Imagine how that would look in an NCR 3077 case 
Leave feng's GMK cyan out in the sun!
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for real, dude
hey intelli,
I know the photo because I photographed it .... 
i send a PM.
great, responded, thank you.
I think I should mention here that it is my belief that the original TA Dario 286 keyboard colors were actually the colors you see on TA typewriters like in foxtrott's photo. The darker blue is actually very similar to Olivetti blue which also explains why the blue accent on the 286 case makes it look like an Olivetti case. For some reason, the colors on the 286 doubleshots aged to a beautiful teal while the colors on the case and dyesub typewriter keycaps did not. If you can't find one you should start a buy next year for a GMK TA-Replica set that uses a White Color on their N5 Blue for the mods and their V4 blue on Grey for the alphas. I would be in for sure! (And so would many others I think.) Now it wouldn't start off looking like the TA caps we all know and love, but if you could artificially age those caps somehow, I think you would end up with caps that look like the ones you see on the vintage TA 286 boards. Find an old Olivetti G80/1 case, and then you have your TA 286 board. Believe me, I thought this through lol. Aging feng's set would likely not produce the same result. Here is another pic I found on reddit posted by cjhard that shows the unaged underside of the TA keys:
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Yes, this seems to be the prevailing wisdom, which is interesting. I wonder why these boards all turned teal while Olivetti G81s did not. I remember reading a post that the TA boards were used by German secret police (?!?) in vehicles, hence they got constantly pounded by sunlight, explaining why no one has ever seen one with the original color. (No idea if there is any truth to that, no source was given, and I was under the impression these keyboards came with mail-order PCs from TA). Anyway, the teal is a wonderful accident. I am open to running a GB although it would definitely have to occur some time after Feng's is finished. Disagree on the specifics though, I would probably ask GMK to price out a custom pantone teal color, not go for blue. That would just be an Olivetti reproduction; no one is going to artificially age caps, not that we even know how...
Good luck, I think you'll need it. Maybe you can find an ANSI one.. :cool:
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I didn't even know they came in ANSI, wow. Not getting my hopes up. Maybe
should just put GMK Olivetti in a ****ing solar hot dog cooker.
BUMPP!1I can't believe I still have this HHKB. You will never find another like it. Make me a compelling offer on the stuff I have left... I have more cool stuff I am considering putting up, but not until all the current goods are cleared out.
