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Offline mr_a500

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« on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:37:06 »
I have a general hatred of modern, thin, flat, cheap keycaps. My favourite keycaps are the vintage super-thick doubleshot keycaps - the thicker the better. If you've got awesomely thick doubleshot keycaps, post them in this thread!

Here are some from my collection:

Kaypro II (blue keys are the thickest I've ever seen)


TRS-80 Model III


DEC VT-100 (relatively thin, except for the one on the bottom right)


WYSE WY-50 (actually, not that thick but OK for a post-84 keyboard)


TI-99/4a (early version)



The IBM Model F single piece keycap is a bit thick and sturdy, but it's not doubleshot.
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Offline redpill

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:39:13 »
Those Kaypro keys aren't Cherry MX compatible are they?
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Offline aggiejy

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 17:34:46 »
Those look like incredible hulk compared to SP caps.  Are there *any* other manufacturers doing doubleshots other than SP?  (since Cherry stopped anyway)
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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 21:05:40 »
Fentek?
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Offline litster

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 00:36:57 »
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Doesn't look like it.  Probably only the Wyse without modding.

The Wyse caps work with Cherry.  The Wyse keycaps that I have been retr0briting this weekend came from a Wyse terminal keyboard with Cherry MX black.  There are at least 2 different kinds of double shot caps with two different thicknesses.  The picture from mr_a500 is the thicker kind.  Newer (or not as old) Wyse keyboards have double shots with thinner sidewall, just a tad thicker than SP.  I have both kinds.
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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 00:58:00 »
From SP:





From Cherry:

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Offline mr_a500

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:50:43 »
Do those SP custom keycaps only come in smooth or are they available with textured tops? (like the Kaypro, TRS-80, TI)
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:53:07 »
I think this counts as an auto-win

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Offline mr_a500

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:54:31 »
What the hell is that??
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 08:43:11 »
The uberswitch, of course.

That blue Kaypro probably is a bit thicker though.
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Offline MsKeyboard

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 09:15:13 »
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Fentek just uses Signature Plastics.

Buy a set of these and she will forgive me.
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We use several vendors, as well as our own in-house tooling and printing.  Sometimes it is just faster to farm out a job than recreate it ;)

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Offline lenakira

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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 28 December 2011, 17:51:27 »
WOW its so thick
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Offline mr_a500

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« Reply #12 on: Wed, 28 December 2011, 18:08:49 »
Ah... I forgot about this thread. Here are Victor 9000 keycaps:

Check out the height of the function keys compared to a Model M:


...and here is the thickness compared to Model M:
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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 29 December 2011, 00:05:19 »
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I think this counts as an auto-win

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IBM beam-spring, I presume.

I did have some vintage Cherry keys that were twice as thick as DS Cherry MX keys, and twice as high, but I gave them away and don't have a good photo.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 00:35:20 »
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Krown Research keyboard. Looks like some really old MX type switch.
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Offline kaen

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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 05:19:11 »
These are some flats from Devlin UK
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Offline Human

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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 11:15:54 »
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These are some flats from Devlin UK

I got them too. Thickness is really unmatchable, just that they not really suit/fit modern board like FILCO and so on with high profile.
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 13:44:58 »
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I got them too. Thickness is really unmatchable, just that they not really suit/fit modern board like FILCO and so on with high profile.
They're higher profile than filco? I poked around their website, but I couldn't find that much information (pricing, etc) on their keycaps.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 13:50:15 »
No Devlins are lower, like height of Cherry home row I think. They only do that 1 profile for all keys as far as I know, at least for their stock keys.
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Offline Human

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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 15:06:54 »
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No Devlins are lower, like height of Cherry home row I think. They only do that 1 profile for all keys as far as I know, at least for their stock keys.

Nope, they do make keycaps of other/normal profile. At least this keycaps are made by Devlin.


Or this:
http://keyboardporn.com/keycaps/kbdholic-rgb-keycaps/
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 16:19:05 »
Hmn, I contacted them before and they told me only had that one style, like flat profile for pos system. Perhaps they just had no other stock at the time.
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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 02 January 2012, 16:22:16 »
The flat style really works out for Dvorak users like me. That's why I like IBM/unicomp so much.
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