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Title: Clear Key Cap covers?
Post by: never4getthis on Fri, 24 August 2012, 16:15:09

I recently came across this image of a custom Noppoo Choc Mini:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerrytam/6125351515/
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I was wondering if any of you know what the Clear protectors on the function keys are. I have never seen them before.

I have looked all over GH and I have not found anything that comes close to this. How does it stay attached to the key?' It looks like its possible to snap on and off.

Just curious..

Title: Re: Clear Key Cap covers?
Post by: inlikeflynn on Fri, 24 August 2012, 16:21:34

they are from Cherry branded POS keyboards and called Relegendable keycaps. The tops are removable to put in different paper legends
see here for more info: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Relegendable_key

Title: Re: Clear Key Cap covers?
Post by: AKIMbO on Fri, 24 August 2012, 18:28:30

Contact The_Ed on this site.  I think he has a ton of relegendables for sale.

Check out what he has here. (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-ds-capslock-bottom-rows-switches-relegendables-t3093.html)

Title: Re: Clear Key Cap covers?
Post by: ZcHuer on Fri, 24 August 2012, 23:50:54

I think they are from some Cherry old model. Can't remember the specific model though...

Title: Re: Clear Key Cap covers?
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 25 August 2012, 00:38:29

Xkeys (PI engineering) will sell you some more. http://www.piengineering.com/accessories/keycaps1.php#
They aren't as nice as the cherry ones in my opinion, though. They do have cylindrical tops though.

Other than Cherry, tipro also did relegendables. I have some, which are nice, but I don't know where you'd got them except off a used/new tipro (check ebay.co.uk, they often have them)

I have some cherry ones on my G80-8113, though there are also ones on the cherry G80-8200 as well.
http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/keyboards/POS/8200/index.htm
http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/keyboards/POS/8200/index.htm
I believe the 8200 has a few more, as well as a nice 2x one. I really wish they'd combine the two designs to make a keyboard with an extra row of function keys, a full block in the arrowkey section, and the extra two rows east of the tenkey.

Title: Re: Clear Key Cap covers?
Post by: The_Ed on Sat, 25 August 2012, 01:19:50

I have a few hundred relegendables if you want any of them. All brand new and for sale from my POS board part-outs. I just sold these DS and relegendables to AKIMbO. PM me if you want stuff.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/33c3v3k.jpg)

(http://i49.tinypic.com/xm67h5.jpg)