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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2013, 05:34:34 PM »
Can someone explain how you can order a keyboard, and Amiga key sets?  You have to order the keyboard and Amiga keys separate?
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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2013, 08:00:09 PM »
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Just checked all of them again (reviews and youtube videos), and I`m more of a Blue switch type.
So, full Cherry MX Blue KB for me with white & beige keys.
Is it possible to have a Red Led on CapsLock?



Yes you're right, the Blue switches have that nice satisfactory click. :)
I'm only going to order 5 maybe 10 sets of the full Amiga key caps I made.
The rest are going in the X500 Evo cases.
Regarding the keyboards:

You can get the full set of Amiga key caps I've made (white and beige or all black) for your mechanical keyboard of your choice (you have to buy one yourself) - the key caps should be compatible with the following keyboards:

Filco, CM QuickFire Rapid, Das Ultimate and Ducky (I use Ducky DK2108 Zero for the X500 Evo case I designed and in the standalone USB mechanical keyboards).

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From what I know the Ducky comes with green LEDs, I am not sure about other keyboards. You could get a Ducky and replace the green LED with a red one. :)
 

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2013, 10:32:36 PM »
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Can someone explain how you can order a keyboard, and Amiga key sets?  You have to order the keyboard and Amiga keys separate?


I would advise to get a mechanical keyboard yourself (one of the models and make mentioned above), especially if you're in the States as you use a different layout (the Return key for example is different from the U.K. one) and order the Amiga key caps from me :D

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2013, 08:15:35 PM »
Hello,

Quick update:

I've just completed the Amiga key caps for the following languages:

Italian
German
U.K. (base layout)
Russian (dual U.K./Russian)
Serbian-Latin
Danish
Swedish/Finnish
U.S.A. (rectangular shaped Enter key version - ANSI)
U.S.A. (ISO version, big Enter key as in the U.K. version but with American symbols and letters positioned where they should be for example "@" on "2", "\" stays on the left and so on...)
Spanish (es-ES)

More languages when I've got some spare time... :)
 

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2013, 10:07:10 PM »
I have a Cherry MX keyboard, I would buy just the two Amiga keys to replace my Windows keys if you can do those separately.
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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2013, 05:38:09 AM »
Yes no problem, please send me an email to this address:

amigarulez@hotmail.com

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2013, 02:56:18 PM »
Evo and Plus cases update:

Added the "kyle's cut out" on both the rear of the X500 Plus and X500 Evo on kyle's suggestion... :D

What is it?

It's a rectangular shaped cut out where you can put the VGA connector from your graphics card and have an extra display (so for example a CRT monitor to the VGA and a TFT display on the DVI/HDMI).

I think it's meant for gaming goodness. :D

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2013, 10:12:42 AM »
Everyone,

The first Evo standalone USB keyboard with custom made laser etched (white on black) keys has gone out.

This is Vox's and he is going to use it with his AmigaOne X1000.
It's on his way to Serbia, hence my full set of custom made Amiga keys in Serbia-Latin language layout. Vox went for the complete package (Ducky Zero mechanical keyboard with Blue Cherry switches and custom made keys).

Some photos:





I've completed the following languages:

American, U.K., Italian, French, Russian, Serbian-Latin, Spanish, German, Swedish, Danish, Greek.

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2013, 01:46:12 PM »
Very nice, but I may not always use something like this for an Amiga related system.
So the standard keyboard would not be a problem.
Could you show us a few more full pictures?
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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2013, 04:34:16 PM »
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Everyone,

American, U.K., Italian, French, Russian, Serbian-Latin, Spanish, German, Swedish, Danish, Greek.

Thanks. :)

Without any worries, this mine set can be sold in Bosnia; Croatia; Slovenia, just labeled "Bosnian", "Croatian","Slovenian" - it covers the needed Alphabet.

Something that AROS and MorphOS users might like too :-)
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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2013, 10:37:34 PM »
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Very nice, but I may not always use something like this for an Amiga related system.
So the standard keyboard would not be a problem.
Could you show us a few more full pictures?

Some more photos on page one of this thread. :)
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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2013, 08:27:54 PM »
And finally the keyboards with the Cherry MX Brown switches have arrived:



And, I have to say, they are really nice, with a good tactile feedback. Ideal for typing and gaming. ;-)
 

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2013, 08:42:13 PM »
Great!` Another thing I need money for.
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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2013, 11:51:32 PM »
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Great!` Another thing I need money for.


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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2013, 09:56:58 AM »
These are the mechanical keyboards used in my X500 Evo project (the X500 case with mechanical keyboard and laser etched Amiga keys).

But they are also available as standlalone USB keyboards to be used with Amigas with USB ports, AmigaOnes, PCs etc... :)

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Re: The X500 Evo mechanical keyboard and custom black Amiga keys
« Reply #29 from previous page: February 02, 2014, 02:25:14 PM »
I've just finished the Boing Ball and MOS keys for the mechanical keyboards as requested by some of you. They are in full colour (with shading) and printed (not adhesives) at over 300dpi:



A big thank you goes to Hyperion for supporting this project and Johannes for general MOS advice. ;)

A colour Boing Ball on light beige key is also available.