geekhack
geekhack Marketplace => Interest Checks => Topic started by: nilslorand on Mon, 02 March 2026, 03:20:08
-
GMK MTNU Dasher Interest Check
Based on the Data General Dasher Keyboard and of course the keyboard from the Series “Severance”, MTNU Dasher is my personal take on this Blue Retro Keycap Set.
(https://i.imgur.com/prlRV00.jpeg)
Interest Check Form (https://forms.gle/MiaLTshpjdmUryCw5)
Original Thread on the GMK Discord Server (https://discord.com/channels/1460953861861933212/1472290828448956467) | Keebtalk Post (https://www.keebtalk.com/t/ic-gmk-mtnu-dasher/23813) | Reddit Post (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1rcs147/ic_mtnu_dasher_bringing_the_classic_colorway_to_a/)
Since I'm using imgur for the images, you may have to check the keebtalk post for updated images and reddit for the highest quality ones if you're in the UK.
Kits
I went through multiple cycles of kitting changes already, so these are almost set in stone. But if you do notice any glaring omissions or mistakes, definitely let me know.
Most importantly, none of the kits (apart from Novelties) will require any new moulds. This is by design, because it will make the set more affordable. If you want to suggest kitting changes, please keep this in mind.
And while the Novelties do require new moulds, I feel like I'm approaching the limit of what is reasonable with a total of 29 new moulds.
Base
(https://i.imgur.com/dtOmy8D.jpeg)
TKL Base allows for lower cost while still covering the most commonly used layouts.
Novelties
(https://i.imgur.com/qtcQ26k.jpeg)
Blank F-Row is possible, some novelties inspired directly by the show, others less directly, some instead inspired by the original Data General Dasher Terminal.
Numpad
(https://i.imgur.com/VlXsqBL.jpeg)
Just a normal Numpad kit, yoinked directly from the Base kit.
International
(https://i.imgur.com/uwTa5Vq.jpeg)
I use QWERTZ (German layout) myself and I would never design keycaps I couldn't really use myself, so this set is a given.
40s
(https://i.imgur.com/YXuUu49.jpeg)
Luckily, cijanzen (https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=62703) already put a lot of work into the 40s kit for Skyriter (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=123732.0), so I asked very nicely if I could use the exact same kitting here and they said yes :)
Typist
(https://i.imgur.com/HanrTt4.jpeg)
Including more kits in an IC doesn't hurt, exact same kitting as the Typist set for the original WoB run. For my alternate layout friends.
Colors
White: GMK MTNU XW1
Light Blue: Signature Plastics ABS BBJ
Dark Blue: Signature Plastics ABS BO
The SA Dasher Keycaps used the listed ABS colors, for the white I figured it's easiest to just stick with GMK stock colors.
Board Renders
I will make more whenever I get the chance :)
(https://i.imgur.com/uI6vrHm.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/03VgDYV.jpeg)
Other Info
Nothing concrete yet, but here's where vendors/GB info will go.
Interest Check Form (https://forms.gle/MiaLTshpjdmUryCw5)
-
Approval :thumb: GLWIC and GB, excited to see more Dasher out there!
-
Love it!
-
Dasher, Dvorak, and MTNU. For these reasons, I'm in.
-
nice blues and pretty set
-
As long as the prices aren't crazy, I'm definitely in.
Thank you for keeping the numpad separate to help keep the base price down, but how this is priced will determine its success.