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Has anyone else noticed that the color of the ISO-Enter key is not 100% matching the other Pebble-keys? It's a slightly different tint. Slightly more "brown'ish". Is the ISO-enter key not manufactured at the same place as the others?

Agree on this one. Been using various keyboards since the '80s, but since I got my F77's (ordered two of them, the first one delivered three years ago), that's been the only keyboards I've used.

Today I did a complete cleaning of the F77 keyboard (been my daily driver for three years, so it was about time), and while I was at it, I decided to update the firmware to vial from the QMK.

My keyboard is manufactured in 2020, and I started using it in mid-2022. It was flashed with QMK as Vial ...

1. Premature Paint Wear

As previously noted, this has been discussed for a while.

I ordered two F77's.
One took 1+ year before the wear started.
For the other one, it only went a few days before the color started to chip.

For the first one, it was obvious that it was wear as the paint really ...

First time posting on here, so forgive me if I don't quite get the formatting right. I got my brand new F122 recently, and here's some pictures of it fully set up! Going through the manual Ellipse wrote took a couple of days but everything was very clearly explained and well written. I've used a ...

I've got an update regarding my warn paint.

Three months ago I received a replacement case for my f62 because the paint did not last at all. I'm pleased to say that the new case is holding up perfectly. There is no wear to speak off. The paint hasn't softened and rubbed off like my last case. My ...

Yes, as I mentioned over email, it is expected that the uncoated original style paint will wear where it is rubbed during contact. To keep the project's goal as a reproduction of the IBM originals, the paint has no glossy automotive style protective finish.

Several years ago I changed the paint ...

So I have two F77 that I've had for a while. One almost three years and the other one almost 2 years.
One came in very good condition while the other one came quite brutally beaten up by the shipping. The keyboard itself was quite intact, but a big bunch of the keycaps and springs were crushed but ...

Hi all!

I have a slight problem with my F77 Model-F.
Whenever I press the ":." keycap, my spacebar is also going down a little bit.
See here:
https://youtu.be/dx9XRBGgQvs

Also, the left ALT-button is VERY hard to push down if I press on it close to the space-bar.
See here:
https://youtu.be ...

Hey Ellipse! I don't use an USB-hub, but I changed to another USB-port (from a 2.0 to 3.0 one), and now everything works perfectly. Thank you very much for the suggestion. Now I can enjoy the same wonderful Model-F experience on my trusty older platform as well

Hey everyone!

So I've got a really weird behaviour with the Model F on an "older" computer.
So I have two F77 Model F's, both loaded with VIA software.
- One is connected to a new computer: Intel Z690, core i9 12900k
- One is connected to an old computer: Intel Z170, core i7 6700k (EVGA Stinger ...

I happened to notice that the texture of the two keyboards are quite different.
The color is slightly different too.
I think both are very pretty and really don't mind, but it's just something I noticed.
Funny thing is, that these two are manufactured on the same day (though with a serial number ...

Hi all! I have one problem that I hope someone here can help me understand.

I ordered a second F77 (Swedish layout). I wanted it to be configured exactly the same way as my first one, which is running VIA software.
So what I did was that I first connected my first keyboard (which is working just ...

Running my keyboard with a new computer now, and so far, no problems with that the keyboard does not work without plugging it in/out! After using it for about a month now, I don't see myself ever using something else!

I've also made a tiny video about the keyboard

I still have the problem with that I have to unplug and plug in the keyboard though, but maybe it's simply something with the combination of my motherboard. I'll upgrade my system in christmas anyway, so I hope the problem dissapears then.

Keyboard is in bootloader mode! You REALLY need to apply force with the tweezers on the pads for it to work.
The good news is that it doesn't seem to matter how much time it goes before removing the tweezers. What I did was:
- unplug keyboard
- Short-circuit the pads (uzing tweezers with quite a lot ...

You can always open the keyboard and short the "reset" pads at "the correct time" (during power-up).
Or there can be a utility to switch it to bootloader mode on the fly.


Do you know the name of this utility?

I opened the keyboard, and though I didn't find any reset pads, I found the ...

Any ideas what I can do? Is there any other way to enter boot loader mode so that I can just do a clean eeprom-flash?


You can always open the keyboard and short the "reset" pads at "the correct time" (during power-up).
Or there can be a utility to switch it to bootloader mode on the fly ...

Hey! While trying to figure out why my computer doesn't like the keyboard from time to time i did a firmware write using Atmel Flip with the file "Via F77 - ANSI-ISO - PrintScr.hex". Now I can't in any way manage to get the keyboard to get into bootloader mode, so I can't reprogram it. I should note ...

Sometimes when I start my computer, the keyboard is not detected. I have to unplug it and plug it in again for it to be detected.
I'm running VIA firmware. Anyone has experienced the same issue and has a solution?


I believe he ran into the similar problem from time to time:
https://www ...

Sometimes when I start my computer, the keyboard is not detected.

You should probably define « computer », as there are apparently problems with Macs or USB hubs, and I don't remember anyone having this kind of problems with simple PC setups.


Normal PC running Windows 10 (core i7 6700k ...

Sometimes when I start my computer, the keyboard is not detected. I have to unplug it and plug it in again for it to be detected.
I'm running VIA firmware. Anyone has experienced the same issue and has a solution?

Huh? What am I doing wrong?


IIRC, you may have used an initial firmware in which those 2 keys were not assigned, which the firmware identifies as non-existing. You thus cannot assign them later using VIA.
Just use a firmware in which all keys are assigned, say 0-9 numpad.


This did it! Now ...

Didn't have to make any travel and now I could finally disassemble the model F to get the "white filler" out of the enter ISO key! It took ages to do it but it's worth it. The keyboard looks great:

https://i.ibb.co/0M5WNNS/3.jpg

However, I do have one problem. I have flashed the controller with ...

Ah shit, it seems that on ISO keyboards I need to use the black insert for the enter key (while the others use the white). I was looking at the video and in the video only white ones are being used, but that is for an ANSI keyboard. Now I have to disassemble the whole keyboard to get the white one ...

After watching this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEm2mewsmrA&feature=emb_title


it seems I should put the "white thingies" inside, and it worked for all the buttons (so backspace and right shift), EXCEPT for the enter key (I have an ISO keyboard). The enter button seems to be "falling flat ...

Hi! I finally got my keyboard and keys! (ordered in 2017).
However, I have already encountered my first problems. I'm trying to mount the enter key but it's not very stable, so I assume I'm supposed to put in these "stabilizers". But, however I rotate them they don't seem to fit. Only in one ...

*cries in swe iso*

I guess the ISO layouts will come after all the US/ANSI have been delivered?

I have to say I'm a little jealous of seeing all these keyboards here. I ordered mine in July of 2017, but because I don't have any spare keyboard I have to wait until all dye sublimation tests are finished and I can get the complete keyboard... :-P

Ellipse : Does the international layout (Swedish ...

Final artwork for all of the extra key sets with a few minor additions and changes.
....


I'm really confused about this. Around ~1 year ago I ordered an optional CM-style kit (see page 112 for picture) of the keys. But this seems like its not an option anymore? I did this as a separate order ...