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Offline itlnstln

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Signature Plastics Now Sells Red ESC keys for Cherry and ALPS
« on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 10:38:04 »
Awesome.  I do hope they start making whole sets.  That font is old-school.
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Offline sixty

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Signature Plastics Now Sells Red ESC keys for Cherry and ALPS
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 11:10:43 »
Hah. Now thats funny. I guess they got the hint with all the crazy people asking for red esc keys, like here, or also here. This is awesome though, now to talk them into a full set!
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Offline Nonmouse

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 11:32:46 »
Can anyone decipher their inventory pages?  What are DCS, DS, SA and KT families?  Is there some code I'm missing that indicates what's printed on the keycap (aside from relengendable ones, of course)?

Oh- and they have glow in the dark relengendable caps in the DSA family...
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 11:35:53 »
Funny you should mention that.  Ripster posted it earlier today.
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Offline Nonmouse

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 12:12:27 »
Quote from: ripster;176883
Nonmouse thought I was trolling him.

I'm gonna get it stuck in his head yet.


More like one of those little yappy dogs that run around yipping begging to be petted on the head...  A trollhuahua?

*Pitypat*

There, feel better, rippy?
 ZOMG!  You got me to post! Yay you!!  :rolleyes:


As far as the song goes, me no clicky linkies.  Easy enough.
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 13:14:54 »
Very cool, and doubleshot even!
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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 16:32:17 »
I've already got a red, double shot Esc key for an ALPS keyswitch. And it's a big one too!
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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 17:49:27 »


Overall quality is good but thickness is only one complain.
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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 17:52:41 »
Just ordered six.  I figure I'll get more Filco boards eventually...
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 29 April 2010, 07:49:50 »
Unfortunately, they probably won't make a 104 set.  Talking to Ms. Keyboard awhile back, Fentek won't make full sets as there are too many configurations of keycaps (see: trying to use Cherry caps on a Filco).  My G80-1863 won't even take Cherry's standard caps, either, but it has double-shots already.
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 30 April 2010, 19:26:38 »
Got here a lot faster than I expected...

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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 01 May 2010, 17:50:24 »
Mine got here today, but for some reason they sent me five white-on-red instead of four white-on-red and one black-on-red.  No big deal.
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Offline BigBrother

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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 06 May 2010, 01:22:43 »
Quote from: Nonmouse;176876
Can anyone decipher their inventory pages?  What are DCS, DS, SA and KT families?  Is there some code I'm missing that indicates what's printed on the keycap (aside from relengendable ones, of course)?



which keys on that site would i be looking for for a unicomp space saver ?
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Offline Half-Saint

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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 06 May 2010, 01:31:59 »
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which keys on that site would i be looking for for a unicomp space saver ?


Which keys do you want?
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« Reply #14 on: Thu, 06 May 2010, 08:45:28 »
Quote from: BigBrother;179433
which keys on that site would i be looking for for a unicomp space saver ?


You can get red Esc keys and other colored keys for a Unicomp Space Saver directly from Unicomp.

Fentek Industries also sells Model M style keys in different colors:

http://www.fentek-ind.com/keys.htm
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Offline BigBrother

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« Reply #15 on: Thu, 06 May 2010, 14:22:09 »
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Which keys do you want?


the almost-generic 'red escape key' and maybe the WASD keys in blue (or some colour i'll notice in a dimly lit environment) and maybe QER and control in some colour, too.
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Offline Half-Saint

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« Reply #16 on: Fri, 07 May 2010, 02:41:29 »
Quote from: BigBrother;179546
the almost-generic 'red escape key' and maybe the WASD keys in blue (or some colour i'll notice in a dimly lit environment) and maybe QER and control in some colour, too.


As pfink already stated, you can buy the keys from Unicomp for $2 each plus shipping. I recently bought lavender WASD, check out this thread to see how it looks. I think you'd probably need something darker to stand out in a dimly lit room.

Cheers,
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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 10 May 2010, 16:51:38 »
@iMav, What about us Geekhackers not residing in the Us ? The ebay listing is restricted to US only :frown:    Can you not open the offer for those of us who missed the posting ?

Also I wish to nominate the Newest member to Geekhack at the time of my/this nomination, GL to whoever you maybe.

Only 2hrs 8 mins left on ebay :frown:
« Last Edit: Mon, 10 May 2010, 17:07:34 by J888www »
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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 12 May 2010, 07:48:35 »
The keys I ordered nine days ago arrived today. :)



Comparison with the Ortek's standard Esc:



The red Esc key has a lower profile but its counterpart of the keystem is longer. Looks a bit weird on the keyboard IMHO.
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