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Is this group buy still happening? I noticed the Geekhack thread is locked :/

Edit: NM, now it's unlocked.

Muirium wrote:Only the rubberised case I haven't heard about. For what it's worth, mine is holding up pretty nicely after several months daily use.

Any idea if existing aluminum cases can be used without issues? Also is it plate mounted?

matt3o wrote: what is mechanical? what is the antonym? manual? digital? what is life? what is love? baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

At the risk of derailing this thread again, this was posted yesterday: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57424

there's a user who said some keyboard are not able wake up OSX from sleep mode, can you test that as well? :D

If my OS X machine is in sleep mode and press any keys on my RF 87U then it'll wake up but none of my key presses are registered. I either have to unplug the keyboard and plug it back in ...

YuukiHaruto wrote:Putting that aside, what other changes do you guys suggest? I think the 55g is a must as well

A silenced option a la Type-S.

What's patience?

That's the perfect layout

They also did one with better switches though

Yeah why should they create another HHKB? At the very least they should add arrow keys.

Muirium wrote:I'd still lose the sixth row up top, though.

I agree. I was too lazy and uncreative to fire up Photoshop

So how does one convince Cooler Master to convince Topre to make a fully configurable keyboard?

Mock FunctionKeyLess
Mock NovaTouch FunctionKeyLess.jpg
Mock 60%
Mock NovaTouch 60%.jpg
Mmmm!

I like both of the above. Although for the FunctionKeyLess it would be nice if five rows of 1u keys were added to maximize the use of the space on the right and compensate for lack of function keys ...

CM Bram wrote:Hey everyone...

I don't care about the font since I almost have replacement keycaps for this board. The new dark grey colour of the case is really awesome though

CM Bram wrote: If you all are interested in a gray housing you could always mod the NovaTouch .... ?

Are you able to confirm that existing aluminum cases (Vortex, etc.) can be used with the Novatouch? I'm wondering if there will be any issue with the micro USB port.

matt3o wrote:from this pictures you can also see something important about the sliders... let's see if someone finds it

They're purple! What did I win?

I don't know if it's the angle at which the picture was taken or the shadows but they seem shorter than the sliders on the Realforce that I'm using.

matt3o, does Cooler Master's NDA allow you to describe what the weighting feels like compared to RF 45g, HHKB, or FC660C?

matt3o wrote:if we can pull together an order large enough I bet SP would make it.

Yes, yes, yes! A thousand times yes

Muirium wrote:An HHKB "repair kit" of caps, space bar, and mount adapters!

ABS 6u space bar and PBT spare caps? Don't forget about Realforce users :/

Hi, how much would a Realforce 104Pro 10th anniversary edition keyboard (uniform 30g weighting) be worth without any keycaps?

Thanks! I just ordered it

matt3o wrote: This weekend I'll work on a prototype that should reduce cost of shapeways 3D print, it will be "beta" but if you want to help you could buy one slider and give feedback.

I'll work on the stabilizer case next, but this prototyping phase is becoming pretty expensive and I'm a bit short of funding right now :P

It looks like there are enough people here and on Geekhack that are excited about this. Would you be open to publishing your costs and roadmap? Hopefully I'm ...

I would state the obvious but... HHKB is 6u, you can't fit a 6.25 in a 6u :) That's why you need Skull Squadron set :) (or DSA retro)

SP calls all its spacebars 6.2u (not 6.25) I don't know if it's just for brevity or if the spacebars are really a pinch smaller, but from your pictures it seems ...

Bram, is the case used in these pics and your CES videos the one that will be shipped or is it just a prototype? I'm hoping that CM branding will be kept to a minimum, preferably none on the user facing surface.

Also, are there plans of offering different case colours?