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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: merlin64 on Thu, 18 June 2015, 17:09:39

Title: POS Style keycaps
Post by: merlin64 on Thu, 18 June 2015, 17:09:39

I recently got myself a G80 8200 complete with credit card scanner and re-legendable keys. It looks awesome!

I'd like to decorate it more and make it look like an actual POS device with all the colorful keycaps that have POS legends.

Anyone know of any relatively easy to find POS systems where I can harvest these off from? Or better yet anyone have a bunch sitting around?

There's currently a listing on ebay for:

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/UTC-Credit-Card-Reader-POS-Keyboard-M631-Ultimate-Technology-Corporation-/231579597380?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35eb383a44

Except I can't tell if its cherry mx compatible or not.

Title: Re: POS Style keycaps
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 18 June 2015, 18:17:09

PMK's Crap Bags sometimes have a random selection of POS style keycaps.

Might be somewhere to start looking.

Title: Re: POS Style keycaps
Post by: Nover on Thu, 18 June 2015, 18:58:21

Can't tell you if the utc has cherry switches, although the relegendable clear tops and the blocker caps do resemble the ones on e.g. tipro. However, I have three tipros with pos style caps somewhere, will see if I can find them and take a picture.

Title: Re: POS Style keycaps
Post by: merlin64 on Thu, 18 June 2015, 21:38:51

I wish I had gotten in on the grab bags! But I didn't get into mech keyboards until recently.

Title: Re: POS Style keycaps
Post by: ithrowthinqs on Fri, 19 June 2015, 15:48:12

Wow i missed out..

Title: Re: POS Style keycaps
Post by: davkol on Sun, 21 June 2015, 08:16:07

If you simply want a lot of relegendables, I have about a hundred of NIB Cherry caps. PM me (preferably at Deskthority) if you're interested.

Title: Re: POS Style keycaps
Post by: Oobly on Mon, 22 June 2015, 01:59:46

IMHO, relegendable SA profile caps are simply awesome. Nice and thick with almost a jewel-like refraction through the clear plastic which covers the whole base cap:

(https://i.imgur.com/38kKeuem.jpg)