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Offline gotofbi

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Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« on: Mon, 28 April 2014, 20:41:36 »
Hello.

I just bought Wyse keyboard from ebay and I realize that keycaps are pretty nice.

I want to reuse lettter+number+F1~12 keys but I dont know how to find rest of keys that fits as same height.

Do I need Wyse Moogle Kit to fill the blank?

I want to finsih keyboard as winkey without numpad(87 or 86 keys depends how I can fill missing keys)

Somebody please help me


Thank you
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 28 April 2014, 20:44:11 »
yup you'll need a moogle
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Offline gotofbi

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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 28 April 2014, 21:41:14 »
Quote from: Pacifist on Mon, 28 April 2014, 20:44:11
yup you'll need a moogle

Thank you for your reply Pacifist.

Is this image Wyse Moogle Kit??

One last question, from the picture of Wyse keyboard that I posted, I see that "~" key and "ESC" are located in different row.

Wouldnt it make a different height compare with other row if I place them into original cherry 3000 style??
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 28 April 2014, 22:58:05 »
^ That is definitely a Wyse moogle.
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 29 April 2014, 00:20:45 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 April 2014, 22:58:05
^ That is definitely a Wyse moogle.

Thanks rowdy

Do you know where can I buy this kit?

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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 29 April 2014, 00:59:27 »
Quote from: gotofbi on Tue, 29 April 2014, 00:20:45
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 April 2014, 22:58:05
^ That is definitely a Wyse moogle.

Thanks rowdy

Do you know where can I buy this kit?



Classifieds.  Groupbuys for these are long done.
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 29 April 2014, 01:14:50 »
Quote from: gotofbi on Tue, 29 April 2014, 00:20:45
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 April 2014, 22:58:05
^ That is definitely a Wyse moogle.

Thanks rowdy

Do you know where can I buy this kit?



That screen capture looks like from techkeys.us, but they are no longer in stock.

Maybe send i3oilermaker a PM to ask if they are coming back any time soon.

Otherwise classifieds.
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 29 April 2014, 11:02:56 »
While it won't color match... though that isn't necessarily bad either depending on what looks you like, you can always just buy basic 33 mods from here. Its the same company that made the keys on Wyse so as far as everything else matching up it will be no problem.
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:45:49 »
Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 29 April 2014, 11:02:56
While it won't color match... though that isn't necessarily bad either depending on what looks you like, you can always just buy basic 33 mods from here. Its the same company that made the keys on Wyse so as far as everything else matching up it will be no problem.

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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:09:59 »
One more question.
Is there thick wyse moogle kit or only thin keycap?
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:13:34 »
Quote from: gotofbi on Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:09:59
One more question.
Is there thick wyse moogle kit or only thin keycap?

Only thin. SP doesn't make thick double shot DCS profile keycaps. The WYSE originals were made by Comptec.
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 19:45:25 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:13:34
Quote from: gotofbi on Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:09:59
One more question.
Is there thick wyse moogle kit or only thin keycap?

Only thin. SP doesn't make thick double shot DCS profile keycaps. The WYSE originals were made by Comptec.

Thanks!
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Re: Want to reuse old WYSE keycaps
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 19:47:41 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:13:34
Quote from: gotofbi on Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:09:59
One more question.
Is there thick wyse moogle kit or only thin keycap?

Only thin. SP doesn't make thick double shot DCS profile keycaps. The WYSE originals were made by Comptec.
Where can I buy original WYSE keycap?
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