The factory will be preparing for assembly in the coming months. Here is the current breakdown of the different options everyone has chosen so far. We passed $245,000 last week - 533 Brand New Model F keyboards have been ordered.
Thanks to the wide variety of customizations, the factory will be assembling over 150 variations of layouts, keys, and case colors. I will ask them to put a post it or other paper on the box to number each variation so I can examine and ship each one in sequence of serial number.
The F77 has unexpectedly taken over to become the more popular keyboard compared to the F62.
We are running low on F77 early bird cases - if anyone wants to switch to F62 or F77 Black it would be appreciated!
New Production Keyboards:
F77 260
F62 191
Compact F77 44
Compact F62 38
Grand Total 533
Layouts:
ANSI Enter 239
HHKB-Style Split Right Shift and Split Backspace 137
HHKB-Style Split Right Shift and regular 2-unit wide backspace 101
ISO (please note which layout you want) 38
HHKB split right shift only, everything else ANSI Enter 7
Selected items:
Extra Flipper and Spring 1842
Extra Barrel 1404
4 Extra bumpers 149
Extra Plastic Stabilizer Insert for keys 147
Unprinted 1U key 89
Industrial SSK Blue Keys 84
Front-printed keys F1, etc. 77
FirstAidKit 66
Extra steel spacebar tabs (pair) 49
Extra inner foam (F62, F77, F62 split shift, F77 split shift, F107, F122) 47
Extra Set of Brand New Production XT-quality one-piece keys 45
HHKB 6 Key Set 27
Extra F77 Case 25
Apple/Mac Command-Option Keys 25
Extra F62 Case - 'Kishsaver" 23
Clear relegendable cap+squared edge stem (original IBM) 11
Extra PCB 5
Original IBM Model M keycap set (limited QTY avail.) 5
Extra top inner assembly 3
Case Orders, Excl. Extra Cases
F77
Color: Industrial Gray 142
Color: Off-White/Beige 75
Color: Black 37
Color: Silver Gray 3
Color: True Red 3
F62
Color: Off-White/Beige 96
Color: Industrial Gray 51
Color: Black 36
Color: True Red 7
Color: Silver Gray 1
Compact F77
Color: Black 31
Color: Gray 13
Compact F62
Color: Gray 19
Color: Black 19
Key Sets, Excl. Extra Sets
Keys: Regular printed key set (US/ANSI layout) 346
Keys: Black unprinted keys 54
Keys: Regular color blank keys 54
Keys: International layout 37
Keys: Use your own keys 29
Extra Key Sets
Full Base Key Set?: 103 Key Set with 6 Stabilizer Inserts:
Blank or Printed Base Set?: Printed (Pearl/Pebble Color) 19
Blank or Printed Base Set?: Blank Unprinted (Black Color) 12
Blank or Printed Base Set?: Blank (Pearl/Pebble Color) 5
Blank or Printed Base Set?: Printed (Blue Color) 1
Blank or Printed Base Set?: Printed 1
Full Base Key Set?: 103 Key Set with 6 Stabilizer Inserts Total 38
F77 Right Side Block
Print/ScrLock/Pause/Ins/Del etc. keys, cursor keys 181
0-9 and cursor keys 87
Unconfigured default 36
Extra Bumper Type
Bumper type: 2 Large rubber bumpers (left of photo) with screw and nut plus 2 dome (middle of photo) 48
Bumper type: 2 medium bumpers with threaded stud (second photo) + 2 other pictured bumpers (please specify in the notes) 29
Bumper type: 4 square 24
Bumper type: 4 dome (middle of photo) 13
Bumper type: 2 dome (middle of photo) + 2 small cylindrical (bottom right) 13
Bumper type: 2 dome + 2 square 9
Bumper type: 2 square (top right)+2 small cylindrical (bottom right) 9
Bumper type: 4 Cork 3
Bumper type: 2 medium bumpers with threaded stud (second photo) + 2 cylindrical bumpers 1
Grand Total 149