[Coco] Mechanical keyboard upgrades for the CoCo

[David Ladd]

On Friday, August 21, 2015, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok Mark, if your going to do it I’ll back away slowly…   :)
>
> I like the CoCo3 arrow key arrangement myself.
>
> - Ed
>
>
I have to say I prefer the CoCo3 keyboard layout myself.  Since the CoCo3
keyboards work on the older systems, in my opionion, would be the way to go
so all 3 systems have a workable keyboard.

If this can be kept under the $200 mark I myself could possibly fork up the
funds for such a item :D


>
> > On Aug 21, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > I'll do a bit of research today to look into the cost of semi-custom
> keycaps. I'm targeting 20 piece quantity, because that triggers a price
> break on the keyswitches. I still need to look into the connector
> differences on the various machines, and I won't be able to take apart
> machines to look at them until tonight.
> >
> > If you had to choose one keyboard layout to rule them all, do y'all
> prefer the CoCo2 or CoCo3 arrow key arrangement?
> >
> > If this starts to look remotely feasible, then I'll look into the cost
> of sheet metal fabrication in my area. Hopefully there's a shop with
> reasonable rates nearby that can do laser or waterjet cutting to make a
> proper MX support plate with CoCo mounting ears. I can do both mechanical
> and PCB design myself.
> >
> > And if it looks actually feasible, maybe I could launch the build as a
> Kickstarter, so I wouldn't risk losing the production cost of 15 keyboards
> out of pocket if there wasn't sufficient real interest to cover the
> production run. I'd want to make a small profit, but I wouldn't expect to
> make eating-money off of this.
> >
> > --
> > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net <javascript:;>>
> > http://www.nf6x.net/
>
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