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Offline Hypersphere

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Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 11:38:51 »
DOLCH and "OLIVETTE" Key Cap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches:

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1362

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1361

Pre-Orders being accepted for delivery in November, 2015.

These are double-shot ABS.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 11:42:13 »
Hooray! More Alps keycap set options. This is especially good for those who missed the last Massdrop buy or want more sets later :D.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 12:00:06 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Wed, 19 August 2015, 11:42:13
Hooray! More Alps keycap set options. This is especially good for those who missed the last Massdrop buy or want more sets later :D.
Yes, indeed! Perhaps this is a beginning of a new trend as more people discover Matias and other Alps-type switches. I am eager to see how good the quality is on these ABS double-shots, and I hope that someone will become interested in producing dye-sub PBT sets for Matias / Alps.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 12:48:43 »
If I recall correctly, these caps are like SP DCS. And while that may seem like a bad thing now, a lot of people don't remember just a couple years ago, that's all we had available. There's nothing wrong with SP DCS and we're spoiled by options now.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 13:22:00 »
Thanks for posting this, I was just looking for the olivetti set. :]
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 15:21:38 »
I actually got both in the MD drop, can't wait..

PBT some day?
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 15:38:53 »
So is this for real, or just wishful thinking to see how many people sign up?
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 15:41:08 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 19 August 2015, 15:38:53
So is this for real, or just wishful thinking to see how many people sign up?
KBParadise bought 300 sets when the ALPS double shots ran on Massdrop ( It would not have met MOQ otherwise) So this is very real, just a long wait as the group buy just ended not too long ago.
« Last Edit: Wed, 19 August 2015, 15:42:55 by nickheller »
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 17:42:30 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Wed, 19 August 2015, 12:48:43
If I recall correctly, these caps are like SP DCS. And while that may start like a bad thing now, a lot of people don't remember just a couple years ago, that's all we had available. There's nothing wrong with SP DCS and we're spoiled by options now.

SP DCS is perfectly acceptable.  Not quite the perfection of Cherry profile, but more than acceptable.

Now I have to pay a premium since I failed to get in on the Massdrop buy.  Nice one, bonehead.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 17:43:46 »
Although the listing does say OEM profile.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 18:37:08 »
Quote from: vivalarevolución on Wed, 19 August 2015, 17:43:46
Although the listing does say OEM profile.
All the better, as far as I am concerned. I like high profiles on keyboards.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 18:48:09 »
Quote from: vivalarevolución on Wed, 19 August 2015, 17:43:46
Although the listing does say OEM profile.

I ordered a set, and I am not quite sure what "OEM" means in terms of Alps, unless perhaps it refers to whatever Matias is currently making.

My hope is simply that they are compatible with my 4 Alps keyboards: Northgate 101, AT101W, Filco Zero, and Ducky 1087XM in case I have to make substitutions.

And, of course, if I am one day so lucky as to get my hands on a Kingsaver .....
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:03:15 »
I know this is off-topic, fohat, but since you said you have a Filco Zero... do you know how it compares to the KBP V80 in terms of build quality? I was looking at getting one of the two a while ago and ended up going with the V80 because nobody was selling a Filco Zero.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:07:21 »
Quote from: Ludovician on Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:03:15
I know this is off-topic, fohat, but since you said you have a Filco Zero... do you know how it compares to the KBP V80 in terms of build quality? I was looking at getting one of the two a while ago and ended up going with the V80 because nobody was selling a Filco Zero.

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that at all. I really know very little about Cherry keyboards.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:25:08 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:07:21
Quote from: Ludovician on Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:03:15
I know this is off-topic, fohat, but since you said you have a Filco Zero... do you know how it compares to the KBP V80 in terms of build quality? I was looking at getting one of the two a while ago and ended up going with the V80 because nobody was selling a Filco Zero.

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that at all. I really know very little about Cherry keyboards.
Both those are alps boards.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 19 August 2015, 21:26:19 »
Ah, I was referring to the Matias V80 that just came out recently. But if you're not familiar with it, no worries.

Those are the only two standard-layout Alps TKLs that I know of, and I wanted a TKL with blue Alps so I picked up the V80.
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 20 August 2015, 00:02:21 »
I honestly got confused at one point and couldn't tell the difference between the V80 and the Filco Zero. I mentioned that in the V80 review in my signature
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 20 August 2015, 00:29:31 »
Amen.

Do these pre-orders collect payment upon joining or when they ship?
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Re: Dolch and Olivette Keycap Sets for Matias / Alps Switches
« Reply #18 on: Thu, 20 August 2015, 09:25:55 »
I ordered a v80 yesterday. The invoice doesn't say but I checked my credit card account and the transaction has been posted.

That's unusual since most vendors don't post transactions until they are ready to ship.
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