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Do-It-Yourself Steampunk Keyboard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Who said there's no use for your old IBM "M Series" keyboards anymore? This creative fellow shows us step by step how to convert the keyboards of yesteryear into keyboards of an even further distant, fictional time. H. G. Wells would be proud."

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  1. Mirror Dot by A+Name+Similar+to+Di · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since I already can't get to the site...there's a mirror dot here.

  2. Re:Keyboard by SMQ · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're still being manufactured by Unicomp; same layout, same technology. Plus, they come in black!

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  3. Re:Keyboard by R2.0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    My guess is it's your motherboard, not the keyboard. Some later motherboards don't adhere to the original standards - kinda like the "lame serial port" problem in some laptops.

    Drop the guy at http://www.clickykeyboards.com/ a line - he's quite helpful. They also have an adapter that will convert the PS/2 plug to USB, which might be a way around your problem.

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