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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jduo9ee wrote

Reply to Yellow bird by RoadToSurfdom

My specs post got blocked somehow... here it is:

  • Cooler Master Quickfire Storm TK,
  • Mx Reds swapped for Gateron Yellows, lubed w/ Krytox,
  • Custom printend keycap set from Max Keyboard,
  • Flat F10 kecaps for F-row etc from Pimp My Keyboard,
  • Case and keycaps airbrushed, using Vallejo Model Air Moon Yellow, plus primers.

Inspired by IBM's Yellow Bird prototype PC from the 70ies.

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jdu2s0r wrote

Reply to comment by Dmitri0163 in Yellow bird by RoadToSurfdom

It's OEM profile ABS keycaps from Max Keyboard, with custom laser printed legends. They offer custom printed keycap sets, just like WASD.

The flat keycaps are called F10, from Pimp My Keyboard, they're PBT.

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jds0r1p wrote

Reply to comment by SaturdayIcedLatte in Yellow bird by RoadToSurfdom

Thanks! My spec post got blocked for some reason, se my new post.

All keys work as normal. I just wanted the F-row to be more discreet. I also went for a sort-of winkeyless, vintage look with the painted caps in the bottom row.

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jcgdfqt wrote

Reply to comment by Yoosulis in "Day 21. No one suspects a thing." by RoadToSurfdom

Naw not really a prank, I just don't think I'll have much use for it unless I'm by myself :) I have an idea about using two different sets of keycaps, one for the alphas and one for the others. I got carried away and decided to use different switches.

The Aliaz Silents are tactiles with silencing, but they are pretty meh so I haven't used them, had them lying around and decided they fit this concept.

The Alps switch is just so I can use an extra key on this keyboard, the hole is really for big-ass enter keycap, se my other comment.

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jcgbvgc wrote

Reply to comment by smrts1080 in "Day 21. No one suspects a thing." by RoadToSurfdom

No, this plate actually has an Alps hole where the backslash key goes. It's from a Steelseries 6Gv2, which has a big-ass Enter (L-shaped). The switch sits where an ANSI enter is, and the keycap has a stabilizer shaft where the backslash key would be. The shaft runs in a plastic insert that fits an Alps plate mount hole.

I decided to convert it to ANSI by mounting an Alps switch, there is no traces in the PCB but I will run wires to the Fn key.

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jcfn873 wrote

Reply to "Day 21. No one suspects a thing." by RoadToSurfdom

Switches:

  • Novelkeys Box Jades and Navies for the alpha section
  • Aliaz Silent 70g for the rest
  • Alps.tw Type 8, linear Alps clone.

Yes, the plate is gunky/rusty, but I don't care, I am mostly building this to annoy my coworkers.

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RoadToSurfdom t1_j9qt5az wrote

Reply to comment by adamcoe in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

Also, polaroids were used in industries like film and fashion, where you wanted to take a reference photo of something - like, documenting what clothes actors are wearing so they wear the same at the shoot tomorrow.

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