So I just bought this...

[katushkin]

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?

[E TwentyNine]

Good deal.

[osi]

Nice pickup! I will add one of these to my collection someday

[katushkin]

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...

[Photekq]

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

[katushkin]

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

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

Sorry bro

[BlueBär]

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

Wait you have some amazing boards but no Model M? Madness I say!

[Photekq]

Wait you have some amazing boards but no Model M? Madness I say!

I know, right?

[katushkin]

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

[BlueBär]

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.

[katushkin]

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.

[dorkvader]

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.

[katushkin]

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.

[dorkvader]

fwiw, the grey they have is really nice: got metallic flakes and everything, it'll just look ugly on your model M Works well with the unicomp black cases though.

[katushkin]

Hahaha thanks for the heads up. I might look into getting a couple of singels at some point

[False_Dmitry_II]

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.

[Kliee]

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 !

[fohat.digs]

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 ....