh*

I asked the powder guys to take a look at the original colour when picking out a new paint, but they may have been colourblind.
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: mike52787 on Thu, 09 June 2016, 22:14:40
Even with the color ****ed up im still insanely jealous  :p
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: romevi on Thu, 09 June 2016, 22:23:31
Even with the color ****ed up im still insanely jealous  :p

^
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: Bucake on Fri, 10 June 2016, 03:34:31
this.
this keyboard will turn me into a thief some day.
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: y11971alex on Fri, 10 June 2016, 13:59:07
this.
this keyboard will turn me into a thief some day.
xD

I really like the colour on second thoughts.
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: y11971alex on Sat, 23 July 2016, 02:33:02
So, I've ordered my solenoid and its controller from the very kind lot_lizard; I think by that time it would be worthy of a wrap-up :D

Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: SBJ on Sat, 23 July 2016, 04:04:38
Even with the color ****ed up im still insanely jealous  :p

^
Ye. I try not to be jealous but sometimes man. Sometiiiiiimes.
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: pr0ximity on Sat, 23 July 2016, 06:14:10
So, I've ordered my solenoid and its controller from the very kind lot_lizard; I think by that time it would be worthy of a wrap-up :D

Very nice! The beamspring solenoids are so silly-loud, it's a lot of fun to type on what sounds like a semi-automatic rifle  :))
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: supamesican on Sat, 23 July 2016, 09:59:46
I am so insanely jealous
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: y11971alex on Sat, 23 July 2016, 12:46:11
So are we doing the tour or not?  :p

I'll be travelling to Vancouver in August, and I definitely can't take the 3101 with me.  Seems like a perfect time for a tour.  :D
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: y11971alex on Mon, 08 August 2016, 03:48:34
Update: the solenoid is now here and operational, which would mean my restoration is now complete. 
Title: Re: IBM 3101 Industrial!
Post by: jaffers on Mon, 08 August 2016, 04:16:47
Nice work, although it might not have been the colour that you were originally after, it looks like it is well finished, and the colour isn't that bad. I'd really like a beam spring myself.