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Title: [IC] SA TI914 - Y'all like Texas?
Post by: mcmcmc on Tue, 23 December 2025, 11:32:39
SA TI914

Hey SA lovers,
This keyset is inspired by the Texas Instruments 914 keyboard. While browsing Deskthority looking at vintage boards, I stumbled upon this absolute gem.
Unfortunately, I find little information available about it, which makes it feel even more special to me (If you know more about this keyboard, please share :)).
You can check out more photos of the original keyboard here (https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=11114).

IC Form (https://forms.gle/wz8fsyUTbFCggjUi8)

Details
Material: ABS
Legends: Doubleshot
Colors: GKH, GTR, RDD, VDQ, YY
Row: R1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R3

Kits
(https://i.postimg.cc/TTNjXZTP/base.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nVxBkxG6/numpad.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/KGBtBjBw/extension.png)

Renders
(https://i.postimg.cc/9CjJ85fG/1800-1.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/JMqcpsgY/1800-2.png)
TKC1800 by TheKeyCompany

(https://i.postimg.cc/5f25TxWV/65-1.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/FNZgTYqq/65-2.png)
Glare65 by Glare

(https://i.postimg.cc/rMJCfDbn/TKL-1.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Vwp7tbQr/TKL-2.png)
Zoku by Flybeck

Socials
Discord (https://discord.gg/bkDUqYUNNE)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mcthreetimes/)

Thanks
You for reading
XMIT for documenting the board and images
Title: Re: [IC] SA TI914 - Y'all like Texas?
Post by: madmax13 on Tue, 23 December 2025, 11:33:38
GLWIC! Always happy to see new SA!
Title: Re: [IC] SA TI914 - Y'all like Texas?
Post by: Piperaceae on Tue, 23 December 2025, 11:38:45
Always great to see more SA! GLWIC!
Title: Re: [IC] SA TI914 - Y'all like Texas?
Post by: pixelpusher on Tue, 23 December 2025, 11:52:22
Big fan of SA.  The inspiration board looks like the alphas are almost white.  I think they just look gray from the lighting.  Because I already have quite a few SA sets with a gray similar to this, I would be more interested in a lighter shade like GVA, if not just white WFG, WGE

something to make it look like an aged white, not gray
Title: Re: [IC] SA TI914 - Y'all like Texas?
Post by: dvorcol on Tue, 23 December 2025, 15:09:26
Based on the photos of the original, I bet Signature Plastics was the keycap manufacturer. Although the switches aren't MX, it looks like uniform-profile R3 SA. If so, they might have the tooling for original-legend function keys.

(https://i.postimg.cc/ZTXTvtkW/origional-TI914-DSC-1586.jpg)