Bay Area Keyboard Meetup - Nov 2019
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
https://flickr.com/photos/84348724@N07/ ... 7083/page1
I finally got around to posting photos of the Bay Area Keyboard Meetup! Several DT members were in attendance, including myself, HaaTa, obra, mcmaxmcmc, ohaimark, wcass, DMA, and MMcM.
I think this is the most DT photo we got:
mcmaxmcmc brought 2-3 tables worth of keyboards. I believe I got a photo of every keyboard that was present.
If you see any favorites please feel free to grab them from the album and post them here! I'll be sure to do the same.
There were a lot of really exciting things for me. I got to talk to the QMK and CommonSense maintainers and ask a lot of questions. I also managed to get a Realforce R2 board for evaluation. Watch for that review coming in the next week!
I finally got around to posting photos of the Bay Area Keyboard Meetup! Several DT members were in attendance, including myself, HaaTa, obra, mcmaxmcmc, ohaimark, wcass, DMA, and MMcM.
I think this is the most DT photo we got:
mcmaxmcmc brought 2-3 tables worth of keyboards. I believe I got a photo of every keyboard that was present.
If you see any favorites please feel free to grab them from the album and post them here! I'll be sure to do the same.
There were a lot of really exciting things for me. I got to talk to the QMK and CommonSense maintainers and ask a lot of questions. I also managed to get a Realforce R2 board for evaluation. Watch for that review coming in the next week!
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
Thanks for sharing this here! I wish I could have attended, maybe next year though!
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
So many keyboards ... It's overwhelming.
Nice to see Sweden represented with a Facit calculator.
Did you get to try to the Ploopy trackball?
What is the story of the IBM keyboard with wavy keys? (Similar to Logitech Wave, but suppose much earlier)
Anybody know what these in the foreground are called?
Nice to see Sweden represented with a Facit calculator.

Did you get to try to the Ploopy trackball?
What is the story of the IBM keyboard with wavy keys? (Similar to Logitech Wave, but suppose much earlier)
Anybody know what these in the foreground are called?
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- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
Yes I did. I don't like asymettric trackballs and prefer my CST.
Exactly that. obra would know more about it, this was IBM's attempt in the 90s to do ergonomics through key sculpting.Findecanor wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 18:56What is the story of the IBM keyboard with wavy keys? (Similar to Logitech Wave, but suppose much earlier)
Maybe a variant of the TGR Alice? There were many variations on a theme...Findecanor wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 18:56Anybody know what these in the foreground are called?
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
Definitely not an Alice. This one is columns-staggered instead of row-staggered and takes an ErgoDox keycap kit rather than a normal one.XMIT wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 22:18Maybe a variant of the TGR Alice? There were many variations on a theme...Findecanor wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 18:56Anybody know what these in the foreground are called?
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For a couple of years, I have tinkered with a layout more similar to this one, and if someone called it an "Alice-variant" I would be quite annoyed.
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- Bass
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F104 "Unsaver"
- Main mouse: Logitech G9x
- Favorite switch: Beamspring / Capacitive Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0206
Do my eyes deceive me, or do I spot a space cadet on the last page? This is the first time I recall seeing one spotted at one of these meetups.


- ZedTheMan
- Location: Central US
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F122/IBM 3101/Omnikey 102/96Kee
- Main mouse: Logitech G430/Logitech M570/Kensington Expert
- Favorite switch: Beamsprings. Alps SKCM Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0219
Oh wow, that's quite a few photos and people!
Were there any Beamsprings, or did I miss one in the photos?
Say, XMIT, where did you get that shirt?
Were there any Beamsprings, or did I miss one in the photos?
Say, XMIT, where did you get that shirt?
- swampangel
- Location: Canada
- Main keyboard: Northgate Omnikey 101
- DT Pro Member: -
Took me longer than expected to track down, but apparently they're the upcoming MKUltra BoardrunFindecanor wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 18:56Anybody know what these in the foreground are called?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyb ... e_bonanza/
From the meetup discord:
That ortho/ergo/alice mashup is called the Boardrun and will be released early next month. I'm getting the process finalized for my cases, which are acrylic, but edge polished to perfection. I even had one there with a brass plate, also edge polished. There will be 3 variants of Boardrun - 10 degree alpha rotation, 12 degree alpha rotation and another 10 degree but will use standard TKL mods and have an arrow cluster to the right.
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
- SneakyRobb
- THINK
- Location: Canada
- Main keyboard: Dc2014, F122, F-AT, Topre RealForce
- Main mouse: MX518 Legendary
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: 0242
I looked through every photo trying to spot these people I must admit. Elusive!XMIT wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 18:15I finally got around to posting photos of the Bay Area Keyboard Meetup! Several DT members were in attendance, including myself, HaaTa, obra, mcmaxmcmc, ohaimark, wcass, DMA, and MMcM.
If you see any favorites please feel free to grab them from the album and post them here! I'll be sure to do the same.
That looks like a lot of fun. Wish I could have attended.
I like this image of this hand held analog calculator?
As well this is a cool flag, keycap set when
- Polecat
- Location: Just Beyond Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Multitech KB-101A Blue SKCM
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
Wish I had known about this. Did I miss an announcement here, or is it an insider thing? Admittedly I tend to read only a few sections here. I'm more used to forums where the posts show up on a single chronological list.
- XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
The meetup was more widely advertised on reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards, and I happened to know some of the folks who help organize it. The event was no secret!
Yeah, that was a Curta, handheld mechanical calculator.
Yeah, that was a Curta, handheld mechanical calculator.