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Offline Lain1911

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MD] For datamancer lovers
« on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 20:32:24 »

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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 20:38:00 »
Those look really uncomfortable to type on, just like the qwerty thing a while back did.

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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 22:07:41 »
I cant justify 100 dollars for metal and plastic keycaps. They should be glass and metal. I feel those are really overpriced.
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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 22:08:58 »
I cant justify 100 dollars for metal and plastic keycaps. They should be glass and metal. I feel those are really overpriced.

Well I don't know if they're in production anymore.
After all, Datamancer did pass away some time ago.
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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 22:10:51 »
Those look really uncomfortable to type on, just like the qwerty thing a while back did.

And a link without login: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/datamancer-typewriter-keys?mode=guest_open

I got to try the Qwerkywriter prototype at keycon, It wasn't bad actually.

Not sure about the quality on these. Sonicrevolution's are quite nice.

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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 23:12:11 »


I got to try the Qwerkywriter prototype at keycon, It wasn't bad actually.

Not sure about the quality on these. Sonicrevolution's are quite nice.

What switches did they use on the prototype? Sounds kind of like blues from the video they posted.
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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 08 December 2014, 23:14:12 »


I got to try the Qwerkywriter prototype at keycon, It wasn't bad actually.

Not sure about the quality on these. Sonicrevolution's are quite nice.

What switches did they use on the prototype? Sounds kind of like blues from the video they posted.

I believe it was blues. Greens were discussed at some point in time but I guess blues were easier to acquire and more ubiquitously recognized. I imagine a lot of average folks wouldn't even know what greens were even if they were familiar with mech boards.
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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 09 December 2014, 14:10:48 »
really tempted to get these for my k70 as i won't have to worry about the layout.

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Re: MD] For datamancer lovers
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 09 December 2014, 17:00:40 »
really tempted to get these for my k70 as i won't have to worry about the layout.
That i can see for non-standard keyboards. Though i would still have a hard time spending this much almost equivalent to the cost of a new mech.
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