Sept 28, 2020: Creator Spotlight
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erickong
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Mech Keys Moderator
Sep 28, 2020
Vintage mech hunting. Goodwill has never yielded me anything. I found a 122-key Model M at my old internship, that was cool.
wumbostickman2000
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I work at Drop!
Sep 29, 2020
Makes me think about the old keyboards that my parents had when I was growing up. I still at least have a mechanical typewriter :P
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So let’s say that you went through and scavenged from vintage keyboards. But what if you pick up some absolutely horrid, covered in gunk, but historical keyboard? 8-bit guy shows us the process of restoring what he calls the “worst machine” he’s ever seen. While I don’t think most of us are hardcore into major restoration gigs, it’s still fun to see the work of a professional. The video has two parts and runs for roughly 1 hour. The keycaps on the Vic-2 look fairly similar to the MT3 profile designed by Matt3o and sold on our site. That’s it for this week’s curation. If you liked this thread, please give these creators a follow and a like on their video. If you have any recommendations on who we should curate for next week’s content please let me know in the comments section below.