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▂▄▆█ Welcome to the Interest Check thread for ePBT Basic Standard █▆▄▂ ♠ Here is the IC Form - Please fill it out whether you're interested or not! ♠ ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡
∞ If you would like to read some stuff we wrote to understand the naming, click MORE. Otherwise, scroll down for the keyboardy stuff. ∞ More
▧ Standard Basic ▨
What if we...
± United together but still kept our own pieces of individuality
± Operated as a collective but still kept our personality
± All worked toward the same goal
± Did all this while adhering to a standard
± And kept it simple...kept it basic?
♣ This set is inspired by the MSX ♣
...specifically the Sony HB-20p and HB-101p
The MSX started off as an answer to a problem in Japan. Several computer manufacturers had their own proprietary software and hardware and none of it was compatible with anyone else. ASCII and Microsoft combined forces to develop a computer standard that ran Microsoft Basic (MicroSoft eXtended Basic) and ran similar hardware. This allowed manufacturers to customize and adapt these standards as they saw fit, which is why you’d see MSX variants from Yamaha, Toshiba, Casio, Fujitsu, Sony, and many more.
The era of the MSX began in 1983 and was discontinued in 93. They all looked different and had different peripherals, but they were all compatible with the same software. The system was widely used throughout the world but was nearly unknown in North America, namely in the US and Canada.
While we can’t travel back in time to the heyday of the MSX, we can at least share a keycap set based on this unique, ambitious, and ground-breaking system.
This is our Basic Standard.
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◘ INFO & INSPIRATION ◘ This set is heavily inspired by these two MSX units:
◧ SONY HB-20P ◧
This unit came to me courtesy of a seller in Barcelona.
◧ SONY HB-101P ◧
This unit came to me courtesy of a seller in Cairo.
Profile: Cherry
Manufacturer: ePBT
Sculpt: 4-4-3-2-1-1
Legends: Dye Sublimated
Plastic: PBT
GB dates: TBD
Est Shipping: Roughly 12 months after GB closes
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⋂ COLORS ⋂ 
ModsAlphasBlue Tertiary LegendsBlack Legends A special note regarding the blue color - I have these colors in-hand already and it does
not appear on screen the way it does in person. It's a much "bluer" blue than what the Pantone link shows. We have done our best to represent it accurately in the renders.
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◳ ITEMS MARKED FOR PURCHASE ◳ ◳ BASE ◳ 
◳ NUMPAD ◳ 
◳ ISO ◳ 
◳ SPACEBARS ◳ 
◳ FORTIES ◳ 
◳ INTERNATIONAL ◳ 
◳ ERGO ◳ 
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⌠ PRICING ⌡ ⌠ Pending ⌡ ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡
▩ RENDERS ▩ Here's everything in one place.
◲ The pictures below are renders of the set and are to help you make a decision as to if you would like to purchase the product. The final result may vary color-wise from these renders since we can't guarantee they're completely accurate. ◱
▩ ADÉLIE ▩ 
More
▩ AUSTIN ▩ 
More
▩ PC BACCA60 ▩ 
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▩ BACCA70 ▩ 
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▩ IRON180 ▩ 
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♫ VENDORS ♫ ♪ US:
NovelKeys♪ EU:
TBD
♪ AUS:
TBD
♪ CAN:
TBD
♪ ASIA:
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≈ UPDATES & TO-DO ≈ ∼ I'll actually try and remember to update here unlike my usual garbage, sorry y'all...
∼ Collect feedback and implement what is most desired to make the set as good as it can be.
∼ Redesign deskmats to accommodate manu recommendations.
∼ Add another board render to show set on Alice-style board.
∼ Confirm proxies and pricing.
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▚ COLLABORATIONS ▞ ▚ I don't have anything in the works right now, but boy howdy I hope to! ▞
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☻ SPECIAL THANKS TO ☻ My poor, poor wife and children - thank you for not leaving me yet...Thatcliff, my brother, for being a source of inspiration and joy and also for helping research and write
All the Joiny Bears crew
The community for putting a smile on my face every day of the week
NathanHandsomeMan for renders and putting up with my shenanigans
Keebnewb, Birguslatro, Jnlybean, and Elmo for help finding this crazy keyboard and pictures of it
dededecline, nopun, and Aiwanei for kitting feedback
bhk, capsy, lbaron, urban, vox, and boneandbee for continued love and support
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♠ Here is the IC Form - Please fill it out whether you're interested or not! ♠ ○ If you’d like to support the set, feel free to add this to your signature ○
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♥ Thank you so much for looking through ♥ ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡
