Seems to be a fully built KBD67Lite lower than retail cost. A KBD67Lite is around 100 (lets say), Oil Kings are around 50, and Tecsee PBT Keycaps seem to be on sale for 20 currently, not to mention the Durock Stabs.
So around 200 not including shipping to buy new, yet nomkeys is selling it for 125. Interesting…
That is interesting - and as long as everything is above board I think I’m all about it.
My daily work board is a 67L and I love it (using it right now) - certainly cost me more as-is than what they’re asking, ignoring the keycaps completely. Getting a built one for that price would be awesome. For what a build like that has to offer (so long as it’s done well), I think that’s mighty consumer friendly.
Edit; it’s a sale, very low count available (2) - still - humongous sale of $100 off is no slouch. I do think the original asking price is totally reasonable, but minus a hundo it’s crazy good.
I kind of like it when YouTubers from other spaces do stuff about keebs, and I think it’s neat to see those perspectives. Retro computing is this guy’s main thing, but he does appreciate a decent keyboard - a customized Filco TKL is visible in many of his other videos. Thomas (baritone keeb curmudgeon) even shows up in the comments.
Looks like a fantastic board, gasket-mounted, metal, 2 options to mount, alot of customization options, kudos for KBDFans for a daughter-board, always bugs me when a gasket-mount board doesn’t have one.
@Deadeye this is somewhat related to your pcb question but also an awesome find so posting it here. The apollo pcb was designed by Gondolindrim over several streams.
The design is open sourced so it could be forked with different mounting points without too much difficulty especially vs starting from scratch. Should handle your design requirements at a glance.