+scorpio_ny Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 20 hours ago, ScreamingAtTheRadio said: 1. The XL Modern keyboard is ready and shipping pre-orders now. I'll create a new thread to take orders for the next batch sometime next week. Great! I will look out this since I have another project coming up that can use it 🙂 20 hours ago, ScreamingAtTheRadio said: Oh, it also won the ABBUC hardware contest, did you hear? Congratulations!! I know a lot of people are excited by your offering! 20 hours ago, ScreamingAtTheRadio said: 2. XL vintage should follow shortly, I just need to test the adapters that are right now in transit from China. Which model mechanical switches are you supporting? Will you be supporting all the different XL switch variants? 20 hours ago, ScreamingAtTheRadio said: testing the first Decent400 prototype. Works great! This is modern only, since there are no vintage 400 caps. Caps are on order and should be here next week. Keeping an eye out on this as well for one of my 400’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreamingAtTheRadio Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 1 hour ago, scorpio_ny said: Which model mechanical switches are you supporting? Will you be supporting all the different XL switch variants? Any MX-compatible switch will work for modern, and any Kailh Choc switch will work for vintage. As I said, Matias / Alps support will probably be dropped from future revisions. In terms of vintage key caps, I'll have adapters first for the square and cross footprints. More will come later, but for each, I'll have to get my hands on a sample key cap set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olix Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 4/18/2023 at 3:32 AM, ScreamingAtTheRadio said: New adapter protos are here, and they work great. They will be better with the new location for the keyboard connector however: And here's a side view of the clearance above the board with a card giving the level of the bottom of the keyboard With the new adapter, is it also possible to desolder the original keyboard socket and solder the new adapter PCB horizontally with a 1x24 2.54mm pin header? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreamingAtTheRadio Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 7 hours ago, olix said: With the new adapter, is it also possible to desolder the original keyboard socket and solder the new adapter PCB horizontally with a 1x24 2.54mm pin header? Yes but in the meantime I’ve completely eliminated the adapters. I now use flexible PCBs that plug directly into the motherboard. It’s still possible to use an adapter but that only makes sense if for some reason you don’t have the original connector on the motherboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreamingAtTheRadio Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Just wanted to give people a heads up about the latest keyboard remake: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, ScreamingAtTheRadio said: Just wanted to give people a heads up about the latest keyboard remake: This is going to be what finally breaks the Atari budget. You've combined my 2 biggest loves - Atari 8-bits and mechanical KBs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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