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Model F restoration

A well-documented Model F restoration by epictronics.

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Published October 11, 2021
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This well-documented Model F restoration by epictronics was featured on hackaday and it comes with a nice and informative video:

Complete disassembly and restoration of the legendary buckling spring model F keyboard for the first IBM PC, the IBM 5150. Making a replacement neopren foam pad – Epictronics.
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Published on Mon 11th Oct 2021. Featured in KBD #47 (source).

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