geekhack
geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: kennnyshiwa on Tue, 24 June 2025, 09:04:49
-
SA Teletype
Inspired by the Teletypes of the 50s SA Teletype is an all R3 keycap set aimed at 40% keyboards with an inclusive monokit, full size adaptor kit and novelty legends serving as a throwback to 50s. Designed by the wonderful Piperaceae out of a appreciation for the 40s community, Teletype was born!
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/40sKitting.jpg?v=1750768068&width=2200)
Vendors
US - Saberkeebs (https://saberkeebs.com)
EU - Keeb.Supply (https://keeb.supply)
UK - ProtoTypist (https://prototypist.net/products/pre-order-sa-teletype)
Inspiration
Piper set out first with the idea of the Teletype typewriters from the 50s including the KSR-28 and and the successor the KSR-33, the modifier legends were inspired by the text from those machines. Pulling inspiration from the colors of the machines and the legends, Teletype was born. KSRs were in themselves 40% type writers with their eccentric keytop layout and legends, so what better to serve as its modern reincarnation than a 40s monokit to fit any sized 40% or larger!
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Teletype_Corporation_advertisement_for_the_Model_28_Line_of_Equipment.jpg/2560px-Teletype_Corporation_advertisement_for_the_Model_28_Line_of_Equipment.jpg)
Colors and Materials
Doubleshot ABS, in Signature Plastics stock colors
BGD Blue
RAS Red
WFK White
Dates
Now! Presale beginning July 27th 2025
Shipping approximately 8-12 weeks later (barring unforeseen circumstances)
Pricing (USD though Saberkeebs)
Base: $155
Full Size Adapter: $80
Kitting
40s Monokit
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/40sKitting.jpg?v=1750768068&width=2200)
Full Size Adaptor Kit
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/Normie.jpg?v=1750768300&width=2200)
Additional Board Renders
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/edho.jpg?v=1750768300&width=2200)
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/06.jpg?v=1750768300&width=2200)
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/09.jpg?v=1750768300&width=2200)
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/02.jpg?v=1750768300&width=2200)
(https://saberkeebs.com/cdn/shop/files/08.jpg?v=1750768300&width=2200)