[rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

[Stephen Conley]

The only improvement I would want is a USB hub in the keyboard so you can
plug your mouse into the keyboard (which I do with my G15 and is true to
the original Sun keyboards anyway).  Keeping the feel as close to the
original as possible is part of it.

$200 for a niche keyboard is about the going rate, there's been plenty of
custom keyboards built in the past few years.  This one comes to mind at
$285.00 ... https://system76.com/accessories/launch   ... that said, its
such a tiny keyboard it makes my wrists hurt just looking at it.  And I
actually do use my number pad so no number pad is kind of an on-starter.
If I wanted to type on a laptop keyboard, I'd type directly on my laptop's
keyboard instead of plugging an external keyboard into it :)

I think there would be takers at a $200 - $300 price point, I'd definitely
count myself as one.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 3:10 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

> On 6/4/21 3:05 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> > Raises hand ... I know people who work with injection molding machines.
> >
> > What do you need?  I would say get the Cherry keycaps that are softer
> and less clicky, rather than make that part yourself.
>
>   Well the idea here would be to make an *exact replica* of a Type 5 (or
> Type 4) keyboard, not one "with some adjustments".  Otherwise there's
> really not much point.
>
>             -Dave
>
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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