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hi everyone! just like it says on the tin, this is a plateless 40% keyboard designed to be row-compatible with most keysets that are missing minimal 40% support in base (usually referred to as '3-key', etc). it's got a low typing angle of 4°, the pcb is mounted into the case with Geonworks Tadpoles, and gives off a nice, soft, flexible typing experience with a bit of vibrational transfer across the board without turning it into a mushy or trampoline-y mess. you can buy a preorder at coffee break keyboards for $199.99 USD starting 9 AM PST on January 13th, 2023. preorders will be unlimited for at least one week, after which a limited number of preorder slots will remain. fulfillment is expected to occur by late Q1/early Q2 2023.
geekhack thread (pending approval)
pictures (thanks to haunterloo for the good ones in here)
renders (thanks to sax for them)
layout
vendors:
* coffee break keyboards
colors:
* silver
* black
* lilac/lavender
* blue
sound tests:
* dsa honeywell (with red velvet bars) on cherry topped alpacas, 70A tadpole
* gmk beta js on cherry topped alpacas, 70A tadpole
* sa sculpted bliss on geonworks&haimu linears, 50A tadpole