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IBM Model M missing springs? (lemmy.haigner.me)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I overpaid for this... IBM Model M ashtray, for the lack of a better word. I looked at pictures of the internal assembly online, and I think there're missing springs? For example, I can't press the upper half of the enter key because there's just no spring there, not even blue placeholders. I can't exactly buy new springs from Unicomp as the shipping is so prohibitively expensive that I could buy a IBM Model M from someone else.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's the ISO enter key with stabilizer judging by that image.

But I found an interesting reference that suggests that everything here works as intended.

Image 1: 122-key IBM Model M

This layout matches mine with the following exceptions:

Additional keys from the 122-key variant.
I've got a two unit high numpad plus key instead of two distinct keys.
My layout is German QWERTZ.

Image 2: 122-key IBM Model M internal assembly

If you look at the placement of stabilizer inserts, then this matches my IBM Model M. Same exceptions apply. I couldn't determine whether the 122-key IBM Model M enter key also uses a stabilizer metal bar, but it's suspiciously similar to my layout nonetheless.