My quest was simple: find a flat IBM Caps Lock key cap. I took off immediately and traveled all over the land.

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Seen here is the two-step caps lock:

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What I really wanted is a flat Ctrl key, in the place of Caps Lock. I remap Caps Lock to Ctrl, HHKB style.

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So I asked Chuck from Unicomp, and he managed to send me Ctrl for Caps Lock and Caps Lock for Ctrl replacements, but the new Ctrl key cap is stepped.

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I asked Chuck about the right Shift key as seen on some International layouts, but Unicomp didn't make those he said.

Defeat? Never! So recently I received a couple of (very dirty) IBM 5576-C01 keyboards, Japanese buckling spring trackpoint boards:

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Right Shift looking good...

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One step Shift key left, two step Caps Lock on the right:

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It is a fit!

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Ooooh!! I'm so excited! I'm gonna tell everybody and share them my enthusiasm. I bet they can't wait to hear!

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