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Title: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: DuckNorris on Thu, 16 February 2017, 15:53:16
I was reading a deskthority post about the HHKB and this guy modified it to have white keycaps and said he got it from a blue topre? What is that? I was wondering where did he get them if anyone knew. Link below

https://deskthority.net/review-f45/finally-tried-the-hhkb-pro-2-a-reluctant-convert-t6553.html#p127112
Title: Re: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: Tactile on Thu, 16 February 2017, 16:15:03
It looks to me like he is using caps from a Realforce set. Notice the "Insert" key on the top row 'cause there is no 1u "\|" key in the Realforce set. These (https://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1) sets are very hard to find now.

Title: Re: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: septamber on Thu, 16 February 2017, 17:20:24
It is the blue topre realforce set just a really bad quality picture.
Title: Re: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: nmur on Thu, 16 February 2017, 17:29:12
yeah it's the blue realforce set, but with terrible white balance.

you can find coloured realforce keysets on ebay/rakuten/etc but they're pretty expensive ($130+)
Title: Re: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: DuckNorris on Thu, 16 February 2017, 20:53:36
Damn, I guess I would just have to browse ebay or rakuten and see maybe someone eventually drops a set. Are they different feel though? I see some people maybe just bought 2 HHKB and mixed and matched them haha.
Title: Re: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: nmur on Thu, 16 February 2017, 20:55:18
Damn, I guess I would just have to browse ebay or rakuten and see maybe someone eventually drops a set. Are they different feel though? I see some people maybe just bought 2 HHKB and mixed and matched them haha.

no. i have some coloured sets, and they're all the same as the stock caps
Title: Re: Where did he get these white keycaps for HHKB?
Post by: DuckNorris on Thu, 16 February 2017, 22:52:01
Damn, I guess I would just have to browse ebay or rakuten and see maybe someone eventually drops a set. Are they different feel though? I see some people maybe just bought 2 HHKB and mixed and matched them haha.

no. i have some coloured sets, and they're all the same as the stock caps

Ah I see , thanks!