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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: slueth on Mon, 07 November 2011, 13:40:28
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Hello, this is a group buy for Spherical key-caps doubleshots for cherry switches, it is currently included in the Group Buy 4 hosted by 7bit.
I already showed this Group buy in the member polls but I am moving it to the group buy section because we finally decided on a color scheme.
Results of the poll:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23690-Group-Buy-4-Sphericals-Tenkeyless-Final-Decision!&p=446817#post446817
old poll
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23550-Group-Buy-4-Sphericals-Tenkeyless
Space Cadet layout is the winner!
The blue layout is an emulation of the space cadet that webwit showed on deskthority.
Space Cadet
(http://webwit.nl/input/misc/spacecadet/6.jpg)
layout pictures
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/thumb/3/32/SP_BFD_GD_Indy_001.jpg/300px-SP_BFD_GD_Indy_001.jpg)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=31061&stc=1&d=1320599033)
Sample of what a spherical key looks like that was made by Signature plastic
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/thumb/5/50/Round3_VIM_001.jpg/150px-Round3_VIM_001.jpg)
Shipping:
We will use group buy 4's system so you can combine it with present orders and save on shipping. Also, I really like 7_bit's ordering system and it should make this an easy group buy to organize.
How to order
Tenkeyless Layout
SPH/
With spacebar.
SPH/ x
SPH/SPACE x
Where x is the amount of sets that you want.
Quota met. My work here is done! Feel free to keep the orders coming though.
Sphericals
SPH/TERMINAL..................5
SPH/STANDARD.................17
SPH/STANDARD125...............4
SPH/TENKLESS.................23
SPH/TKL......................15
^^^Total: 64
SPH/MODIFIER.................13
SPH/MODIFIER100...............5
SPH/MODIFIER150...............2
SPH/FUNCTION.................12
SPH/FUNCTION32................1
SPH/NUMERIC..................10
SPH/POS......................10
SPH/SPACE....................58
SPH/SPACETIPRO...............11
SPH/SPACEUNI.................20
SPH/SPACE7BIT.................9
^^^OK
SPH/DE........................4
SPH/ES........................1
SPH/FR........................1
SPH/SE........................2
SPH/UK........................1
SPH/BEPO......................9
SPH/DVORAK....................3
SPH/COLEMAK...................1
^^^^A bit more orders would be nice ...
Now come the kits which will be removed in 2 days:
SPH/RGBY......................3
SPH/GAMER.....................1
SPH/APPLE.....................1
SPH/APPLE125..................1
SPH/APPLETXT125...............1
SPH/WINDOWS...................2
SPH/WINDOWS125................1
SPH/COMMODORE.................1
SPH/SYMBOLS...................5
SPH/SYMBOLSMOD125.............1
SPH/HANDBAGESC................1
SPH/HANDBAGCAP................1
SPH/HANDBAG100................1
SPH/HANDBAG150................1
SPH/BACKSPACEFUN..............1
SPH/BACKSPACE200..............1
SPH/BACKSPACE150..............1
SPH/ARROWUPFUN................1
SPH/ARROWUP100................1
SPH/ARROWUP150................1
SPH/ARROWDOWN100..............1
SPH/ARROWDOWN150..............1
SPH/ARROWRET100...............2
SPH/AWESOMEFUN...............10
SPH/KBDRUNNER.................2
SPH/KEYBOARD..................1
SPH/LOD.......................1
SPH/GEEKHACK..................2
SPH/VIM.......................4
SPH/KEYBOARDLOVER.............1
Blank keys will be available:
SPH/BLANKPOS..................9
SPH/BLANK100..................6
SPH/BLANK125..................1
SPH/BLANK150..................5
SPH/BLANKALNUM................1
SPH/BLANKLRET.................1
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Gonna plop these on the phantom :D
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These are planned for a White leopold w/Blues that I am getting in a month or so.
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Gonna plop them on my quickfire too. Shameless bumping.
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Nice... Funny when I saw the colors I thought you were trying to emulate the topre Realforce 10th anniversary board colors.
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Nice... Funny when I saw the colors I thought you were trying to emulate the topre Realforce 10th anniversary board colors.
The Realforce is 10 years behind the time!
The Phantom is the future!
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Nice... Funny when I saw the colors I thought you were trying to emulate the topre Realforce 10th anniversary board colors.
You mean the RF is emulating the space cadet :D Yea, I saw the anniversary colors and man did I want those keycaps.
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What about adding the more interesting keys of the Space Cadet?:
(Attachment) 31191[/ATTACH]
- The finger cursors
- The Greek key
- The Rub Out Key
- Hyper
Man I want that hyper key lol. Rub Out + Hyper to active pr0n.
7bit, can we add these keys and the other spherical keys in gb 4? like the vim and the awesome?
Hmm that would be cool to have an imbedded numpad(front printed) like on the IBM Model M Mini and the Realforce 87U Tenkeyless, you can rebind with autohotkeys or flash into the teensy for the phantom.
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What about adding the more interesting keys of the Space Cadet?:
(Attachment) 31191[/ATTACH]
- The finger cursors
- The Greek key
- The Rub Out Key
- Hyper
I did already the simpler left and right pointing hands.
I can add GREEK and RUB OUT (Caps Lock position).
HYPER is already part of the MODIFIER kit.
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http://deskthority.net/w/images/9/97/Round4_Modifier_001.png
looks like greek is on it too.
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The sets hurt my brain. It seems that if I want two symmetrical pairs of modifiers, I'll end up with a hundred in other sizes that I'd never use, and in general the keys I'd want are scattered across several different kits. Anyone up for swapping fragments?
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This looks sweet. slueth, I've been holding out on ordering from R4 for a long time -- I think you just broke me. :)
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I will for sure get the modifier kit to go with my sphericals if it comes with the Cadet-Themed keys that Ripppppppster wanted.
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I'm changing from tenkeyless to TKL, and adding a spacebar.
This is gonna be awesome!
I also just now realized that the windows key is indeed used in gnome3.
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already ordered this, glad you guys went for the space cadet theme.
one question, is this like the other tenkless sets where we need to order a spacebar also? or what are the chances it'll be added with the whole set?
just in case, i added a spacebar for filco and leo.
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Is this planned to be a full SA profile, or a flat set (all row 3)? According to Signature's catalog (http://keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf), quite a few of the keys in the sets people have ordered above are not available, including some fairly vital ones like backspace.
- Row 1, 2u: BACK SPACE (TENKEYLESS, TKL, TERMINAL, POS), and 30 other types from POS and BLANKPOS.
- Row 3: 1.75u stepped CAPS LOCK (TENKEYLESS, TKL, TERMINAL) and stepped CONTROL (TENKEYLESS, TERMINAL).
- Row 4: 2.5u SHIFT (TENKEYLESS, TKL).
- Row 4: 1.25u modifiers — ALT, CONTROL, META, SUPER (TENKEYLESS, TKL), and 12 types from MODIFIER.
- Row 4: 2.5u SHIFT (TENKEYLESS, TKL).
- Row 4: 7u space (TERMINAL).
- Rows 2 & 3: ISO Return (TERMINAL).
- Rows 3 & 4: vertical = (NUMERIC).
- Rows 4 & 4: vertical ENTER (TERMINAL).
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Is this planned to be a full SA profile, or a flat set (all row 3)? According to Signature's catalog (http://keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf), quite a few of the keys in the sets people have ordered above are not available, including some fairly vital ones like backspace.
- Row 1, 2u: BACK SPACE (TENKEYLESS, TKL, TERMINAL, POS), and 30 other types from POS and BLANKPOS.
POS: If you look at the Space cadet keyboard, you will see that these keys are row 3 and not curved like row 1, 2 or 4.
- Row 3: 1.75u stepped CAPS LOCK (TENKEYLESS, TKL, TERMINAL) and stepped CONTROL (TENKEYLESS, TERMINAL).
The full-touch version is available. So only Cherry keyboards are in trouble.
I may ask SP if they can make an off-center 1.75 units key. Otherwise you have to polish the matte top-surface until it is semi-matte;-)
- Row 4: 2.5u SHIFT (TENKEYLESS, TKL).
These gaps are already in my graphics. However you can get a 2.25 units key with matte top instead of semi-matte.
- Row 4: 1.25u modifiers — ALT, CONTROL, META, SUPER (TENKEYLESS, TKL), and 12 types from MODIFIER.
I recommend row 3 modifiers for the bottom row anyway. The space bar is from row 3 as well!
These keys are usually pressed with the thumbs, su a curved profile like row 4 would get into the way of the thumbs!
- Row 4: 2.75u SHIFT (TENKEYLESS, TKL).
Take the 2.5 units key and call the gaps keyboard canyons.
- Row 4: 7u space (TERMINAL).
Currently we do the 6.25 units space bar. It will cost $2500 (I've asked for a price quote before).
If there is enough demand and a high enough volume to cover the costs, we will make the 7 units space bar.
Currently, there is only one person who ordered SPH/TERMINAL and that is me!
- Rows 2 & 3: ISO Return (TERMINAL).
- Rows 3 & 4: vertical = (NUMERIC).<-----------no problem!
- Rows 4 & 4: vertical ENTER (TERMINAL).<-----------no problem!
ISO return is a bit of a problem.
The easiest solution to use a 2 units key. I did this before, becuase I used a G80-2550 during my hollidays and had forgotten to bring the J-shape return with me. Instead I used the Numpad + !
This is kind of a pineer group buy. We order key caps from a family which had not been ordered since ages. As far as I know, this is the first ever spherical group buy. (Novelty keys don't count!)
With your spirit, they would have never landed on the Moon.
If you want perfection, stay out of this!
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POS: If you look at the Space cadet keyboard, you will see that these keys are row 3 and not curved like row 1, 2 or 4.
Is the plan for POS and BLANKPOS to be all row 3, or only to have the row 1 keys replaced with row 3, since the row 2 and row 4 are available? That is, would BLANKPOS be 14×R3, or would it be 2×R2 + 10×R3 + 2×R4?
These gaps are already in my graphics. However you can get a 2.25 units key with matte top instead of semi-matte.
I don't personally care about exactly fitting any existing keyboard, but I would like to exactly what is planned for the sets I'm interested in.
I recommend row 3 modifiers for the bottom row anyway. The space bar is from row 3 as well!
Does that mean all the modifiers from TKL, TENKEYLESS, TERMINAL, & MODIFIERS would be row 3? Or would there be some mix of row 3 and row 4. (In my opinion consistency would be better.)
Currently we do the 6.25 units space bar. It will cost $2500 (I've asked for a price quote before).
The existing 4u is fine for me; my thumbs aren't that fat.
Currently, there is only one person who ordered SPH/TERMINAL and that is me! ISO return is a bit of a problem.
I was thinking of one or maybe two TERMINAL sets (plus probably 3 of the tenkeyless) but I would like to know what rows and sizes would actually be available in the SPH versions. (I don't personally care about the ISO return.)
With your spirit, they would have never landed on the Moon.
I'd prefer to also make it back again, though!
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OK, sorry that I was a bit hard on you. The SPH style is still at an early decision making stage.
I think to go with modifiers from row 3 and all the 1 unit keys from their normal row, would be the best compromise.
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I think to go with modifiers from row 3 and all the 1 unit keys from their normal row, would be the best compromise.
Thanks. I just want to see the best possible results out of this, since I'm fond of spherical caps (I bought 250 blank DSA from SP last year), and there's unlikely to ever be a better opportunity to get good sets.
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I was thinking of one or maybe two TERMINAL sets (plus probably 3 of the tenkeyless) but I would like to know what rows and sizes would actually be available in the SPH versions. (I don't personally care about the ISO return.)
Lol, 7bit is sure nice to you after he saw that you were buying 2 terminal kits :D oh, if he orders 5(two TERMINAL sets plus probably 3 of the tenkeyless), we only need 2 more kits :D
More kits would lower the price though :D
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lol, 7bit is sure nice to you after he saw that you were buying 2 terminal kits :d oh, if he orders 5(two terminal sets plus probably 3 of the tenkeyless), we only need 2 more kits :d
more kits would lower the price though :d
lower prices!
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lower prices!
Order more!
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Order more!
Has anyone poked the chap on DT who was interested in producing a modern version of the MIT-style LISP keyboards?
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Um, I posted this on DT, not sure who you were referring to, but I think he would of seen this if he was interested. I am not sure exactly who it is.
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Recreating the LISP keyboard (http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=497). It looks like he got busy with real life and disappeared from DT, so he might not be aware of this group buy.
EDIT: Actually, because of the colour scheme and the possibility that there might be Knight / Space Cadet labelled caps if there is enough interest, it might be worth bringing this up wherever LISPy types hang out these days.
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Okay, so I have a question:
Which keys won't fit in the normal Filco-style ansi layout and why?
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if you look at the picture, they all fit, its just the shifts and the enter is a smudge smaller then the allocated space.
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Recreating the LISP keyboard (http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=497). It looks like he got busy with real life and disappeared from DT, so he might not be aware of this group buy.
EDIT: Actually, because of the colour scheme and the possibility that there might be Knight / Space Cadet labelled caps if there is enough interest, it might be worth bringing this up wherever LISPy types hang out these days.
On my part, I've lost interest in this project because I've got a Tipro.
Now I'm into the Phantom project ...
ps: I'm still waiting!
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Come on guys! 2 more days get your spherical orders in :D Updated stats.
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Will the spacebar for this set (whether included or ordered separately) be the magical new "universal" Filco/Leo-compatible spacebar from RColinTaylor's group buy (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?22984-CLOSED!-Filco-AND-Leopold-Compatible-Spacebars-CLOSED!-Order-thread-up!)?
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All space bars are ordered separately, the new Filco/Leo seems to be available
Space bars for DCS family (ROUND3, RETRO, NOIR, DARK styles):
SPACE 6.25 units, 118mm wide, 4 keymounts for Filco, Ducky and Cherry G80-3000 with 104/105 keys
SPACEOLD 7 units, 133mm wide, 3 keymounts, 57mm apart
SPACEPOS 7 units, 133mm wide, 3 keymounts, 57mm and 42.8mm apart
SPACENEW 6 units, 114mm wide, 3 keymounts, 38mm and 57mm apart
SPACELEO 6.25 units, 118mm wide, 3 keymounts, 40mm apart for Leopold
SPACE7BIT 1.5 units blank, 1.5 units 'SPACE', 1 units blank, 1 units 'SPACE' (4 keys)
Space bars for SA-family (SPH style):
SPACEUNI 7 units (SA-family only!) for diverse Cherry keyboards
SPACE 6.25 units, 118mm wide, 6 keymounts for Filco/Cherry/Leopold
SPACETIPRO 4 units (SA-family only!) for Tipro keyboards
SPACE7BIT 1.5 units blank, 1.5 units 'SPACE', 1 units blank, 1 units 'SPACE' (4 keys)
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The full-touch version is available. So only Cherry keyboards are in trouble.
Apologies if this question is nubile, but did you mean cherries are only compatible with the non-stepped version, or cherries won't work for either ?
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Looks like SP doesn't have stepped capslock's. Cherry keyboards usually have offset, stepped capslock keys, so you'd have to mod the stem on your capslock if you want it to fit on a cherry keyboard. I would say it's a better idea to just get a CMstorm at that point.
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Cherry has stepped caps locks, but they are center-stemmed, at least for their Cherry-similar profile. Not sure about their spherical keys.
edit: This should read "SP has stepped caps locks..."
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PLEASE put me down for two keysets plus spacebars.
I really do love the SPH doubleshots.
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This set is still part of R4 right?
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This set is still part of R4 right?
It's my understanding that R4 is to be split up into 4 separate GB's.
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Right but isn't 7bit still running them all?
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i like
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Right but isn't 7bit still running them all?
I just figured someone jumped in to take it off his hands. I saw he was looking in the classifieds for people to run GB's for certain styles.
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Anyone care to explain what's going on with this GB? Explain it to me like I'm 5. Thanks.