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In its heyday in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Data General’s “Dasher” terminal was part of a computing powerhouse. As the mech keys community has been known to do with historic typing machines, the terminal has been resurrected in the form of the Dasher keycap set—a striking, two-toned blue colorway reminiscent of the Dasher’s iconic keyboard Read More
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ElderSage
89
Feb 7, 2021
MT3 ABS keycaps have a noticeable texture. It is rougher than the "textured" finished that Signature Plastics uses. Let alone the "smooth" texture that are used in many SA sets. (FYI Signature plastics mentions a polished texture as well, but I've never seen this in the wild. But I digress.)
Some time ago a fellow drop member posted this image comparing SA and MT3. Hopefully you find it useful.
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turboniumalt
27
Jan 25, 2021
Any switches with Cherry MX style stems, such as of course Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, Outemu, etc.
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turboniumalt
27
May 22, 2021
Mt_MechYes, unless HyperX has a different bottom row layout like Razer used to have, but I've used HyperX caps on one of my boards before and they fit fine so I'm fairly sure they have a standard bottom row.
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dvorcol
5414
Jan 30, 2021
Use this interactive website to compare MT3 with many other profiles - https://www.keycaps.info/
This overlays two of @voodoo6k 's pictures to show MT3 vs SA:
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hjkl-neio
26
Jun 18, 2021
I am also interested in colevrak set!
Is there hope?
How many base/ortho kits have to be sold, so that you will make a colevrak set?
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Drop+MechKeys
4497
Official
Jan 21, 2021
What does it mean that these are doubleshot ABS plastic?
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ElderSage
89
Feb 7, 2021
ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) is a thermoplastic that is the principle compound in this and the majority of keycaps on the market. As a material it is reasonably tough and resistant (used to make LEGO blocks), and can be made in to a wide varity of colors.
The term doubleshot means that the keycaps are made in a two step process. The legend (aka the letter, number or symbol) is formed in a mold. Then the resulting plastic part is then placed in a second mold and a contrasting color is then molded around it. This a finiky and time intensive process. However the end results is a very durable keycap that will never have the legend worn off with use.
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