deskthority

RedESC I believe these were the final numbers for the first order of the Round 2 Model F keyboards: Classic F104 900 Off-White/Beige 329 Industrial Gray 236 Black 180 Silver Gray 45 True Red 39 Dark Blue 38 Light Blue 33 Classic F122 400 Off-White/Beige 122 Industrial Gray 87 Black 71 Dark Blue 40 S...

Muirium wrote: ↑

16 Apr 2024, 11:32

Just reminded about this again by email:

https://ursa.fkcaps.com

this would be so awesome if there would be ISO DE support, I still got a gutted novatouch that would be perfect for this

Also just saw it. Really nice stuff, looking forward to it!

Just reminded about this again by email:

https://ursa.fkcaps.com

Looks like the pre-orders are live now, and with more interesting colour ways than I feared. Phew! I might just go in for a Minicom kit. I’ve only got the one black Topre after all.

Been having some issues flashing the firmware for an F62 in Linux. Eventually figured it out though, with a bit more sleuthing than I had expected. lol Can you perhaps elaborate on specifically what the problem was, as well as what the solution ended up being / how you solved it? Sure! - I couldn't...

arccos(248/((49 - 39)^2 + 248^2)^.5) =~ 2.309 degrees for everything but the b62 arccos(210/((49 - 39)^2 + 210^2)^.5) =~ 2.726 degrees for the b62 but i'd need the actual chassis measurements to be accurate. Either way, we can reasonably assume the typing angle is less than 4 degrees and probably cl...

These are keyboards spanning 1949 to the present, covering IBM, its descendants and companies that have acquired IBM divisions, staff and IP. From the IBM 024/026 Card Punch Keyboard Assembly to the Unicomp Mini M and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16's Bluetooth TrackPoint Keyboard and Stand... 70+ years ...

Ah damn, you're completely right man

That's the previous blog post, though, and the current one states there is an "initial colorway", with white on black as a "stretch goal." What's unclear is precisely which colorway that is. The email announcement is a great big picture of the pale beige and beige set I linked in the spoiler above. ...

In the spirit of listening to the moneymen and changing tack towards a group buy: I'd suggest once again changing to a distinctive, lively colorway . I'd be much more excited and likely to join this GB if the caps weren't so pallid. https://xyu46.mjt.lu/img/xyu46/b/2pms/l7g4j.png Hey Mµ, I think yo...

Saw this update in my email inbox: URSA GROUP BUY ANNOUNCEMENT It has been a few weeks now that we have announced URSA to the world, and the first colorway by biip, and have been silent since. The reason is we have been looking for funding from private investors, set up meetings, met people, pitched...

The firmware version readout is just plain text "typed" automatically into the computer, right? (Essentially a macro.) If so, sounds like it ends with a series of Backspace characters to remove it; with the assumption the PC was immensely slower so you could read this message while it was typed then...

Hello everyone, It's been a while. A growing family and sadly non-growing living space necessitate another big sale. But my loss is your gain! These are the first batch I've photographed - there'll be maybe 20 or so more later this week or next. I've been out of the loop for a bit but I think these ...

The difference is quite marginal if ISO buyers are willing to put up with English legends instead of full blown national łàŷøütš. I can only speak for myself ofc , but I only buy sets with DE support. Iam more then happy to purchase an international set separately, if it will be offered at all. łàŷ...

The colours are the game. I’m not even bothered about the dual legends, the big centred ones will do perfectly well enough. But high contrast between alphas and modifiers are a must, and only juicy colourways bring the lust! As for ISO: just throw in both Return keys and left Shifts so that everyone...

While I'd totally jump on a JIS replacement set for my 106, even in pale beige, I kind of have to agree here. The Sachiko colorway is simply too beautiful, Andreas.

Muirium wrote: ↑

07 Jul 2023, 23:30

Andreas: why not this?

Iam with µ on this.
The only set I really wanna buy is this red & blue one.
Hopefully in iso ?

Got an email update about this. Just the same poll I already answered, alas, on the same all-WoB colourway I’m not into and a gallery of alternatives which were equally as bland. The pale “beige” set is the only one which even disgtinguishes modifiers. Andreas: why not this? https://deskthority.net/...

Muirium wrote: ↑

29 Jun 2023, 22:51

No interest in JIS or ISO for me but I understand the few who do.

just kidding, but some ISO (DE) support would be great. I limited myself to using only german keycaps.

Great News: https://fkcaps.com/keycaps/ursa/survey The project is up for IC. Please come over and help us launch a great project for the Topre community. I see iso being no option, I guess iso can't compete with ansi 😭 I'll work on ISO Enter over the next few months and print you the missing keys :...

Looks good to me. I've stripped down more Topre boards (to install silencing rings) than Model Fs so I’m very familiar with an obsessive looking amount of screws. Sure you don't want some in the middle ? It's super satisfying when you do them all back up again. :D ah, yes, topre. But I kinda outdid...

I _might_ have been overdoing the fasteners a bit. fasteners.png 39 pairs of M2.5 bolts so far. Probably don't need that much - but really don't want those bolt heads to be ripped out if keyboad is dropped onto the floor. In other news - inventoried the keys on hand and looks like barrels have evolv...

Great News: https://fkcaps.com/keycaps/ursa/survey The project is up for IC. Please come over and help us launch a great project for the Topre community. I see iso being no option, I guess iso can't compete with ansi 😭 I'll work on ISO Enter over the next few months and print you the missing keys :...

A more interesting colourway, please. https://d37dh9tfveh1m1.cloudfront.net/products/ursa/hero.png All black like that would look awful on a white HHKB, and most HHKBs are white. Also: I’m blocked from the survey because Gmail is blocking your emails. Edit: Weird, maybe my phone’s adblockers are mes...

andreas wrote: ↑

29 Jun 2023, 16:34

Great News:

https://fkcaps.com/keycaps/ursa/survey

The project is up for IC. Please come over and help us launch a great project for the Topre community.

I see iso being no option, I guess iso can't compete with ansi

Great News:

https://fkcaps.com/keycaps/ursa/survey

The project is up for IC. Please come over and help us launch a great project for the Topre community.

Does anyone happen to know why spacebar wire keeps hitting some of my keys such as X and : on Model F62? I can't seem to figure this out at all. Wire is placed correctly inside of those metal clips as well. This doesn't happen on my IBM M SSK when I swap them. Spacebar is original but I have dyed i...

The manufacturing is managed by FK. The both of us are very aware of the issue with the KBDFans offering. It's something we'll be paying close attention for URSA to be right.

Any word on who? Hope it’s not the same Chinese outfit as KBDfans Topre sets. Those skewed mounts still haunt me.

I'm happy to say the project is shaping up for production.

Spherical Topre lovers go here:
https://fkcaps.com/keycaps/ursa