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It looks... tidy! ;-)

stephen_usher wrote: 24 Aug 2021 14:26 It looks... tidy! ;-)

For now.....

rubber_jonnie wrote: 24 Aug 2021 13:47 Yeah, the Mega KBD looks really kind of cool, and I am hating repairing the case! I also need to find a UK keycap set in my stash as it's an azerty layout

My lab/workshop has been a long time coming, I'm pretty happy with it :)

Not sure that standard ST keycaps are a good fit on the Mega keyswitches...I have a Mega kbd with a missing Help key & the standard cap doesn't stay in position (and I don't want to resort to glue except as a final resort).

Nice setup @rubber_jonnie.

Looks like a decent sized room for all that retro work.

JezC wrote: 24 Aug 2021 18:22

rubber_jonnie wrote: 24 Aug 2021 13:47 Yeah, the Mega KBD looks really kind of cool, and I am hating repairing the case! I also need to find a UK keycap set in my stash as it's an azerty layout

My lab/workshop has been a long time coming, I'm pretty happy with it :)

Not sure that standard ST keycaps are a good fit on the Mega keyswitches...I have a Mega kbd with a missing Help key & the standard cap doesn't stay in position (and I don't want to resort to glue except as a final resort).

Yeah, gotta do some figuring out around that, like figuring out where my spare keyboards are!!

Icky wrote: 24 Aug 2021 18:58 Nice setup @rubber_jonnie.

Looks like a decent sized room for all that retro work.

I'm really happy with it, just need to get some time away from doing housey things so I can use it!!

With regards to keycaps. As the Mega ST keyboard uses Cherry switches you could fit non-Atari caps to the main part of the keyboard. OK, not a great solution but it can get you up and running.

stephen_usher wrote: 25 Aug 2021 08:10 With regards to keycaps. As the Mega ST keyboard uses Cherry switches you could fit non-Atari caps to the main part of the keyboard. OK, not a great solution but it can get you up and running.

Yeah, sounds possible, pretty sure you can buy whole keycap sets. I could also If I need to, print some labels to get me going. I just need to drag an ST keyboard out to look at the differences, but I haven't found them yet!

How's your workshop coming along? I've not seen any updates recently.

stephen_usher wrote: 03 Sep 2021 09:10 How's your workshop coming along? I've not seen any updates recently.

Actually pretty much there after the bank holiday weekend thanks :)


Last thing in was the set of drawers and a bit more in the way of old machines out and working.

Projects have been a bit small, such as the Mega KBD case restore, which is still in progress, but with other new house stuff to be done it has been slow progress. Also, we've had my wife's sister over during the bank holiday, this weekend her parents are here and next weekend I'm going to check in on my own parents!!

With all that going on, plus being back at karate twice a week, retro time has been thin on the ground, not to mention still having a lot of stuff still in boxes including ongoing projects. That all needs storage in the spare room, which we're working on, and slowly making progress

Just got to get back into the swing of things. To be fair we've only been here 9 weeks, so we are doing well with just how much is sorted.