How's it look with all Round 3 keycaps?I never ended up putting all of them on, I had them on my choc mini for the last year or so and felt like a change. Im sure 3-6 months from now I'll end up swapping them all over onto it. But just juding from when i had all the numbers as round 3 grey it looked pretty good. Not quite as sharp as the white though.
I didn't like the layout at first glance but your right it looks like best of both world's still keeping the numpad.
Nice board and review, thanks for sharing!
What are the spacebar stabs like? Do they prevent the use of aftermarket spacebars? Can you take a pic or two?
- Ron I samwisekoi
Have you looked into backlighting? Supposedly the PLUM 96 allows for addition of LEDs, not sure how documented the process is/how the LEDs would be controlled. I do want a PLUM 96 though.
e: read your post, durr. If you make a walkthrough of the process that would be awesome.
Nice write up! Care to share where you purchased? I'm considering getting one myself.
How's it look with all Round 3 keycaps?I never ended up putting all of them on, I had them on my choc mini for the last year or so and felt like a change. Im sure 3-6 months from now I'll end up swapping them all over onto it. But just juding from when i had all the numbers as round 3 grey it looked pretty good. Not quite as sharp as the white though.I didn't like the layout at first glance but your right it looks like best of both world's still keeping the numpad.
Yes I've been toggling back and forth between it. There is a bit of a learning curve there where you go to type in numbers and realize numlock isnt on or vice versa. I may end up removing the dark grey keycap for numlock and putting on the stock one so it has the LED window so its easlier to tell. 99% of the time i leave numlock off as I tend to use the edit cluster a lot more.Nice board and review, thanks for sharing!
What are the spacebar stabs like? Do they prevent the use of aftermarket spacebars? Can you take a pic or two?
- Ron I samwisekoi
I didnt take a picture of the spacebar tabs. Should have, but someone else has I'll link to it here:Show Image(http://img.techpowerup.org/121112/20121112_133902.jpg)Have you looked into backlighting? Supposedly the PLUM 96 allows for addition of LEDs, not sure how documented the process is/how the LEDs would be controlled. I do want a PLUM 96 though.
e: read your post, durr. If you make a walkthrough of the process that would be awesome.
Yeah I'm interested in backlighting it but before I can do that I would like to look into getting a set of keycaps that are designed with backlighting in mind. I can see where the LED fits into a socket but I have yet to take apart the board to see how the solder points are set up and if it looks easy. If I do decide to tackle that I'll write up a guide documenting it.Nice write up! Care to share where you purchased? I'm considering getting one myself.
Purchased from here: http://www.offerany.com/p-18340544429-%E2%98%85-genuine-PLUM-96-PBT-POM-dual-mode-mechanical-keyboard-CHERRY-original-axis.html
Those are common translations of the Chinese within. Axis, shaft refers to the color switch (tea axis = MX Brown). And this is a Bluetooth board.
So, they're using a bunch of words interchangeably. Does "licensed" mean "mainstream"?The agent website used a raw Google Translate to filter the original Chinese page.
So, they're using a bunch of words interchangeably. Does "licensed" mean "mainstream"?The agent website used a raw Google Translate to filter the original Chinese page.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.25.HsThot&id=18340544429
Mainstream white = white PBT
licensed black = black POM
it's probably some sort of color name they used that got screwed up in translation.
So, they're using a bunch of words interchangeably. Does "licensed" mean "mainstream"?The agent website used a raw Google Translate to filter the original Chinese page.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.25.HsThot&id=18340544429
Mainstream white = white PBT
licensed black = black POM
it's probably some sort of color name they used that got screwed up in translation.
Is color for the board or the keycaps?
Those are Cherry stabs everywhere. Stem spacing on the spacebar might be special, however. IvanIvananovich should know...
You can see which items are wired or wireless by the prices. Select anything but the first two (black or blue switch) and the price jumps up $50 USD.
For the numlock keycap, try keycapsdirect.com and take a look at transparent colored keycaps. That should work pretty well if the LED is not super bright.
Also, Qtan might be able to get these as well.
- Ron I samwisekoi
That was my picture of a black plum 96 on Techpowerup! The space bar has shorter stab spacing than a standard costar spacebar. WASD spacebars are not compatible.
In case anyone is wondering IMSTO sells these and they're about $80-90 shipped.
I'd snag one of these if it were TKL. Are there any PCB mounted TKLs out there even?It's practically TKL, just 1 key width wider. What's the problem with that?
I'd snag one of these if it were TKL. Are there any PCB mounted TKLs out there even?It's practically TKL, just 1 key width wider. What's the problem with that?
Those are Cherry stabs everywhere. Stem spacing on the spacebar might be special, however. IvanIvananovich should know...
- Ron I samwisekoi
Those are Cherry stabs everywhere. Stem spacing on the spacebar might be special, however. IvanIvananovich should know...
- Ron I samwisekoi
I have one of the first generations of this and the spacebar is Leo500 spaced, which means that the normal aftermarket Filco/Ducky/etc. spacebars will not work. I ground mine myself and replaced the stems in my CCnG http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36034.msg673461#msg673461