I think we are talking past each other, somehow. Perhaps a language barrier issue. Not sure.
Why would you expect his xwhatsit stock to be depleted by this point? This actually does go back *exactly* to my point about "lead times". He ordered a bunch more xwhatsits when he told the factory to begin building these keyboards MONTHS ago, BECAUSE he needed to order SOMETHING...you can't make a keyboard without a controller. The xwhatsit was a "known quantity", and at the same time the Leyden Jar wasn't even ready yet! So naturally he ordered a bunch of xwhatsits. Why is this so difficult to understand?
So, yes, I am sure he still has quite a few more xwhatsits to burn through. Not surprising in the least.
Your complaint appears to boil down to, "I can't believe that Ellipse didn't use this thing that didn't exist until 5 minutes ago." Which is absurd. (Obviously the "5 minutes" part is hyperbole. But you get the point.)
That makes sense for you and your priorities. I guess it's good that different people have different needs, and prioritize different things. The majority of the build cost of this keyboard is not in the controller being used. I think that much is obvious. I would guess that people who are buying these keyboards now are doing so because they are in the market for something that literally doesn't exist anywhere else: a Model F with an IBM Enhanced Keyboard layout and form-factor, in a metal enclosure. If you have the luxury of putting off your purchase indefinitely until the controller changes, and you do so because you put so much value on the controller being used, then that's perfectly valid. Others would apparently rather have their keyboards sooner than that.
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Ellipse is confirming exactly what I suspected: he had a manufacturing lead time issue that required him to order controllers before Leyden Jar was ready. Now he has to use them.
Yes, he is shipping them with Vial. (Only "VIA" is capitalized. "Vial" is not.)
I am aware of this issue. I built the firmwares that Ellipse is loading onto these keyboards. I had to jump through some hoops to make it work. Memory limitation in xwhatsit's Atmel micro definitely makes it difficult, and does add limitations.
Yes, we are all aware of the difference between the xwhatsit and Leyden Jar in terms of the microprocessor being used. But I am confused: are you saying you experience typing lag with xwhatsit? I have personally never seen this.
Chronological fallacy.
Yes, agreed. I too think Rico has done an amazing job. I'm not arguing otherwise; nobody is. And I am very much looking forward to a future full of capacitive keyboards driven by Leyden Jars.
What we are talking about right here, right now are hard, practical, real-world realities.
From your list, here are the features my Vial firmwares for xwhatsit currently support:
Layers (3)
Macros (16)
Tap dances (4)
Combos (4)
Mouse Keys
