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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: jacobolus on Fri, 18 March 2016, 04:59:38

Title: Macintosh portable keyboard (60% size, salmon Alps), just needs a case built
Post by: jacobolus on Fri, 18 March 2016, 04:59:38

Note the single-row enter key and backslash above it. Not quite the same layout as a cut-down M0116.

Would be a great project for someone with the skills to build a case who wants a 60% Alps board. No need to make a custom PCB or switchplate. Should be relatively straight-forward to wire a Teensy (or whatever microcontroller) up to the PCB, and use Hasu’s, Soarer’s, or HaaTa’s firmware.

All the bottom row keys make the layout very flexible with some custom firmware installed.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231881308426
(http://i.imgur.com/NQSqwO7.jpg)

M0116 for comparison:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Apple_(Standard)_Keyboard_M0116.jpg)

If anyone does decide to buy this, feel free to mail me that extra spacebar-like keycap from the trackball, if you don’t want it. ;)