[Coco] Mechanical keyboard upgrades for the CoCo

[Barry Nelson]

 You now, there are only a few keys that would have to be custom, not the whole set. Besides, I mean, really, we are just taking about the key markings, right? How hard can that be to change? May be sand off or paint over the standard marking and then carefully apply a stencil. Or maybe even reuse the CoCo key caps by 3d printing a little adapter to make them fit the switches? My friend had (still has) a key cap he got from some company that produces custom keys for keyboards for restaurants, etc, that said "More Beer". They gave it to him as a sample, and said they could make one that said anything you want. I'll try to find out what company it was. How hard can it be, really?

On Aug 21, 2015, at 9:30 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:

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> I think I have some PCBs around here of that thickness.  
> 
> That would be stiff enough that a top plate(for looks) with standoffs might be all you need other
> than the PCB.
> 
> Just a thought, how far off are the original CoCo keycaps from fitting on a cherry switch?  Maybe
> some kind of small adapter plug could be made?  3d printed?
> 
> Keycaps are probably the biggest problem.  That’s why I was thinking modern standard caps with a
> remap. Of course that’s not ideal.   It will be interesting to hear what the custom legend quote comes back as.
> 
> - Ed