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skimothy milkerson
Nov 19, 2006

what im saying is pbt caps are godlike, much like pbr

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Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

schranz kafka posted:

and no one cares

one of the best classic rock songs

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

Skim Milk posted:

what im saying is pbt caps are godlike, much like pbr

much UNlike your posting

The XKCD Larper
Mar 1, 2009

by Lowtax

Raluek posted:

look at that gross iso layout and gamertrash typeface

Agreed. If youre going to get a compact MKB get the only 60% mechanical keyboard made for adults, by adults --- the HAppy HAcking Professional 2.

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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it would appear that maxkey has resolved/improved the SHIF T kerning issue they had on the original runs:

original round sa cyan:


preprod sa ashen samples:


preprod sa portland samples:


i've got a set of sa ashen on the way that should land in june, i'll report back when i get it

pram
Jun 10, 2001
good poo poo

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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lol i'd rock that shitf key proudly

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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current theory on geekhack (i think? i forget which one) is that maxkey is using old comptec sa profile molds and tooling

comptec was originally the french parent company of signature plastics prior to sp employees buying out the american side of the business, and they closed last year. they moved most of the assets to another french company, but it would make sense that they sold off the sa profile stuff since who the gently caress still uses that

maxkey surfaced like 6 months later, and that SHIF T issue was present on older signature plastics stuff, so it's possible that glorious china is basically not even cloning but using the same manufacturing tooling as sp

:owned:

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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found this while i was doing a thing for the other keebchat thread

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
:fap:

burning swine
May 26, 2004



lol one of the leds on my varmilo has already burned out

I think it's been about 8 months

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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the gently caress?

are they switch enclosed leds or pcb mounted leds? you should complain to whoever sold it before busting out the soldering iron, but at least if it's a switch led it's fairly easy to swap it out. if it's mounted on the pcb, i hope you're handy with a reflow over/toaster oven

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.


this thing really really pisses me off mate

pram
Jun 10, 2001

what a hosed up layout

Symbolic Butt
Mar 22, 2009

(_!_)
Buglord

pram posted:

what a hosed up layout

it's breaking my mind

minivanmegafun
Jul 27, 2004


oh my. my my my my my.

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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why does it have a gorton typeface on everything except the 0?

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

echinopsis posted:



(USER WAS SENT TO REAL-LIFE PRISON FOR THIS POST)

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb

I'm trying to figure out what would happen if you ran this in dvorak and it aint pretty.

burning swine
May 26, 2004



surebet posted:

the gently caress?

are they switch enclosed leds or pcb mounted leds? you should complain to whoever sold it before busting out the soldering iron, but at least if it's a switch led it's fairly easy to swap it out. if it's mounted on the pcb, i hope you're handy with a reflow over/toaster oven

seller was massdrop, i doubt i'll get justice that way

the leds are soldered to the pcb, through the switch, which is normal for cherry keys. I've done plenty of rework and replacing one won't be difficult for me

replacement leds are really easy to find, but it's very likely the replacement isn't going to match the original color/intensity perfectly, so i might end up with a weird looking key. All of the standard stuff i'm finding seems to be circular, whereas the varmilo OE leds are rectangular

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Jan 10, 2013

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time to strip all the leds and replace them with blinking pink ones imo

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

WTF is wrong with people

that caps lock key where control should be

the extra "lock" key

the keypad where more function keys should be isn't even the worst thing about this

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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eschaton posted:

WTF is wrong with people

that caps lock key where control should be

the extra "lock" key

the keypad where more function keys should be isn't even the worst thing about this

SO DEMANDING
Dec 27, 2003


jfc i didnt catch the punctuation keys at first what the helllllll


this but with the 🤔emoji

pram
Jun 10, 2001

SO DEMANDING posted:

jfc i didnt catch the punctuation keys at first what the helllllll



its insanely bad

pram
Jun 10, 2001
its actually perhaps, and easily, the literal Worst Layout Ever

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
lol i never noticed the symbols

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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pram posted:

its actually perhaps, and easily, the literal Worst Layout Ever

have you never seen french canadian iso, friend?

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!

ill be all the letters shifted one row up away from the space bar

:gonk:

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Jan 10, 2013

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literally couldn't care about any of the boards except that 3278

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?
that gateway PC keycap scheme is chuckle worthy at least

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

pram posted:

its actually perhaps, and easily, the literal Worst Layout Ever

have you ever seen a ZX80

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

how many keyboards do you really need?

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

BONGHITZ posted:

how many keyboards do you really need?

two, one that's good to use and one to enter the filevault password

Necronomoticon
Aug 14, 2007

Millennial 80's business guy
K-Type is live on assdrop. :pcgaming:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-input-club-k-type-mechanical-keyboard

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surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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in non mechanical but still interesting keeb news, there's an optimus popularis/mini clone that's about to come out



it's basically a 4-5" display with buttons on top but it looks like it works well. it's $150 so there's an argument to be made for just making macros instead, but i've always been interested in the original optimus stuff. worst case scenario it'd chill next to my leap motion in a drawer somewhere.

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