Author Topic: DSA Retro Set (SHIPPED!) (Read 1707557 times)

stoic-lemon · « **Reply #1900 on:** Tue, 09 July 2013, 05:17:31 »

Quote from: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 01:18:43

Surprise information:

Remember the picture of a keyboard with a green 1x return, plum and brown keys, and a phone-style numeric keypad? that got us all on the kick of "Let's add green and plum?"

It appears this is the keyboard of the ICL OPD "One-Per-Desk"

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=275

Although we all said "C64 style", the history of the OPD says it's got Sinclair guts!

Wow, it's really cool to see that old computer with such a great set of keys. Brilliant stuff.

FrozenSlate · « **Reply #1901 on:** Fri, 12 July 2013, 15:28:02 »

Hey everyone I was wondering if I could get some help or pick up a replacement keycap or 2. I bought a DSA Retro set off of SpAmRaY and while popping them on my board I noticed that the stem of the green esc is split. And while taking pictures the stem of the numrow 3 key is pulling away from the inside of the keycap which made it look not centered.

Photoelectric · « **Reply #1902 on:** Fri, 12 July 2013, 16:54:18 »

Not sure about the number row cap, but if you want some Green caps to use for "Esc", techkeys.us has a couple ("Geek Hack" and "Refresh")

http://techkeys.us/collections/keycap-sets/products/retro-set

FrozenSlate · « **Reply #1903 on:** Fri, 12 July 2013, 22:16:33 »

Quote from: Photoelectric on Fri, 12 July 2013, 16:54:18

Not sure about the number row cap, but if you want some Green caps to use for "Esc", techkeys.us has a couple ("Geek Hack" and "Refresh")

http://techkeys.us/collections/keycap-sets/products/retro-set

yea Im really specifically looking for the Green Esc and would rather not use one of the other 1x green keys if I don't have too as I think it wouldn't look as good.

Hahnebambel · « **Reply #1904 on:** Sat, 13 July 2013, 05:22:11 »

I finally got a letter from the german customs....

I'll pick up the Keycaps on tuesday or wednesday.

Matt3o · « **Reply #1905 on:** Sat, 13 July 2013, 07:07:38 »

Quote from: Hahnebambel on Sat, 13 July 2013, 05:22:11

I finally got a letter from the german customs....

I'll pick up the Keycaps on tuesday or wednesday.

HURRAH!

Hahnebambel · « **Reply #1906 on:** Wed, 17 July 2013, 03:54:16 »

Back from the Customs
These Caps looking great and its a nice feel to type on it. Great Work Sam&Matteo

No missing or broken keys but i got a double F7.

smknjoe · « **Reply #1907 on:** Wed, 17 July 2013, 04:07:36 »

Looks good H and you have the Commodore keys pointing in the right direction.

AlexJP · « **Reply #1908 on:** Mon, 26 August 2013, 22:54:19 »

Will you guys do more of this DSA Retro Set? i can´t believe i missed it..
anyway, I´m new here and just wanted to say those are an amazing Set! True beauty

: )

ps: sorry for bad english

Hellmark · « **Reply #1909 on:** Wed, 04 September 2013, 17:24:00 »

I'm in the same boat. This is the color scheme I prefer.

tonyl0822 · « **Reply #1910 on:** Sat, 07 September 2013, 02:46:51 »

Missed this one,..

metalliqaz · « **Reply #1911 on:** Sun, 08 September 2013, 10:45:36 »

Quote from: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 01:18:43

Surprise information:

Remember the picture of a keyboard with a green 1x return, plum and brown keys, and a phone-style numeric keypad? that got us all on the kick of "Let's add green and plum?"

It appears this is the keyboard of the ICL OPD "One-Per-Desk"

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=275

Although we all said "C64 style", the history of the OPD says it's got Sinclair guts!

That's cool

cirrus82 · « **Reply #1912 on:** Sun, 08 September 2013, 11:22:44 »

What love to get in on this set if it ever ran again.

eadams · « **Reply #1913 on:** Sun, 08 September 2013, 15:32:17 »

I'd also be in.

loadstar81 · « **Reply #1914 on:** Sun, 08 September 2013, 15:37:27 »

[vader]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO[/vader]

How did I miss this set...

domoaligato · « **Reply #1915 on:** Mon, 16 September 2013, 15:05:41 »

if anyone would still like to order dsa rgby mods for there retro keysets.... I am taking some extra orders still.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44912.0

DamienG · « **Reply #1916 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 15:41:12 »

Anyone else had a problem with stems snapping? This just happened to me - only the second keyboard it's been on:

Doesn't look like the stem was very strong - only a tiny single join. This was 8* key...

[)amien

Photoelectric · « **Reply #1917 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 15:42:32 »

Quote from: DamienG on Thu, 26 September 2013, 15:41:12

Anyone else had a problem with stems snapping? This just happened to me - only the second keyboard it's been on:

Show Image

Doesn't look like the stem was very strong - only a tiny single join. This was 8* key...

[)amien

Wow, that's very little material joining the stem to the cap. :eek:

Matt3o · « **Reply #1918 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 16:47:55 »

Quote from: DamienG on Thu, 26 September 2013, 15:41:12

Anyone else had a problem with stems snapping? This just happened to me - only the second keyboard it's been on:

Show Image

Doesn't look like the stem was very strong - only a tiny single join. This was 8* key...

[)amien

that seems a production error, but you can easily fix it with epoxy glue.

DamienG · « **Reply #1919 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 16:56:27 »

Yeah the shape and pins allow for a very good superglue back, stronger than before.

[)amien

metalliqaz · « **Reply #1920 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 20:11:57 »

I finally got this set installed after all this time. I put it on my KMAC2.

I must say they look fantastic but I am having a real hard time enjoying typing on them. It just feels... wrong. I'll keep at it for a while to see if I can get used to it. But somehow the keys seem to have less travel. Has anyone noticed that feeling?

Photoelectric · « **Reply #1921 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 20:15:24 »

Yes, the lower the profile, the less travel feel. I prefer Cherry profile now, as it feels a lot more immediate. I could not get used to the DSA profile either--the slope with DSA caps is not a smooth familiar curve but rather a flat profile, so middle rows feel like they are at a wrong angle.

hanschueng · « **Reply #1922 on:** Thu, 26 September 2013, 20:58:14 »

Can this one have a 2nd round?

gigibecali · « **Reply #1923 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 03:32:05 »

This is a superb set.
Too bad I missed it.

rowdy · « **Reply #1924 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 05:54:26 »

Quote from: gigibecali on Fri, 27 September 2013, 03:32:05

This is a superb set.
Too bad I missed it.

Keep an eye on Classifieds - every now and again a set come up for sale.

Hellmark · « **Reply #1925 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 08:20:24 »

When ever I've seen them pop up, there seems to be a bunch of people who vie for it.

metalliqaz · « **Reply #1926 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 09:25:34 »

(1) It's an epic set. The style is striking and also unique among the more modern concepts that usually make it through a GB (think RA/Klaxon).

(2) In addition the GB itself was executed incredibly well (it set a new standard) and the construction of the kits was fantastic.

(3) It overlapped with ErgoDox and offered good support for that layout.

Points 1 through 3 meant that the buy was huge. There are A LOT of kits out there. This means that if there is ever a Round 2, it would have to be further into the future to make sure there are enough wallets available to make it a success.

There are some new DSA group buys (Hyper Fuse and Dolch replica) that may cause some of these Retro sets to pop up on the classifieds as people need funds or evolve their interests.

Matt3o · « **Reply #1927 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 09:42:49 »

next one will hopefully be PBT

Dansor · « **Reply #1928 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 10:18:48 »

Got my hands on a 1x Commodore logo key, but man do I want the set BAD.
Once I get my post count up, I will pretty be posting a WTB on the classifieds and basically spend the rest of my life watching the thread.

Of course, there's officially 1 more interested if another GB did ever get off the ground.

LOAD "WANT",8,1

Hellmark · « **Reply #1929 on:** Fri, 27 September 2013, 12:01:05 »

For me, I've always liked the look of spherical keys. I also dig that they're uniform as far as the angle goes. The legends look great, and I love the brown too.

Now, It seems like they're a bit shallower than the SPH keys, but hard to tell without seeing side by side comparisons.

If a black DSA with white legend came up for another GB, I'd definitely be interested in that. Some old systems I worked on had similar style keys.

rowdy · « **Reply #1930 on:** Sat, 28 September 2013, 03:57:49 »

I have a random selection from my Crap Bag, not enough for a complete set though.

gigibecali · « **Reply #1931 on:** Sat, 28 September 2013, 08:15:12 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Fri, 27 September 2013, 09:42:49

next one will hopefully be PBT

That would be fantastic

TheOddSpring · « **Reply #1932 on:** Sat, 28 September 2013, 16:16:41 »

I could only quote:

This is a superb set.
Too bad I missed it.

I found GH too late.
I'll look in the classifieds and hope for a 2nd round ...
Greets, Kai

to1ne · « **Reply #1933 on:** Sun, 27 October 2013, 15:37:10 »

Can we expect a second GB?

Hellmark · « **Reply #1934 on:** Sun, 27 October 2013, 21:54:37 »

I'd definitely want a second.

rowdy · « **Reply #1935 on:** Sun, 27 October 2013, 22:51:10 »

And sadly i3oilermaker has also sold out of the sets: http://techkeys.us/collections/keycap-sets/products/retro-set

Hellmark · « **Reply #1936 on:** Sun, 27 October 2013, 23:11:50 »

Been sold out for months.

Photoelectric · « **Reply #1937 on:** Sun, 27 October 2013, 23:16:47 »

That sold out within the first few hours of being posted on techkeys.

Hellmark · « **Reply #1938 on:** Mon, 28 October 2013, 07:37:21 »

Shows that there is definite interest for this set.

rowdy · « **Reply #1939 on:** Mon, 28 October 2013, 14:18:19 »

Quote from: Hellmark on Mon, 28 October 2013, 07:37:21

Shows that there is definite interest for this set.

Which might lead to a R2 at some future stage.

Hellmark · « **Reply #1940 on:** Mon, 28 October 2013, 14:33:55 »

That's what I hope happens.

Even if not the brown, I'd love the Black with white legend as shown in the example picture.

rowdy · « **Reply #1941 on:** Mon, 28 October 2013, 16:29:48 »

Quote from: Hellmark on Mon, 28 October 2013, 14:33:55

That's what I hope happens.

Even if not the brown, I'd love the Black with white legend as shown in the example picture.

DSA GBs do occur from time to time.

There was a Dolch DSA one recently - that was nice.

And BunnyLake has done one recently IIRC.

Hellmark · « **Reply #1942 on:** Mon, 28 October 2013, 19:16:41 »

yeah, I've seen them. I just haven't seen any that I liked as much as this, or the black ones.

agodinhost · « **Reply #1943 on:** Tue, 29 October 2013, 07:09:59 »

I would be in for a second round.

Matt3o · « **Reply #1944 on:** Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:33:43 »

if I lived in the US I would probably organize a GB per month

... on second thought, luckily I don't live in the US

I would be broke very quickly!

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #1945 on:** Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:35:33 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:33:43

if I lived in the US I would probably organize a GB per month ... on second thought, luckily I don't live in the US I would be broke very quickly!

I'm sure you could find partners to help you distribute

Matt3o · « **Reply #1946 on:** Tue, 29 October 2013, 11:01:48 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:35:33

Quote from: Matt3o on Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:33:43
if I lived in the US I would probably organize a GB per month ... on second thought, luckily I don't live in the US I would be broke very quickly!

I'm sure you could find partners to help you distribute

are you volunteering?

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #1947 on:** Tue, 29 October 2013, 11:04:55 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Tue, 29 October 2013, 11:01:48

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:35:33
Quote from: Matt3o on Tue, 29 October 2013, 08:33:43
if I lived in the US I would probably organize a GB per month ... on second thought, luckily I don't live in the US I would be broke very quickly!

I'm sure you could find partners to help you distribute

are you volunteering?

things might get hairy!!

Jette · « **Reply #1948 on:** Thu, 28 November 2013, 21:16:19 »

I'd buy one of these if the group buy starts again. Considering how popular it was the first time, and how many people are after it now, it should be successful.

It might help to post if you're willing to pledge to buy a set if a GB starts again, at or around the price it was the first time. I am, if enough people are, maybe we can get it started.

bytK7 · « **Reply #1949 on:** Wed, 04 December 2013, 13:38:56 »

I too missed the buy and would definitely be in if there was another round...someone, please, make it happen!

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Author Topic: DSA Retro Set (SHIPPED!) (Read 1707557 times)