[Coco] Mechanical keyboard upgrades for the CoCo

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just for info, I contacted a company for mx switches caps, and the price was over a $100. This was for a 59 key set  coco3 ( 2 extra F3 and F4 keys).

Even when ordered by 50 sets the price would come down but not enough to be ok. I do not expect people gonna pay more then $150 for an inplace real switch keyboard.
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On 8/21/2015 1:11:40 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
That was my thought exactly. Easily reprogrammable for any keycap map.

- Ed


> On Aug 21, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Brian Blake wrote:
>
> On 8/21/2015 1:56 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>> The issue with keycaps made for PC keyboards is that the CoCo's layout is different. A-Z and a few other keys are the same, but 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, :, ;, and - and all have different shifted functions, and then there are the CoCo's BREAK, CLEAR and @ keys. So, custom legends are necessary. That's why I'll be contacting a keycap manufacturer to see if semi-custom keycaps are financially practical at this small quantity.
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> Mark,
>
> I'm pretty sure that's why Ed is putting a CPLD on it, to account for the mapping differences - which I hadn't thought of in my previous rant....
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>
> Brian
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