类型: GB
作者: Ellipse
发布时间: 2016-01-27 21:52:59
更新时间:
2021-02-22 21:19:17
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79141.0
2021 update / current status:
Still time to customize
your Brand New Model F Keyboard at
www.ModelFKeyboards.com
!
Success! Brand New Model F Keyboards finished
production and started shipping at the end of 2019. So far
more than 700 F62 and F77 keyboards have shipped. The first
batch of dye sublimated new Model F XT quality keycaps
started shipping in Feb. 2021.
Take a look at the most
recent postings in this thread for the latest updates and
discussion!
The web site is a go! Time to order your
Brand New Model F Keyboard! $1.3 million + in orders so far
(as of early 2021)!
older updates, 6/23/18 and prior
Please
head to
http://www.ModelFkeyboards.com
to place your order! In general, keyboards ship out by the
timestamp of your order - first in, first out!
I am
updating this post using one of the fully tested prototype
F77’s!
Complete production status update 6-3-17 with
photos and descriptions of how each part works:
https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/uncategorized/what-makes-up-a-model-f-keyboard-detailed-production-status-of-each-part/
SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THIS BUY INCLUDES
/* Basic
keyboard models: F62, F77, Ultra Compact F62, Ultra Compact
F77
/* One-piece XT-style keycaps made from new molds,
including Industrial SSK style blue keys - extra sets are
also available separately
/* Extra parts also available
separately including Model F (AT) compatible barrels,
flippers, cases, PCBs, inner foam, and inner assemblies
/*
Available layouts: ANSI: US and HHKB style with split
backspace and regular non-split backspace. ISO: Vertical
enter with a variety of international layout variants:
Spanish, German, Nordic, French, UK, etc.
IN
PRODUCTION
/* Ultra compact cases
/* keys
/*
buckling springs
PRODUCTION TO START RIGHT BEFORE
ASSEMBLY IS DONE
/* Boxes / outside foam packaging
FINISHED
PRODUCTION
/* Die cast zinc cases (powdercoating is
done too - the die cast cases are all finished!)
/* key
molds
/* barrels
/* inner foam
/* Inner
assembly plates
/* flippers
/* capacitive PCBs
/*
compact xwhatsit controllers
/* case molds
/*
ribbon cables (to connect controllers to capacitive PCBs)
SHIPPED
TO ME
/* Current plan is for everything to be finished
and shipped to me around mid-year.
ORDERS LOCKED
/*
Cases and other parts have been ordered, so please no major
changes!
STILL CAN BE ORDERED
/* Everything. I
have ordered extra keyboards and parts for the early bird
round, which will be ongoing while supplies last. Then there
will be a final round for about a month after the early bird
keyboards are delivered.
F62/F77 Prototype testing,
brief teardown, and sound comparisons with original IBM
keyboards
F62 / F77 features:
Only new parts will
be used - not New Old Stock or used part pulls from other
keyboards (you can use your original IBM/Lexmark/Unicomp
caps - they will be compatible)
Metal top and metal
bottom case, like the original
Metal top and metal
bottom inner “sandwich” plates with interlocking tabs, like
the original
Model F barrels and full-size capacitive
flippers, all injection molded for accuracy/durability (not
3D printed)
2 mm foam like in my original F77
Ships
fully assembled at no extra charge - no further soldering
will be required. You will put on the feet though!
Cork-rubber
feet, plus a small selection of rubber feet (cork-rubber
feet like the PC XT Model F keyboard)
Top and bottom
case powdercoated in a color similar to the original “off
white/beige” color, black, or similar to industrial gray (or
you can pick your own color and pay extra for tooling)
New
buckling springs made to original Model F spring tolerances
(ideally)
Keys to be sourced from Unicomp (or you can
provide your own keys). To use brand new one-piece dye sub
keys instead, someone else would need to take on production
of the keys.
Layouts can be adjusted at the factory, or
you can adjust them later for international versions
Metal
tabs attached to the top inner assembly for the Model M
style spacebar stabilizer wire - no plastic pieces like in
the original
Packed like a new keyboard: in two custom
white EPS foam shells and in a close-fitting brown
double-walled cardboard box
Fully assembled in China
10
foot monoprice USB cable with ferrite core
Extra
barrels (AT-style) and capacitive flippers will be produced
and made available for purchase separately (for other
projects and for replacement parts)
Any other
suggestions?
After everyone interested has placed their
order and sent payment, please be aware that it will be
several months before your order arrives.
Working
Prototype photos:
