[GB] the Norbaforce Mark II

I’ve been posting this board in a bunch of places, but I still can’t get over that VHS finish. Going to try the vinyl tape mod mentioned a few posts up, but otherwise this is a joy to see and type on.

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beautiful.

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Such a difficult color to capture well, that looks so nice!

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difficult, indeed! I think I just kept on sliding temperature and tint sliders back and forth until I finally settled on something that visually matched :grin:

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Gorgeous. What are the caps called?

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SA Sail

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We’ve been doing a bit of inventory of my stuff lately (digging in the deep archives) and just discovered that I appear to have the following units available:

  • 3 x WKL Norbaforces Mark I in Astrophysical Purple. (The Mark I uses a USB C connector and requires a cable with a Type A connector on the distal end.)
  • 1 x Norbaforce Mark II Standard in Astrophysical purple.
  • 4 x Norbaforces Mark II in K2

This is what Astrophysical looks like:

Winkeyless has become a quite rare and in-demand option, and in the event of any future runs of the Norbaforce it is unlikely to make a return (because it’s such a niche thing).

I thought I’d offer them up here to my Keebtalk buds first. Below is a private listing.

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any chances that there will be new breakout pcb kits?
I would love to grab one of these but since the breakout pcbs are sold out, I’m hesitant :frowning:

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Yes, I’m just currently in the process of reworking those kits. My plan is to combine them into a single kit that has both R2 and 87U PCBs.

Or if you were asking about the Mark I, I have plenty of those on hand as well. You can always just email me and I can arrange to sell you one.

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I need you to dig up some Heavy-6 Aperture hahaha

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I’d like to buy a K2, but if the breakout pcb is sold that…that means I won’t be able to use the case right?
I’m already waiting on 2 Heavy 9’s, so would also be great if I could add to the order and save some on shipping (although I understand the concept of logistics…).

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if you’re referring to the listing from yesterday, iirc it said that breakout pcbs were included for these specific ones.

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i did not see that. thank you, just went back to check!

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damnit… I’ve decided to wait for mk3/mk4. Hope USB C will make a return =)

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Very excited that I was able to snag one of the K2 finishes! Regarding that, I was wondering if we might see a return of the wool dampener to the web store at some point?

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second that! :slight_smile:

Sorry to say: it won’t.

How about a version with qmk? (and of course usb-c).

something tells me that’s even less likely to happen :rofl:

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You can just get the Hasu USB adaptor anyways.

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