Teletype shipped from SP last week! It should be arriving for vendors this week, and shipping to customers from there.

And holy crap does this keyboard use an insane number of chips.

I received my A83 yesterday. Keys feel different and amazingly smooth. The backlit is only around the keys. The fonts are not illuminated.

For a real review, check this kid video Good thing he found the software for it https://www.aescolife.com/aHub

With all the great packaging, there is no manual/instructions to change settings of the fly.

Back to the insane amount of chips. The software to customize the keyboard is 300Mb. That is scary kind of crazy. I'm a paranoiac conspiratinist. As far as I know, this keyboard could be doing a lot more than just keyboarding. (keylogger or worse) I hope not. So I just ran an ChatGPT assessment based on the extend USB information produced by USBTreeView: Summary of the results

🚫 What You Don't Have (Good Signs)

You do NOT have:

❌ Mass Storage Interface
❌ USB Network / RNDIS / CDC ECM
❌ Audio Interface
❌ Vendor-Specific mystery interface
❌ DFU flashing interface always active
❌ Webcams or imaging device classes
❌ ACM Serial port that could act as command channel

Those are exactly the vectors attackers use to hide exfiltration.
None are present.

🛡 Risk Assessment

Based on USB descriptors alone, this device:

Almost certainly is NOT a hardware keylogger or spyware keyboard.

Gaming keyboards with macro/RGB features often show:

multiple HID interfaces

large HID report descriptors

weird naming or reused VID/PID

bloated Windows config apps

It's all consistent with a cheap Chinese ODM gaming board.

Consistent with cheap Chinese ODM gaming board.  )


But but... It was not cheap and it doesn't feel cheap.

As said they will get a bit stiffer. I don't have any scientific data and can't find anyone who measured them after x amount of years.
I don't use mines anymore, they are stored in their original box without their plastic wraps. It makes sense that the "rubber" dries and starts to lose some elasticity over time.

But I don't think the increased stiffness is noticeable. My oldest is probably 15+ years old and still feel like I remembered.
I'm used to heavy switches. I prefer the 55g over the 45g. I tend to bottom out each keys when I type. I guess I'm less sensitive to the fine tactility of those who float on the keys instead of walking at the bottom. :-)

Side note, I'm recovering from a motorcycle accident a month ago. I have two broken fingers that keep reminding me I should reconsider my bad typing technique.

Do you have any other colors available in ADA? Do you do custom colors?