Filco got 2 generations/versions. Gen2 had the words filco while gen1 no. Another one which I think you mentioned is the KBC one, which is shorter in term of size.

BTW, TS still do sell Leopold's Wire Puller(p/s: Just got one from him this morning, TROLOL).

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Added on April 12, 2012, 8:47 pm

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 12 2012, 08:47 PM

FUUUUU, beat his house, burn his muthar!!!!

85 out of 300. thats a whopping of almost 30% price different...

I think I will stay immune till the PLUM96 come out, or if there is still any Filco FKB100M out there.
http://www.waishehome.cn/thread-47762-1-1.html

Erm, I heard that it should be similar to G2(USB NKRO) and some with semi backlit(on WASD and cursor keys), not sure if anything more than these.

I know that one. But the layout really can't make it... Apart from the bigass enter, it also lack of some keys and the keys mapping is odd enough...
The closest thing should be TT Meka or IRock 6230 instead, but I don't like the bigasss...

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Added on April 13, 2012, 4:29 pmSaw it, but still far overpriced(and we hate a semi mechanical keyboard...) compared to how cheap it is in US. SRP around RM300 and mostly it have offer which sell at RM240+(80USD)...
Heard that it isn't retailers fault but the distributor charged such a high price...

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Added on April 13, 2012, 4:29 pm4th, people rather add up another RM100+ to get more bling bling on the keyboard(k90).

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Added on April 13, 2012, 4:32 pmI still waiting for the day which any heavy modder decided to [s]soft[/]hardmod those rubber dome into mechanical switch... It will be a hard job for sure as the opening for rubber dome is smaller than Cherry switch(which mean you need to drill up the size of the holes).

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 13 2012, 04:32 PM

I hate "fat" enter.

Early Topre is probably only rubber dome, don't have the spring inside. Don't think such things worth a try.

My plan is that removing the default RD membrane , plastic frame?(don't know what it call, the mounting of keys onto rubber dome's holes) and all it's other components.
The rubber dome's holes seem to be smaller than Cherry's, so we need to drill it bigger to mount the Cherry switch. Of course we need a whole new circuit and controller for it. Which make me think that Corsair had really make US hard enough by going RD.

I guess the main challenge is to make the RD holes bigger...



BTW, some random google search lead me to a internal review of it, nice.
http://keyboardcheck.blog59.fc2.com/blog-entry-33.html

OWAI, just realise that Corsair board is using 5pins Cherry switch instead of 3pins? Thats a rare one for a plate-mounted keyboard.

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 13 2012, 05:30 PM

The one normally found on plate-mounted boards is called 3 pins(cause 2 steel pins for circuit connecting and the center black plastic "pin" to mount on the PCB, IOW, there is 3 holes on PCB for each switch).

The one on PCB mounted is called 5pins, which is very much same as the counterpart just now, except with extra 2 plastic pins to mount/grip onto the PCB.

Because bling bling profit more and easier than mechanical switch?

Brah, Cherry G80-5000 also doesn't cost over 200000yen(RM7500+) back in 10 years back

It is all back down to the rarity and the demand of the market.

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 16 2012, 11:41 PM

Cherry MX switch having gold inside, TROLOL.
BTW, I believe those collector valued things by it's aesthetics, designs and so on. Also, it is not like those collectors need or will ever plug their keyboards into computer and put it to use, LOL.

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 17 2012, 12:01 AM

Erm, apart from the Cherry G80-5000 shown to you ytd, other not so top end collector items are probably some old vintage IBM Model M.
Of course those handcrafted wood/steel keyboards are probably counted too...


http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/keyboards.htm

Some of them even go deeper till collecting old vintage Cherry branded keyboard.
http://keyboardporn.com/

Old and EOL rare keyboard accesseries such as casing and keycaps can also gone sky high the price... The Original Cherry Red DS Esc and RGB DS modifiers key are example of them...


EDITED: Just realise that you looking for keyboard collectors instead of collector keyboards.
They are pretty much of them in GH, Deskthority, OTD/KBDmania(those koreans are probably one of the craziest keyboard fanatic out there... almost all custom keyboards come from Korea...) and I believe quite a lot in Japan and China also.

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 17 2012, 05:14 PM

I don't think it will be that long, most news from China stating that it will be coming around May.
Ok, saw it. The July is probably just an estimation by the TS, not from Leopold.

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 17 2012, 10:39 PM

Choc Pro then. It came with PBT keycaps IIRC. Somemore many of it's parts(especially case) are Filco compatible, you can get a "ghetto" Filco with some mod, LOL...

Wao, so this is the rumored revival of Filco Red Switch? I can't seem to identify anything of it different from Filco R(apart from the model number of cause)?

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 18 2012, 07:49 PM

Korea isn't much known for the replacement keycaps(though, once in a time, they will have some, but you need a good/fast news and luck to land your hand on it). They are more known for custom stuffs like special PCB, casing, and a lot other misc and even custom keyboard(KMAC, Cheat, Phantom and lots more).
If you want to look for keycaps, you should look for it from US, China or Taiwan.
Known sites include Inpad/global.PChome/Armygroup for Taiwan, taobao for China and WASDkeyboard/SignaturePlastic(custom order, wait for group buy at geekhack) for US.

Currently in progress here.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29132-N...ubleshot-Keyset

BTW, may be you can ask your friend to help you get some Korea only keyboard instead? Such as:
Leopold FC700R(not sure if older batch still having stock or not)
Milestone(CM Storm's rebrand, but with much less overbranding on it)

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 18 2012, 10:09 PM

LOL, the "Malaysian's" Logic, the bigger the number, the better it is.
BTW, it is true for this case. FC700R is aimed to be a higher/premium keyboard than what FC200R offer. It is coming in default with PBT keycaps and some extra features.
Sadly, it isn't available now.
http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=101001