[GB] GMK ThinkCaps // Nov. 16 to Dec. 13, 2020

this aint for me, but gl. Arent thinkpad keyboards all black? I don’t think I’ve used one more than a few years old, did the mods used to grey?

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I’m lovin’ the red dot/nub on the Alice 2nd B

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They are indeed all black, which is why I’m not getting the Base Kit. Accent Kit + WoB would give you the closest look to an OG Thinkpad Keyboard.

Love this kit! I’m in, pending price. Great job on this kit and the renders!

Cheers :beers:

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No. The ones mostly from the 2000’s era have the blue Enter key. The T420 is one of the most popular models and is still in use today by many. That’s just before the chiclet keyboard was introduced. In 2017, Lenovo released the T25 anniversary edition, which had the much revered blue Enter key and 7-row (non-chiclet) keyboard.

Many of the IBM models (before Lenovo) had the grey F-row. The IBM/Lenovo multimedia keyboards also had the grey F-row and modifiers.

I stand corrected. There indeed are Thinkpad keyboards with a completely gray F row, and even some gray navigation keys (Insert, Delete, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn). Gray “Esc” as well.

@voodoo6k Would it be possible to add a completely gray F row to one of the kits? Maybe to the Novelties kit? That way we could get something as close as possible to an OG Thinkpad keyboard.

The base kit currently has gray F keys only on F5 through F8.

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its funny how much I love this set, even though I despise ABS. I can definitely consider this set as something I might get if the price is good. I’ll be keeping an eye on this for sure

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Will there be G H B cutouts? I believe GMK has the molds.

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Looking into it :wink:

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Doing the F-row and nav keys in grey was my original idea, but it gets a bit tricky when designing the kits. I think some people would appreciate the authenticity, but I guess most will take it at face value (and not really care what the reference is). Also, since this is GMK, having many kits is more difficult.

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Like it, if there is an ISO support, i can be in :slight_smile:

Oh that’s hot!

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reminds me of my old ThinkPad…nice design

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Nice set! I appreciate the key sizes in the pictures. Do you do your own renders? These are super nice.

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Thanks! Yes :slight_smile:

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For now, ISO is included in the icon mods. That may change.

Going with the theme I’m pretty sure my old thinkpad keyboard got some pretty intense keycap shine over the course of its life. So ABS would be the way to go.

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That’s sad. Unfortunately, I happen to be one that looks for authenticity in these kind of reproductions of classic key sets.

I might be in the minority, though.

Teach me your ways?

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Yeah exactly my thoughts, because I personally don’t like shine, and hence abs dislike. But this set almost warrants that just because of the heavy use that damn near every thinkpad had.