It could happen, but I’m betting it won’t. Drop tried to run a GMK retro set a few years back and it flopped. I have a feeling they haven’t forgotten the cold reception. But I would be pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong. I would be even more surprised if SP would just run the damn SA set.
I think it looks nice with cherry profile caps, too. Reminds me of the IBM portable
@pixelpusher I’d say you’re right - though it has crossed my mind to bug Matt3o about it and probe the possibility. I super want an MT3 set in beige-on-brown.
@Extra_Fox I got the set a few years ago because I love the colors (first and last r/mm purchase, wew lawd did I overpay) - but it turns out my fingers just don’t like SA. (Same with DSA - I was super stoked to get Dolch back in the day, until I tried to use it. I think I sold it like a week later to the guy that started r/mkUK.) I don’t think my Chocolatier even has a full hour of use on it. I wouldn’t be opposed to selling it - though I no longer have the Tsangan / White Fox kit (which made it compatible with 65%) - I sold that not too long after buying the set thinking “oh, I’ll never use those because I like TKLs” - derp.
So I’ve got a couple sets of SA coming that I’m going to be really curious to see how much I like (they weren’t expensive). I unabashedly enjoy the MT3 set so it may have been a foolish decision.
That said, should this keyboard become a real thing, I uh, might take you up on the chocolatier.
Great to see the love for the good old Commodore 64.
I wish them all the best and it’s a good start. Design-wise there is room for improvement, especially with some of the radii and of course the keycaps.
It’s got to be either MT3 or the original set. Cherry/OEM would not work for me.
But seeing how long this project has been underway it might take a very long time.
Edit: Being inspired by the IC, I wrote down my journey of my Commodore love inspired project here.
I was popping through some of the projects I was interested in. Haven’t seen an update on this in a while. Looks like they have a 3d print model from earlier this week.
It’s looks good maybe a touch tall but so was the original
I don’t want to be deemed a heritic, but I wouldn’t mind if the height was slimmed down to modern standards while retaining the design otherwise. Who knows, the height may be part and parcel to the look though.
It’s your lucky decade! The C64 (standard “maxi” with full size functional keyboard, not the mini model) is a very good replica od the original. Bought it last year around this time and while I haven’t played with it regularly it did take me on a few memory trips worth the price (for me).
Yeah, I wasn’t sure they could come out with any other possible colors that I’d want more than Commodore Cream, but the blue definitely gives it some competition.
They did a fantastic job. I want to buy 3! Ha! I think in their future rounds they will have a black version as well. The prototype in black looked awesome. Very authentically vintage.
