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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: itlnstln on Wed, 10 December 2008, 12:14:19
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http://www.arkayengravers.com/
It looks like they do Cherry keycaps.
Incidently, the have a picture of an ErgonomiXX mykey keyboard that looks pretty cool, but I could hardly find anything about them (and, certainly, not what switches they used).
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Any decent keyboard stickers?Im considering using for my blank HHKP2.
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Any idea of their pricing? I've been wondering how much it would cost to get some space invader keycaps made up for my G84-4100. (Probably far too much!)
Devlin (http://www.devlincomponents.co.uk/) have a range for Cherry switches, but they have a minimum purchase order of £50.
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I just received a reply from Ken at Arkay Engravers. They have a minimum order of $50. He said keycaps run between $0.40 and $5.50 (US) each.
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I wonder how much those Space Invader keycaps will cost.
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Also, you're putting them on the wrong key switch.
NMB switches would be best, to go with the theme. (Pull the space invader keycap, and bam, there's another space invader. :p)
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I wonder of you could make the "pew-pew" sound of the spaceship shooting when you press a key. Ooh, and have a wrist rest in the shape of the sheilds.
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That would probably be an easy mod on a Model M with the integrated speaker...
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Or there's noisykeyboard.exe, although it really messes with some input stuff... Pidgin crashes as soon as you do any keyboard input with it running.
Also, the Model M speaker isn't driven by the Model M itself, it's driven by the computer it's connected to, an RS/6000 workstation. The RS/6000 moved the speaker into the keyboard, instead of in the case, because the machine could physically be somewhat of a distance from the user.
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This might be a good way to get that red Esc key for non-Topre owners.
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Or there's noisykeyboard.exe, although it really messes with some input stuff... Pidgin crashes as soon as you do any keyboard input with it running.
Also, the Model M speaker isn't driven by the Model M itself, it's driven by the computer it's connected to, an RS/6000 workstation. The RS/6000 moved the speaker into the keyboard, instead of in the case, because the machine could physically be somewhat of a distance from the user.
I know that the speaker isn't driven by the model m, but someone with some breadboard experience could probably rig up something to use the internal speaker.
I have one of those RS/6000 workstations... I bought it on Craigslist and rightnow it's a thinkpad stand :D
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You could use AutoHotkey for the sound effects. I wrote a script that works like NoisyKeyboard but the sample will clip if you type fast.
This might be a good way to get that red Esc key for non-Topre owners.
I did this with my G84-4100. It would be nice to get a proper ML keycap as the panic key is a bit taller than the other keys:
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=323&stc=1&d=1229039757)
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haha! love it. I'm a big fan of those panic keys, as silly as they are they always make me laugh for some reason :)
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It would be nice to get a proper ML keycap as the panic key is a bit taller than the other keys
I'd call that a feature with panic keys.
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I always thought it would be neat to tie your typing speed to your music player. If you go below a certain wpm, your player pauses (or slows down).
Probably can be done in autohotkey actually.
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I always thought it would be neat to tie your typing speed to your music player. If you go below a certain wpm, your player pauses (or slows down).
Probably can be done in autohotkey actually.
That would be ok for typing but not at all for writing.