Data General Dasher replica

[mr_a500]

Here's a quick top down photo. I know it's dark, but it's a dark day and I'm having difficulty getting a shot without glare on the keycaps.

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[morkl]

Better off PMing Facet. He's not around much, like he said.

Oh, right. Done and done!

[morkl]

Here's a quick top down photo. I know it's dark, but it's a dark day and I'm having difficulty getting a shot without glare on the keycaps.

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I think it does a good job of showing the font!

Interrestingly, the fonts don't differ from the D400 as much as I previously thought (except the numbers, which have obviously different characters).

Overlaying the images and looking at the characters side by side, these are the main differences I spot:

• Different squiggle on the Q
• Tighter bend on the J
• Tighter kerning around the I in SHIFT
• Round vs flat top on the 3
• Pointy vs flat corners on the 4
• Slightly different curve on the 7
• Slashed vs open 0
• Smaller dot and longer vertical piece on the ?
• Straight vs leaning/italicized &
• Larger/roomier #

I suspect most of the differences of the main alphas could be attributed to the font being engraved in differently-shaped molds? Special characters and numbers really seem to be different though.

[mr_a500]

Nice comparison. Yours is a European keyboard though. I wonder what the US version of the D400 looks like.