What did you get in the mail today? (Part 1)

I found this repo https://github.com/Pattttta/FancyAlice66 with the source files needed for qmk and via, hopefully they work with latest qmk setup


Well technically it arrived yesterday.

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What’s that keeb to the left there? Those colors look fun.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, haven’t been keyboarding much lately, but I am back with an IBM M2 – One of the most unreliable keyboards ever built. It’s quite sad how this is given the previous lines of Model Ms are known for their bullet-proof reliability.

And yes, this one is broken too. Thankfully, there are plenty restoration tutorials online for it.

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Oh cool, they’ve come up with a nice and slim case. I dig that.

  • moar brushes

  • Ink plush

  • Panpan plush (with upside-down face :upside_down_face:)

  • Portico68 w/ not-a-pistol case


Couldn’t wait to build the Portico. It’s 2AM and I’m too tired for photos - but for the moment I’ll say I really like it so far. Promise I’ll be back tomorrow with sounds, images, and words.

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That is my try for an endbudget build. Board 25€, switch films 10€. No primer but green and violet spray paint that I’ve had laying around. Hot glue to make my own weight and reduce the plastic case’s bendability and so on.

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Nah… it’s not very slim. It still is bulky. For real. It kinda looks like here What is on your desk today? - #4147 by Extra_Fox on my wrist too.

Update: Here are some pics to illustrate that beautiful son if a lump.



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The 2077 DSA kit from Drop landed on me a couple of days ago, but I only unpacked it today. Had to fit them onto my whitefox for now, because the black case I got for them originally came with /dev/ttys and I love them too much to change now …
Plus I really like the 16-key top row …

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Now this is podracing a mail day! Unexpected and that made it more fun.

  • JTK trays so I can finally clear my Dracula base kit off my desk (thanks for the input, @Rob27shred!)
  • DCS Nightfall since I’ve never tried DCS
  • Two orders from Switch Oddities (plus some Hi-Chew) which are far and away one of the more fun things I’ve gotten in the mail recently. I haven’t even touched them all yet but there are some shockingly good switches in here.
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AULA Matcha-axis tactile

Mine arrived the other day.

They are indeed light-medium tactiles, not light-tactiles like Browns.

I would say they feel like a toned-down AKKO CS Ocean Blue, or calmer Kailh Polia. [Maybe they are Polias - wouldn’t that be interesting! A cheaper way to get Halo stems! They are using Kailh housings…]

They definitely are stronger at the top than Browns. But they don’t get much stronger, and are not heavy in weight. They feel like Browns with a greater ā€œpush-feelā€ throughout the keypress. As if the stem is ā€œthicker.ā€

If you can imagine a significantly more viscous Everglide Jade Green, they are kinda like that.

They don’t make any weird or bad noises, but are plasticy in sound. So I guess they need 3204. Yeah, there is a slight scratch, but nothing horrible.

Meteor Oranges are a good comparison, although these might be a little thicker in tactility. They require more overall force to type with than Browns do. These Matchas are one of the better switches on a stock MK870, and would make a decent medium-tactile keyboard with AF SA keycaps, especially if lubed.

Here’s some more info about AULA switches:

Interestingly, that site sells them individually, but at much greater cost than bulk-buying.

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And … I just noticed that the ,< and .> keys were upside down!

I’ve previously had trouble with the whitefox, and some double-striking. This was made much worse by putting the very large /dev/ttys on here … I’m happy to report that these DSAs haven’t made it worse this time :slight_smile: They’re smaller than the whitefox original caps.


I don’t have a hoarding problem…

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This is why I’m so TX stab poor. You’re a legend good sir, well played.

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Well thanks bud! Honestly though I kinda just got lucky on this haul. Ashkeebs had V3.1 TX stabs left in the black WKL 1.6mm variant (I think nobody realized he had them!) So I ordered 5 sets & a tub of 10ml 205g0 from him. Then camped on the Mekibo site for the first drop of this month to get the 2 sets in black WKL 1.2mm variant. Had I not stumbled across Ashkeebs stash & missed the last Mekibo drop I’d still be TX stabless LOL. Although with as many as I got I could sell set if you’re really interested in trying them out!

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You’re too kind dude. I really appreciate that. I did my own damage on C³ stabs from TKC. I was so tired of my builds being held up by low stab stock – so I wigged out and got a dozen sets. :rofl:

I’ll be patient. Ugh.

Also, isn’t TX’s logo so clever? They took a generic representation for the bottom of a keycap and used it for the T, then tilted it a bit to form the X. The same image represents 3 different things. Big brain.

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Which version of the IK75 did you get? I ordered the IK75 Pro/QMK version a few days ago. It will be the first keyboard that I purchased that has full QMK/VIA support.

Irony: I bought it to play some games that require both the function row and number row… :wink:

So I made a booboo:

I meant to order the Sapphire’s instead. So I’m returning these and order Sapphires.

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I am gonna try to be on the ball for the next drop =D Gonna use Cherry clip-ins for my upcoming Sequence until then.

But I also had the thought of ā€œThat’s where they all areā€, as if. xD

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I got mine from mine key, they are still instock

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