San Francisco Bay Area Mechanical Keyboard Meetup 2018-11-10 notes

By Xah Lee. Date: .

just came back from today's Nor Cal keyboard meetup, and from a friend's house.

TGR Alice Keyboard

i saw several of this today

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Vortexgear Cypher and TGR Alice Keyboard 4032×3024 [image source https://imgur.com/a/WYKx32r]

they are extremely heavy. You'd have a hard time holding it with 1 hand. The keyboard case/frame is some kinda heavy steel.

it's called TGR Alice keyboard see reddit

the layout is similar to LZ Ergo Keyboard

see also this heavy brick keyboard

and Heavy Metal Apple Keyboards

iris keyboard is fly weight!

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iris keyboard

i also saw several Iris Keyboard. it's extremely light. Like, weights just a bunch of keycaps. very nice. The thumb position is also nice for small hands. (unlike that of Ergodox Keyboard ) though, too few keys for me. But would work if coupled with a 30+ keys Programable Keypad

Keyboardio serial number 0001 for sale!

also saw Keyboardio serial number 0001 for sale today. asking for $300. i tried it, it's nice.

it's this one if you want to buy https://i.imgur.com/j6BKVDy.jpg

See also: Keyboardio Model 1

trackball that spins

found this one today. The trackball spins! Never seen any actual trackball that can spin.

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modified Devlin keyboard, with trackball that can spin 3838×1637 [image source https://i.imgur.com/z551yfK.jpg]

looks like this site sells the raw material http://www.devlin.co.uk/products/input-devices/defence/

(2018-11-10 thanks to plebtheturtle)

The closest i've seen is a trackball prototype, see Trackballs That Can Spin

more photos

here's photos, by plebtheturtle NorCal /r/MK Meetup 2018 album

  1. https://imgur.com/a/WYKx32r
  2. https://imgur.com/a/hcTbTS9
  3. https://imgur.com/a/jsyzNjm

reddit: reddit

See also: San Francisco Bay Area Keyboard Meetup 2017-11 Impressions