the story;
initially I was just going to order an existing tkl pcb to start with for now and later figure out how to get a separate cables-daisychained custom-made numpad to go together with it at some point .. but then by some chance while looking at more keyboards-related webshops I managed to run into one in usa that could provide custom pcbs up to full layout sizes and even make matching plates .. I have been talking to him quite a bit over this long weekend by now and he said that it wasn't a problem shipping out at least two separate parcels (as I am in canada but I suspect the other person(s) of interest may more likely be in usa, etc)
the janurary question;
would anyone else in north america be interested in a non-backlit mxcompatible-hotswap pcb that mirrors the appledesign layout including square-not-fat plus key on the numpad and the presence of a working (programmable for different oses/adapters too) power key?
plausible pre-shipping pricing;
if I requested a single pcb just for myself it would come to about $400usd minimum but it only costs about $50usd for further pcbs in the same order so in theory if two other people are also interested then it would had been priced at about $170usd per head to stay neutral (I'm not looking to get any extra money out of sharing this indeed)
a supplementary caution note;
not knowing the exact dimensions of the appledesign pcb and/or top case, I can't actually promise that this pcb plausibly could be stealth-modded into an appledesign case itself tho if thats what you were going to have in mind yourself. even then if you don't bother inserting any keyswitch into the powerkey position on this pcb, the pcb would basically be compatible with any generic pc fullsize keyboard top cases nevertheless (I actually was going to make my own one-off case for my pcb instead as a footnote)
a tiny side note just in case anyone asks;
because of keycap size differences, I should mention that standard keycaps on this pcb would be such that the right shift key actually overruns the apple key a bit instead of where on the appledesign both keys lines up perfectly
initially I was just going to order an existing tkl pcb to start with for now and later figure out how to get a separate cables-daisychained custom-made numpad to go together with it at some point .. but then by some chance while looking at more keyboards-related webshops I managed to run into one in usa that could provide custom pcbs up to full layout sizes and even make matching plates .. I have been talking to him quite a bit over this long weekend by now and he said that it wasn't a problem shipping out at least two separate parcels (as I am in canada but I suspect the other person(s) of interest may more likely be in usa, etc)
the janurary question;
would anyone else in north america be interested in a non-backlit mxcompatible-hotswap pcb that mirrors the appledesign layout including square-not-fat plus key on the numpad and the presence of a working (programmable for different oses/adapters too) power key?
plausible pre-shipping pricing;
if I requested a single pcb just for myself it would come to about $400usd minimum but it only costs about $50usd for further pcbs in the same order so in theory if two other people are also interested then it would had been priced at about $170usd per head to stay neutral (I'm not looking to get any extra money out of sharing this indeed)
a supplementary caution note;
not knowing the exact dimensions of the appledesign pcb and/or top case, I can't actually promise that this pcb plausibly could be stealth-modded into an appledesign case itself tho if thats what you were going to have in mind yourself. even then if you don't bother inserting any keyswitch into the powerkey position on this pcb, the pcb would basically be compatible with any generic pc fullsize keyboard top cases nevertheless (I actually was going to make my own one-off case for my pcb instead as a footnote)
a tiny side note just in case anyone asks;
because of keycap size differences, I should mention that standard keycaps on this pcb would be such that the right shift key actually overruns the apple key a bit instead of where on the appledesign both keys lines up perfectly
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