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DaftGray
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Jun 29, 2016
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Any way to just get the typewriter key caps set for this? I have this board from the last drop, but the typewriter caps weren't offered then.
makirules
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Jun 29, 2016
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DataThose arent exactly the same keycaps. I am wondering about these as well. I assume that they are cheaper than the datamancer ones.
kschang
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Jun 29, 2016
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makirulesMUCH cheaper, so much cheaper ($20? Really?) that Datamancer is probably screaming in frustration. But you can't copyright something that obvious, just their particular implementation of it.
A while back I think someone tried to put it on Taiwan's kickstarter, promising a "vintage" keyboard (i.e. typewriter-style keys) for a price that's like 1/10th of the Datamancer keyboards. But sharp-eyed folks realized what he did was he used the ACTUAL Datamancer keys (pulled from a real Datamancer keyboard) and slapped onto the cheap keyboard. In other words, the keys cost more than the keyboard and the guy is basically advertising something that's not possible. I think Datamancer eventually got the whole thing shut down? Didn't research it too closely, but that guy was using actual Datamancer keys. This... is merely a clone.
A while back I think someone tried to put it on Taiwan's kickstarter, promising a "vintage" keyboard (i.e. typewriter-style keys) for a price that's like 1/10th of the Datamancer keyboards. But sharp-eyed folks realized what he did was he used the ACTUAL Datamancer keys (pulled from a real Datamancer keyboard) and slapped onto the cheap keyboard. In other words, the keys cost more than the keyboard and the guy is basically advertising something that's not possible. I think Datamancer eventually got the whole thing shut down? Didn't research it too closely, but that guy was using actual Datamancer keys. This... is merely a clone.
makirules
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Jun 29, 2016
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kschangI say much cheaper because if you factor in the cost of the actual keyboard here, the keycaps cant be that much in price compared to the datamancer ones. I do not mind this clone. The lack of gap between the modifiers and the other keys is actually nicer than the look of the datamancer keycaps (at least to me).
Neblin7
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Jun 29, 2016
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makirulesOh yeah, these have to be much cheaper. These have cheapish looking chrome plastic around the cap and the Datamancer one's are metal and they are re-legendable I believe.
BrandonKey
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Jun 30, 2016
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Neblin7Though the ones from Datamancer are very overpriced. Because they're 'handcrafted'
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