I hope Matias won't mind me posting this here - it is certainly not to derail his 60% board because they are both very different.
It will be available soon (http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/incoming.php) in both Matias Clicky and Quiet variants.
I'm more excited about Matias 60% due to the low profile - but it has been such a long dry spell for Alps boards I'm gonna snatch each board up. Hopefully KBP will be pleased enough with the sales that they will sell their upcoming V80 w/ Matias switches as well. :thumb:
Now we just need an ALPS 75% board :D
Now we just need an ALPS 75% board :D
Hopefully once the Matias PBT sets are underway and stem/stabilizer specs can be confirmed more PCB's can be setup for hybrid Cherry/Alps compatibility.
OMG, this board looks amazing! Now where are the keysets? hehe :cool:
OMG, this board looks amazing! Now where are the keysets? hehe :cool:
Here...
http://geekhack.org/?topic=62274.0
Matias: are these KBParadise keyboards using your new stabilizers? Or if not, do you know what type of stabilizers they use?
Matias: are these KBParadise keyboards using your new stabilizers? Or if not, do you know what type of stabilizers they use?
Don't know, but I'd guess they are probably the Costar type. You'd have to ask them to know for sure.
To many choices.... Going to pull the trigger on something soon but I keep changing my mind. I need a good enough and then an end game.
Final production photos here: (https://www.facebook.com/KBParadise)Show Image(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1620660_978334988858641_2378732759660118587_n.jpg?oh=139b32657391b0d25f8f9600173f3022&oe=54C59181)Show Image(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10409071_978334995525307_8684853369572789280_n.jpg?oh=a5c44401cf1f56ab1fdf1577b64a2ce3&oe=548BAD24&__gda__=1422992028_cd08b80b492d6fc998ce1c30b765b09a)Show Image(https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10442530_978335022191971_1605492403552010684_n.jpg?oh=bdca4528181e3d5764af0900cca4c3d7&oe=54CF2A24)Show Image(https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10689918_978335092191964_5041740471858557509_n.jpg?oh=356582df4e2643aca16a3a9f586dae13&oe=548E51AB)Show Image(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10712721_978335048858635_8164746234110356280_n.jpg?oh=91bae1062f512f52aef278e3d474067a&oe=5483F19B&__gda__=1418250026_ee9bb56bcd5bd0d65d520e271e8d4ab2)Show Image(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10660220_978335088858631_3173421845559457005_n.jpg?oh=1e5fe0a1a944c7aa822372f6fdc00af4&oe=548489DE&__gda__=1422141030_17d76ce6a83af101abc1448251f14206)Show Image(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10411201_978335452191928_3660012580520702252_n.jpg?oh=e78c229efe29d2b9993212739ad2af87&oe=5492C8E5&__gda__=1418264719_1672ec05eda3c3f00b8159e39922e872)Show Image(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10704016_978335462191927_4914177901734693542_n.jpg?oh=11e4f1183de3ab85f8d109ea435d831b&oe=5490C6FE&__gda__=1418202772_7229f8e688766618f7b5492c46ba97c9)
Between these two and Matias 60% I'm going to be eating rice and beans for a while :eek:
if programmable and bluetooth.... :p
would be rad if someone got it and got it naked for us :p
and i wanna find out how metal cases sound with matias switches!
Just pre-ordered the clicky version. I'm debating on if I'm going to also order the quiet version.
KBP is keeping an eye on the V60MTS sales. Not only will they consider making a V80MTS but will possibly consider carrying Tao Hao Alps doubleshots as well.
KBP is keeping an eye on the V60MTS sales. Not only will they consider making a V80MTS but will possibly consider carrying Tao Hao Alps doubleshots as well.
Do you have a source for this information?
Just pre-ordered the clicky version. I'm debating on if I'm going to also order the quiet version.
KBP is keeping an eye on the V60MTS sales. Not only will they consider making a V80MTS but will possibly consider carrying Tao Hao Alps doubleshots as well.
So what stabilizers and keycap posts did the V60MTS end-up with?
So what stabilizers and keycap posts did the V60MTS end-up with?
I suspect they will be whatever Matias uses.
Hopefully someone can get one of these and take some teardown pics. Very curious to see what the stabilizers/keycaps are.
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KBP V60MTS-Q :pShow Image(http://red.dazoe.net/stuff/WIN_20141104_115253.JPG)Show Image(http://red.dazoe.net/stuff/WIN_20141104_120032.JPG)Show Image(http://red.dazoe.net/stuff/WIN_20141104_120509.JPG)
I am loving the feel of the switches.
I don't know if the mix in stabilizers is a good or bad thing. Also, the spacebar is slightly warped.
Not liking the keycaps.Show Image(http://red.dazoe.net/stuff/WIN_20141104_162207.JPG)
It also looks like getting a full set a keycaps for this board is going to be harder due to the mismatch studs.
Looks like its time to disassemble the whole board and mod the plate for some plate mount cherry/costar stabs :thumb:Why would you want to do that? All the nice old Alps keycaps use standard Alps-style stabilizers. If you mod the plate to use Costar-style stabilizers, you’ll be stuck with either really crappy keycaps or else an absurdly expensive one-off set from SP.
Looks like its time to disassemble the whole board and mod the plate for some plate mount cherry/costar stabs :thumb:Why would you want to do that? All the nice old Alps keycaps use standard Alps-style stabilizers. If you mod the plate to use Costar-style stabilizers, you’ll be stuck with either really crappy keycaps or else an absurdly expensive one-off set from SP.
You can look at it that way. Are there many old Alps boards that use the 2.75x right shift and ANSI enter? Also, what about the bottom row, very few old boards that use ANSI 1.25 from what I have seen (I still consider myself new to this hobby though).You’ll probably need to mix and match a few different sets of old keycaps to fill up that keyboard, unless you’re happy with e.g. the keycaps on an Dell AT101W (not the nicest). Windows keys came into fashion after quality had already started to decline across pretty much all types of keyboards. If your new 60% board had a 1.5 / 1/ 1.5 / 7 / 1.5 / 1 / 1.5 (the so-called "Tsangan" layout) then you’d have much better choices. There are several nice Alps-switch keyboards with 101-key ANSI layout.
A fair number of boards use a 2.75x right shift and ANSI enter.
Dell AT101 and AT101W, SGI "Granite", Apple Extended series (slightly different keycap profile)
If you use the Costar stabilizer board clips, and file down the plastic leg that doesn't attach to anything, you can attach the ALPS-style wire to them and use ALPS-stabilized caps, or the Costat-style wire and use Costar-stabilized caps. It may even be possible to do it with the ALPS-style clips and the different wires; haven't trried that option yet.,
I'm also wondering how replacement spacebars are going to pan out.
Just saw the group buy pop up on Massdrop for these.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/v60-matias-mini-keyboard?mode=guest_open
At 30 units, the price is only $89.99.
Occasionally there are Alps boards on ebay from the UK that have Cyrillic on them. Maybe you can contact the seller and negotiate a cheaper price for the caps.