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Title: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:16:13

Ducky 78's have arrived, and we'll be making them live shortly.

Sorry for the late notice, but we were not expecting them in for another several days.

I'll try to get a link up once they're live.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: Jocelyn on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:19:25

Hmmmmm :cool:

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: dante on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:24:04

That's going to be one long option in the drop down box for switch type.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: mashby on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:38:17

The last thing I need is another keyboard, but I have to admit that this one looks really appealing.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:57

how many were made/did you get?

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: dante on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:43:38

Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:57

how many were made/did you get?

Whatever they are getting I doubt they will survive the night.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:51:09

they're up

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: orlando on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:55:15

Another day ... another keyboard.

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=291

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: dante on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:55:53

make it stop daddy :(

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:57:12

I am literally broke... having spent several hundred on keyboards and keycaps in the last week. I was planning for this one but now I kinda wish it came in a few weeks from now.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: Halverson on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:58:54

I have every kind of cherry switch on a board, and a ducky shine....but why do I have the urge to buy this thing!

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: orlando on Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:00:36

Follow the rainbow, at least that's what I told myself. ;D

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:07:55

As predicted, you beat me to it:

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=291

:D

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: mashby on Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:20:53

Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:57:12

I am literally broke... having spent several hundred on keyboards and keycaps in the last week. I was planning for this one but now I kinda wish it came in a few weeks from now.

I feel exactly the same way and was STILL thinking of buying one, but then saw that it wasn't Mac compatible. :confused:

Whew, that was close! :))

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:37:47

I think this is the candidate of the new switch tester...

I mean, LOOK AT THAT THING!

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: tobr1an on Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:58:03

Dayum, that keyboard!@#

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 18:22:45

Quote from: mashby on Thu, 28 February 2013, 17:20:53

I feel exactly the same way and was STILL thinking of buying one, but then saw that it wasn't Mac compatible. :confused:

Whew, that was close! :))

I'm pretty sure it is Mac compatible. You need to make sure not to use the NKRO-over-USB DIP setting, and some of the modifier keys won't be mapped the same (Option, #, etc).

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: MJ45 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 19:19:23

Duckys work fine with Mac's except NKRO only 6 KRO works with Mac's.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: Tempest790 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 20:28:52

Purchased!

Man o' man, I'm a sucker for this. Not practical, but definitely a collector's item! I'll post a review when I get it and try it out. I also ordered the Ducky gray backlit keycaps too, and they came today. Without the backlight, they are almost impossible to read, but definitely give a nice accent to my board. I only replaced my Esc, Return, and NumEnter keys for now.

Ironically enough, I'm on the Ultimate Switch Winter Tour too. It'll be interesting to try some of the homemade switches too.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: boost on Thu, 28 February 2013, 20:49:56

very tempted to get one...

Nice keyboard to put on a tour :D

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: Lunartuna on Thu, 28 February 2013, 20:56:14

Wait wait wait!!

Dark Grey Cherry MX??? :eek:

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:24:11

Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:57

how many were made/did you get?

I'm not sure how many were made, but we were able to get our hands on (40).

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: missalaire on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:31:06

Any ETA on Ducky boards w/ MX Clears yet? :)

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: Tempest790 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:32:20

Quote from: ShakeR on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:24:11

Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:57
how many were made/did you get?

I'm not sure how many were made, but we were able to get our hands on (40).

Sounds like a really limited run. I think their Facebook page stated there wasn't going to be many made. That's a shame because it'd make a great demo board.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:57:27

Ducky originally said 78 total, but another vendor in Asia received one with a three-digit serial.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Mon, 04 March 2013, 15:14:31

Quote from: Tempest790 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:32:20

Quote from: ShakeR on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:24:11
Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:57
how many were made/did you get?

I'm not sure how many were made, but we were able to get our hands on (40).

Sounds like a really limited run. I think their Facebook page stated there wasn't going to be many made. That's a shame because it'd make a great demo board.

I made sure to pull one out as a permanent demo model in the showroom :) It really is the perfect demo board.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Mon, 04 March 2013, 15:14:44

Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:57:27

Ducky originally said 78 total, but another vendor in Asia received one with a three-digit serial.

Would have been really cool if true.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: missalaire on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:33:39

Quote from: ShakeR on Mon, 04 March 2013, 15:14:31

Quote from: Tempest790 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:32:20
Quote from: ShakeR on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:24:11
Quote from: jabar on Thu, 28 February 2013, 16:42:57
how many were made/did you get?

I'm not sure how many were made, but we were able to get our hands on (40).

Sounds like a really limited run. I think their Facebook page stated there wasn't going to be many made. That's a shame because it'd make a great demo board.

I made sure to pull one out as a permanent demo model in the showroom :) It really is the perfect demo board.

I'm jealous. One of my friends who lives in Tennessee is gonna be driving down there today to check out your store. Makes me wish I lived closer so I could go there in person and check it out too :<

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: mashby on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:46:45

Quote from: missalaire on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:33:39

I'm jealous. One of my friends who lives in Tennessee is gonna be driving down there today to check out your store. Makes me wish I lived closer so I could go there in person and check it out too :<

It is a really nice board. I was lucky enough to make the trip out there on Friday to play with it and I found it very difficult to leave without buying it.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8529780240_db04079931.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashby/8529780240/)
Left Counter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashby/8529780240/) by Michael Ashby (http://www.flickr.com/people/mashby/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:51:27

Quote from: mashby on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:46:45

It is a really nice board. I was lucky enough to make the trip out there on Friday to play with it and I found it very difficult to leave without buying it.

Was that a smart phone pic? If so, I'm impressed at the colors it picked up. Getting accurate LED colors on the back lit boards is difficult even with nice equipment sometimes.

I'm just glad to hear some of you are making it out to see us! Mechanical Keyboards are 'just a bit' of a niche market, so the keyboard showroom does get lonely at times. ;)

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: mashby on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:56:45

Quote from: ShakeR on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:51:27

Was that a smart phone pic? If so, I'm impressed at the colors it picked up. Getting accurate LED colors on the back lit boards is difficult even with nice equipment sometimes.

Yep, just an iPhone 4s and then a little sharpening in iPhoto.

Quote from: ShakeR on Mon, 04 March 2013, 16:51:27

I'm just glad to hear some of you are making it out to see us! Mechanical Keyboards are 'just a bit' of a niche market, so the keyboard showroom does get lonely at times. ;)

The staff there are great. Very helpful and they will bring out boards that just arrived and aren't in the showroom yet and then just turn you loose and let you take as much time as you want.

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: jabar on Mon, 04 March 2013, 21:15:51

I get mine tomorrow!

But it will have to compete with this awesome G80-8113 keyboard I have...

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: Tempest790 on Tue, 05 March 2013, 08:04:02

Mine should come today. This will be my first chance to try out other switches and also see how the keyboard feels as a whole. I'm really glad Ducky made this keyboard available. My only experience is with Cherry MX Blue and Buckling Spring keyboards, so it'll be neat to see how these others stack up.

Update:
Got it and did a review of it.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40924.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40924.0)

Title: Re: Ducky 78's Arrived
Post by: ShakeR on Tue, 12 March 2013, 14:25:11

Awesome review!

It's cool to hear that this keyboard is functional. While gimmicky at first glance, the switch placement is very intuitive in practice.