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Offline gameaholic

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Pi 400
« on: Tue, 03 November 2020, 11:37:16 »
I'm gonna just leave this here and trust that the community will rise up and build one of these into a proper cherry mx aluminum housing since it's open source.



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Offline depletedvespene

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Re: Pi 400
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 03 November 2020, 17:00:44 »
Sub-1U alpha keys? NO.
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Offline King Icewind

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Re: Pi 400
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 03 November 2020, 17:22:29 »
It’s pretty cool. I’ve actually been working on a modern TI-99/4A which supports a Raspberry Pi. I’ve finished the Solidworks model and the keyboard PCB, but still have to finish the speaker design. The 400 might be a better candidate than a regular Pi.

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Offline Darthbaggins

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Re: Pi 400
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 04 November 2020, 10:09:51 »
I can see that being replicated using Choc switches or the low-pro mx variants.  Also some modification to the key layout would be nice to have as well to make them to a more standard cap layout where needed (ie the alphas). 
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Offline ddrfraser1

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Re: Pi 400
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 04 November 2020, 10:35:10 »
Quote from: gameaholic on Tue, 03 November 2020, 11:37:16
I'm gonna just leave this here and trust that the community will rise up and build one of these into a proper cherry mx aluminum housing since it's open source.


Thank you. Couldn't agree more. This machine is amazing. The only letdowns are the caps and switches. I have no doubt a proper one will be made in the future which is why I am waiting a few years to buy. For now, I'll be happy with the new C64.
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Offline treeleaf64

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Re: Pi 400
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 04 November 2020, 16:46:57 »
This is basically macbook keyboard layout but weirder ,  so it has already pretty much been done
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Offline Darthbaggins

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Re: Pi 400
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 04 November 2020, 16:48:57 »
I was going to say it does resemble the Apple board/laptop layout boards.
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