[IC] DCS Cafe | Final Renders, Kitting, Colors & Vendors. GB live 2/7 to 3/10

[yuukou_]

Thanks for the feedback, I have updated the post, and confirmed with my co-runner now that Eloquent Clicks will be the vendor for EU

thanks for the efforts in bringing an EU vendor onboard, but be aware that EC is struggling with refunds at the moment.

Noted, I will make sure we talk that through with them.

For the text mod kit, any ISO Enter avail?

It is definitely possible, if you can, just fill out the IC form and put that in there, so that when we are going through all the feedback, we can see it easier and its all in one place.

[johnnythunderr]

Hell yeah, stoked for this one!

[kwhilden]

So is this set going forward?  It would be my first DCS buy.

[BigBeetKen]

So is this set going forward?  It would be my first DCS buy.

Yes! The project is still underway. We are confirming final renders at the moment. GB start will be planned shortly after!

If you want updates in real-time, please join our discord.


-BBK

[white_rabbit]

Hi, most of the mods in the 40s kit are texticon but base is icon only. You should switch them to icon only to match with the rest of the set

[Piperaceae]

Hi, most of the mods in the 40s kit are texticon but base is icon only. You should switch them to icon only to match with the rest of the set

There are some 1u mods that don't exist as icon-only. Enter, Shift, and Tab all need to be text+icon if they're DCS 1u.

[Piperaceae]

Coming back to correct myself - there are 1u DCS icon mods for Tab, Shift, Enter, and Back after all; DCS Paperwork used them. But the legend files for Keyboard Render Kit don't include them, so it's a little tricky to show them.

[norinori]

Oops, missed IC#2!

So glad you included the CapsLocks in the Extensions kit for those of us who aren’t fans of purse caps. Thank you for that.

A quick suggestion:
How about adding a down-arrow icon for CapsLock in the Extensions kit and a text CapsLock in the Text Mods kit?

[IBMweMissU]

windowed CapsLock please

[NihonCK]

Where is the update. Saw this on divinikey recently

[dvorcol]

Where is the update. Saw this on divinikey recently

Good eye. Divinkey shows the GB running 7 February - 10 March and lists the same vendors that are in the OP.

[SP_Will]

I'm excited for this one to go live!

[mr_foggy]

stepped control in base alone deserves a buy

[twitchytheinsideman]

Will this run using the new DCS short bar molds that SP has in the works?

[dvorcol]

As of today, DCS Cafe is available from SP - https://spkeyboards.com/products/dcs-cafe

Stock colors, most kits slightly expanded.

[BigBeetKen]

Will this run using the new DCS short bar molds that SP has in the works?

Sorry for being MIA, we've been working to get this up and running. Yes! We do plan on having the convex minibars in this set as they plan on being finished by the time this GB ends.

[BigBeetKen]

Just in case, I'll also leave the list of vendors here but we're much more accessible via Discord: https://discord.gg/QYefG8Vp33

US: Divinikey & spkeyboards
https://spkeyboards.com/products/dcs-cafe
https://divinikey.com/products/sp-dcs-cafe-keycaps

CAN: Deskhero
https://www.deskhero.ca/products/sp-dcs-cafe-keycaps

Asia: Geonworks (posted at a later time as in-stock sales)

OCE: Cafege
 https://cafege.com.au/products/group-buy-dcs-cafe

UK: Prototypist
https://prototypist.net/products/group-buy-dcs-cafe

EU: Eloquent Clicks
https://eloquentclicks.com/products/dcs-cafe-keycaps

[yuukou_]

As Ken said, we've been busy with IRL and getting this all sorted, but the IC post is now up to date with the most up to date information. The group buy will be live February 7th - March 10th. We would post a separate GB thread if we could, but we are not quite at the posting requirements for the group buy section. For now, we will post major updates through this thread, during and after the GB itself, and those same updates alongside smaller granular updates, on our discord.

Thanks again everyone for the support!

[phinix]

I forgot, was it the difference between DCS and Cherry profile?

[konstantin]

FYI, the R1 End, PgDn keys don't need to be in the base kit since they are only ever used together with numpad keys in layouts such as 1800/CP/96-key. That's why many modern sets offer these keys as part of the numpad kit instead of base.

Additionally, the second R4 1u Ctrl is unnecessary since two 1u Ctrls are not used in any modern layouts outside of ortho 40%. In other words, this key could be moved to the 40s kit without impacting usability for anybody else.

Moving the aforementioned keys out of base would allow you to include the ever-so-popular R4 1.5u Super keys in the base kit at around the same price.

I forgot, was it the difference between DCS and Cherry profile?

They are very similar. In my experience, the biggest difference is that DCS has slightly more angled R4 keys (somewhere in between Cherry R4 and R5). Also, DCS caps are thinner than Cherry-profile caps from most manufacturers.

[phinix]

FYI, the R1 End, PgDn keys don't need to be in the base kit since they are only ever used together with numpad keys in layouts such as 1800/CP/96-key. That's why many modern sets offer these keys as part of the numpad kit instead of base.

Additionally, the second R4 1u Ctrl is unnecessary since two 1u Ctrls are not used in any modern layouts outside of ortho 40%. In other words, this key could be moved to the 40s kit without impacting usability for anybody else.

Moving the aforementioned keys out of base would allow you to include the ever-so-popular R4 1.5u Super keys in the base kit at around the same price.

I forgot, was it the difference between DCS and Cherry profile?

They are very similar. In my experience, the biggest difference is that DCS has slightly more angled R4 keys (somewhere in between Cherry R4 and R5). Also, DCS caps are thinner than Cherry-profile caps from most manufacturers.

I see, thanks for explanation.

[dvorcol]

Will this run using the new DCS short bar molds that SP has in the works?

Sorry for being MIA, we've been working to get this up and running. Yes! We do plan on having the convex minibars in this set as they plan on being finished by the time this GB ends.

Is it 100% certain that all minibars will be convex? SP's page doesn't mention it and they aren't convex in the kit render.

[madmax13]

Will this run using the new DCS short bar molds that SP has in the works?

Sorry for being MIA, we've been working to get this up and running. Yes! We do plan on having the convex minibars in this set as they plan on being finished by the time this GB ends.

Is it 100% certain that all minibars will be convex? SP's page doesn't mention it and they aren't convex in the kit render.

Confirmed in SP discord. I think Richat and Cafe are the first two to get the convex bars.