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Keyboard from 2010 built by TG3 for a Siemens chemistry analyzer. I cleaned it up, added some weight to the bottom, and converted to USB. Cherry MX Black and PBT Dye-subbed DCS caps. Take a peek at what should be F9 and F10 (and are after conversion), as well as some of the keys above the numpad, which, tangentially, now has 5 keys that do absolutely nothing related to what's written on them.

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[โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Looking at the keyboard before reading the text I thought "Oh, a keybord from a chemical or biological lab equipment".

And there are a lot more keys not doing anything related to the text on them, I'd say.

Fun project: Just make them send the key's lettering as a string of letters.

[โ€“] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Oh yes. Converting this one was interesting. HERE is what it actually does. the "na" keys still send the original combo codes because the particular conversion firmware I use ran out of room.