deskthority

Yet another Topre board...this is getting scary

So this little number has a few things that some may find interesting. F1-F8 have legendable keycaps, there are some coloured keycaps, the card reader of course and the plastic used on the keycaps seems a lot thinner than the standard Topre fare - this is especially noticeable if you drag your fingers along the keys (without pressing them). There's a higher pitched rattle of the keys as a result.

Also of note is that the spacebar appears to be PBT instead of ABS. This is something that has never been mentioned before on any keyboard forum.

002 wrote:Also of note is that the spacebar appears to be PBT instead of ABS. This is something that has never been mentioned before on any keyboard forum.

It's PBT simply because it's the short JIS spacebar.

I know. I don't think I'll try to be facetious anymore...

Nice, I don't think I've seen the legendables before.

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woody wrote:

002 wrote:Also of note is that the spacebar appears to be PBT instead of ABS. This is something that has never been mentioned before on any keyboard forum.

It's PBT simply because it's the short JIS spacebar.

indeed....

laggy-gaga wrote:indeed....

Time to start using '/s'. This was a dig at ripster guys and I'm sure he's laughing his arse of right now watching it backfire on me.

cactux wrote:Do these keycaps have the same profile?

If you're referring to the legendables, then the answer is yes. Unlike a REALFORCE though, the function row is not the same profile as the number row - they sit lower than the number row.

002 wrote:I know. I don't think I'll try to be facetious anymore...

Ok. It's hit and miss for all of us.

Some more pics of the function key sitting next to a 103U's:

Wow just realised I have F6 sitting next to F9. How embarassing.