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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: samsamm777 on Mon, 04 January 2021, 08:58:38
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Hey, Does anyone know of the existance of a white plastic or aluminium 100%(or thereabouts) keyboard? I cant find one anywhere.
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Your best bet is looking into 1800 kits - still get the fullsize layout but slightly more compact than a standard full-size.
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Hey, Does anyone know of the existance of a white plastic or aluminium 100%(or thereabouts) keyboard? I cant find one anywhere.
as you are in the UK i would guess you also want ISO? if so the only keyboard available that i know of and fit most of your needs in the Ducky one 2 White edition, although it is rather expensive and not a kit and is not aluminum... 100% is for some reason quite unpopular and even frowned upon by some peoples in the community, quite annoying for peoples who like to have a bunch of keys :)
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I was thinking they were wanting a Board kit over a pre-built :facepalm:
But yeah I would second the Ducky or even a Leopold since I know they make White variants as well (at least decent pre-builts).
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I was looking for a case only, not a prebuilt. But thanks for the input. It can be a last resort option. I'll keep looking for a case though. Its for my gf, and shes an accountant and will NOT go without a numpad. eugh.
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I was looking for a case only, not a prebuilt. But thanks for the input. It can be a last resort option. I'll keep looking for a case though. Its for my gf, and shes an accountant and will NOT go without a numpad. eugh.
I see 2 solutions to that, a separate numpad, or one of those strange layout with all keys in one block that still have a numpad, but you still did not say if you wanted iso, although if you only want the case and already got a plate and pcb it does not matter although as i always searched all 3 at once i do not know what is available in ANSI world that could work there for you.
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just saw a banner for the boston, it is a longish running project but may be close to what you want : https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106501.0
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I'll echo the 1800 love coming from this thread. It's honestly a great layout. There are few CP/1800 customs out there.
You can search for the Melody96 on aliexpress, which I think is a decent compromise for what you're looking for.
There are a few full aluminum 100% cases on taobao, if you can find them. I'm nowhere near qualified to tell you how to navigate or buy from there though.
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the price of 100% metal keyboard is a heavy test for both the author and the buyer
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Full size aluminum is pretty rare.
White aluminum is even more rare because you can't anodize white, it needs a surface coating (like paint) which adds thickness and screws up your tolerances.