Reassembling an IBM Model F with New Old Stock Parts

aw hek yee

[Chyrosran]

It's nice enough to find an old keyboard, new old stock, but a Model F.... noice :D .

[evanscott]

Clint can I just say how much I appreciate how clean your videos are? I’m never pestered to subscribe and enable notifications, no silly music or overly wrought production values. Just nice simple “hey let’s assemble a model F keyboard.” Seriously its nice to see someone just love sharing his hobby with the internets.

[rautamiekka]

That's some heavy-duty construction right there. That thing's built like a tank.

[Pellerinen]

Why are Blerbs so amazing?! I love these!

[AerFixus]

Taking apart an F keyboard assembly isn't too bad. Getting it back together is more tough.

You bend back the single lock tab and the whole plate slides in one direction and pops right off. Getting it back on can require clamping or a second set of hands to get it slid back in place.

[Xaltar_]

These bring back memories. Couldn't give them away in the 90's, no one wanted the "old layout" or super loud clicky keys 😂
I guess kids didn't like the idea mom and dad could hear them playing doom at 3am 😛

[YeCannyDaeThat]

That cable end connector looks like the single most satisfying connector to use that ever esisted

[rikprince]

This keyboard is also suitable for hand to hand combat!

[K-o-R]

I don't know why, but the replacing of the rubber feet on things like this is so damn satisfying. Usually because there's one missing, if it's a used item.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy game reviews dood.

[AkosJaccik]

This cork-footed beauty sounds like it's hunting it's prey via echolocation.

[SuperDerek]

Hey Clint! As a long-time tech enthusiast I'm sure you already know about this trick, but to anyone else who struggles with those obnoxious flat-head screws: Generally if you have a screw-driver that takes bits, you can actually remove the bit and use the hex socket of the screwdriver on the hex-heads of the machine screws. They're almost always a perfect fit, and makes things WAY easier to screw in. :)

[AndRewUK]

I'm busy at the moment stop making notifications YouTube please!

[WindyKirin]

Honestly I really like the layout of the model F after using it for a while. I just used the Soarers converter to remap Caps Lock to be a function key to add in some of the missing keys for when I use it on a modern PC, and now I think I might like it better than the standard layout. Only thing is I do wish it had some proper arrow keys instead of having to toggle num lock.

[wolftracker]

I was surprised to hear Greencastle Indiana. I didn't know we had an IBM parts place in this little one horse town.

[bevorules]

I wish that I still had my IBM 5150 and Model F from childhood. Computing was such a tactile experience back then. The click of that big red power switch, the floppy initialization sounds, the click clack of the buckling springs.

[sketchesofpayne]

I'm so glad you made this second channel! Great for those of us who want some unpolished videos of all the random stuff you go through between/while working on you main videos. I would love to tinker with and restore old hardware like this, but I just don't have the means to do so. I'm glad I can do it vicariously through your videos. (Maybe better this way, because then I don't have to deal with the clean-up from each project.)

[PimpTwzt]

Oh memories! My grams old IBM had a Model F keyboard. I typed up many a book report on that old thing.

[booleanenator]

The yellowing around the print is kinda normal. We had PCs in high school (1987) with it.

[darthvader]

I set the pip-boy on Fallout:NV to that orange of your monitor, just seemed to fit with the Mojave wasteland

[amakker]

Nice little project turned into an awesome keyboard! Also that amber display is beautiful.