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Happy 40th (lemmy.world)
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HX-40 with SA Teletype, I just adore SA, especially ifnits green

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

SA Teletype is such a pretty set, and I really like SA R3, and the designer seems like a good guy. It was the one time I was seriously tempted to pay full price for "name brand" keycaps. I don't even use 40s, but I had a layout rigged to adapt an existing no-stabs FRL 1800 PCB I designed a while back.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    No stabs is such a good vibe, I do not use stabs for anything smaller than a 3u.

    Not sure if you saw, but there was a normie set for this, I wanted the 2.25u for this board but I couldn't quite justify the extra for the one keycap, especially when I would rather have the ;

    I have never regretted getting SP SA sets, other than SA Espresso as they fucked up the gradient order, they are so hard to get with a 40s kit outside of GB for me. You either pony up or just plain miss out, even the pre sales at prototypist tend to have very low numbers for the 40s kits.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    I got Tatooine, Oblivion (Hagoromo), Laser, and Mitospeed for some pretty steep discounts, as well as the DSS Honeywell from PrimeKB. My options for cheap but unused SP are quickly drying up though, lol.

    Funny enough, the board I come back to most often is the first one I did on the no-stabs PCB (minimum order quanity is a burden to us all!), which has semi-sculpted Akko SA on it. When avoiding stabs, good 40s kitting is essential even if I also need a numpad.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    All with full 40s sets?

    I got Honeywell from PrimeKB when it was on sale back in 2019, before they stopped shipping to the UK. Laser I have a couple of GMK sets, didn't get around to picking up the SA version.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    All with full 40s sets?

    Oh, God no. Sorry! Mostly they're on more normie boards, but the Mitospeed being R3 and full of nonsense legends would go well on a 40 or 40-adjacent.

    I've reluctantly come to realize that I just don't like the feel of Cherry all that much. I prefer DCS if I'm going to go cylindrical. The sharp edges on Cherry are just all wrong for my poor typing technique.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago

    DCS I do not like the relative height on the r5 row, not that I use it that much on 40s, most of the time its just r2 to r4.

    Yeah single row profile keycaps make 40s so much easier to kit, this set is all the better for it. Other option is a 40 with full size modifiers, those are a great way to get started, but I find them a little big to use so I end up using home row modifiers.

    Split space is the hardest for me as my preference is for 2x3u, and that normally means having to get hold of a separate space bar kit on top of the standard kit, and the 40s kit.

    Most of the CYL kits I have looked at simply do not do spacebar kits, so I have never purchased one and wont till its fixed. If I cannot use in on half my boards why would I bother?

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