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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: mkoop on Sat, 24 October 2015, 16:53:14

Title: hello friends
Post by: mkoop on Sat, 24 October 2015, 16:53:14

Hello everyone,

Glad to be here.

I just ordered a HHKB pro2 that should arrive Monday.  I have been using primarily Filco TKLs (blue at home, brown at work) for the better part of the last 5 years.  I also picked up a Ducky TKL a few years ago, though it doesn't see much use.

Anyhow the HHKB key layout intrigued me so I decided to try it out.  Seeing as the options for keycaps are more limited I thought it would be a good idea to start looking into artisan / dye options around here.

Title: Re: hello friends
Post by: njbair on Sat, 24 October 2015, 18:43:41

Welcome. You may be interested to know that there are some MX-compatible Topre sliders bring produced by JTK, which Ctrl-Alt should be selling online soon. That should help open up your HHKB keycap options, although the 6u spacebar will still be kind of hard to find.

Title: Re: hello friends
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 24 October 2015, 23:25:05

Welcome to Geekhack!

HHKB master race :p (says the HHKB Hapster).

If you haven't seen it, Matt3o is designing a new Topre keycap set that will apparently have HHKB compatible keys included!

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=74413.0

Title: Re: hello friends
Post by: mkoop on Sun, 25 October 2015, 10:03:16

Some very cool stuff, thanks for the heads up.  I didnt realize how deep the rabbit hole went.

Title: Re: hello friends
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 28 October 2015, 05:00:02

Quote from: mkoop on Sun, 25 October 2015, 10:03:16

Some very cool stuff, thanks for the heads up.  I didnt realize how deep the rabbit hole went.

Most don't.  I didn't.  A keyboard is just something you type on, or so I thought.  When you really get in to it there are just so many options and accessories it's crazy!