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Offline joerush25

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How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 13:43:26 »
How do I open this specific model?



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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 18:31:55 »
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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 18:48:02 »
Just remember that it needs to be "thin-walled" to get in there.

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Offline joerush25

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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 20:29:57 »
can anyone find me a good ebay / amazon link for one of these screw drivers?
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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 21:47:28 »
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 21:54:42 »
Or just go to your local Lowe's or Home Depot and get one from the hardware dept for about $3 or less.
(I can't even remember now, it was very inexpensive.  If you get the Kobalt one from Lowes P/N #0338157, it can be used as-is!  It works well!  No ratchet or driver needed!)
« Last Edit: Fri, 05 June 2015, 21:57:29 by Snowdog993 »
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Offline joerush25

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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 22:35:59 »
Just bought this one




How did I do?
« Last Edit: Sat, 06 June 2015, 09:27:04 by joerush25 »
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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 06 June 2015, 06:28:20 »
Hard to say, it looks fairly thick at the head. If the terminal M is anything like the normal M, the bolt wells are quite narrow. I suppose you'll find out soon enough :p .
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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 06 June 2015, 08:08:40 »
I bought this set from Amazon and it's perfect.

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Offline joerush25

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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 06 June 2015, 09:27:36 »
Quote from: chyros on Sat, 06 June 2015, 06:28:20
Hard to say, it looks fairly thick at the head. If the terminal M is anything like the normal M, the bolt wells are quite narrow. I suppose you'll find out soon enough :p .

i accidentally had the wrong image. The one that was there before was one of the 3/16 one
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Re: How to open Model M Terminal Keyboard?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 06 June 2015, 09:28:14 »
Quote from: njbair on Sat, 06 June 2015, 08:08:40
I bought this set from Amazon and it's perfect.

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