/dev/tty Round 2: Harder, Better, Faster, Sharper

Posted on 2018, July 7 in Updates

Long time I haven’t posted an update about the second round of /dev/tty. As you all well know I wasn’t very happy with the dye-sub quality of the first drop and –honestly– how Massdrop handled the whole development phase.

Fortunately this time things are moving smoother. I’m getting prototypes at a constant pace and the first impression is very good.

First of all, legends look sharper. The dye-sub job –at least on my prototypes– is top notch. From the pictures below you can see on the left Round 2 on the right the old legends. You’ll notice less color bleeding and very fine edges; distance between letters is the same but characters are more readable.

Legend centering is also better or at least between specifics. Please bear in mind that it’s extremely tedious to dye-sub small concave surfaces and I think this time around they did a really good job.

I’ll post more pictures as soon as I get a final production unit but in the meantime you can enjoy the all time favorite Elven kit! It’s gorgeous (disregard the yellow shift).

I’m still waiting for the new spacebars, but so far we are doing great. As per the sempiternal question… I’m sorry, guys, I don’t have an ETA but from my perspective it looks like there will be some delay.

Comments

Posted by Blake on 2018, July 8 @ 04:09

Will there be any way to obtain that Elven yellow shift key? It adds a great splash of color to the left side of the keyboard.
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, July 8 @ 06:42
  
  Yes! For one hundred billion dollars!
Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 9 @ 20:28

please add 2u shift compatibility kit!
1. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 14 @ 22:59
  
  The Elven set only has basic 60% and TKL support with a few extras such as ISO and split left shift. Nothing stopping you using the Elven alphas with regular mods on a non-standard layout board though.
Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 14 @ 22:51

Any support for split spacebar or split right shift?
1. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 14 @ 22:58
  
  There is support for split right shift in the Elven set.
  1. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 15 @ 00:03
    
    Great, but I’m actually asking about the main set.
    1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, July 15 @ 18:29
      
      we have spacebars aplenty and will add more the next drop! (if that is what you are asking)
      1. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 15 @ 21:05
        
        I specifically have in mind dz60/banana-split split spacebar, which is 2.75u/1.25u/2.25u. Maybe I could use rshift from the main dev/tty set (if split rshift will be available), but it would probably hurt aesthetically.. Also I would still need 2.25u and 1.25u keycaps.
      2. Posted by matt3o on 2018, July 18 @ 10:15
        
        I’ll try to add as many spacebars as possible!
      3. Posted by Ennea on 2018, July 16 @ 14:42
        
        Speaking of the next drop: any plans for new sets using MT3 profile, or any update on doubleshot? :)
      4. Posted by matt3o on 2018, July 18 @ 10:16
        
        we are currently testing fonts for the doubleshot version of MT3
    2. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, July 17 @ 11:17
      
      Then yes there is split shift support in RGB/CMY kits or the Extra Beige Mods.
      
      There aren’t 2.25u and 2.75u space bars in the last drop by the looks of it. But there are blanks for those keys in the Big Blanks kit. They are R4 though so for an exact match you would want to use all R4 on your bottom row (instead of R5). They are also probably concave rather than convex.
Posted by Jonathan on 2018, July 23 @ 22:39

Any hope of a WKL bottom row for the elven kit? I’d love if that were a possibility
Posted by Judith on 2018, August 1 @ 02:41

Hi Matt3o!

Do you know if the next drop will be done via double shot or sublimated?
I am not really worried about one or the another per se, but I am very interested in the International kit and it worries me that doubleshotting may take some compatibility away.

Your kits are one of the really, really few that support ISO Spanish layout, and I appreciate it.

Thank you for all the nice work!
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, August 8 @ 17:02
  
  don’t really know at the moment. We are testing the doubleshot right now. If it doesn’t take forever to have a decent product we might run that before Round3
Posted by John on 2018, August 4 @ 19:50

Hi Matt3o!

Would you ever consider going with MT3 profile using ABS? Different colorways?

I have a tendency to go against the status quo of ‘shiny ABS is bad’. In fact, I really love the vintage look of shiny caps on old keyboards.
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, August 8 @ 17:01
  
  yes, we are testing ABS MT3 right now
Posted by laxu on 2018, August 15 @ 18:16

Any chance of more blank keycaps? I’d love the cyan mods in blank as I’m not overly fond of the icon + text versions but like the color.

1.75u spacebars would also be much appreciated for my UHK, nobody does those. Same for DZ60 compatible spacebars.
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, August 17 @ 09:12
  
  yeah we may add more blanks the next time
Posted by bard on 2018, August 19 @ 09:36

where can I buy those caps?
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, August 21 @ 10:35
  
  you can’t at the moment. maybe we will run more in the future.
  1. Posted by bard on 2018, August 22 @ 17:40
    
    please do! and keep us in loop!
Posted by Anonymous on 2018, August 30 @ 17:06

any update on this drop for Massdrop? September starts this weekend and I would like to know if we are going to be delayed any further.
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, August 31 @ 19:17
  
  I believe shipping will start in the coming days.
Posted by Filip on 2018, September 12 @ 07:14

Will there be any new colorways in the next round (either PBT or ABS, although I prefer PBT) ?
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, September 12 @ 09:06
  
  come back in a few minutes for an update :)
  1. Posted by Filip on 2018, September 13 @ 12:13
    
    I seem to have quite the timing :)
Posted by skepticaljesus on 2018, September 13 @ 01:10

Do you have a timeframe for dev/tty R3?
Posted by Koyn on 2018, September 26 @ 10:06

Patiently waiting for this R2.
1. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, September 26 @ 12:20
  
  R3*
Posted by Anonymous on 2018, December 21 @ 20:52

Will there ever be a dev/tty R3? It’s great what you’re doing with Godspeed, but there are numerous people who became converts to MT3 because of dev/tty, but didn’t get a chance to buy it.
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, December 26 @ 12:38
  
  I’m pretty sure we will have more!
  1. Posted by Anonymous on 2018, December 29 @ 23:11
    
    I’m really glad to hear that.
    
    MassDrop is doing a last-minute sale of their leftover R1/R2 sets, but many people didn’t get the child kits they needed, so didn’t order anything. For example, I need the extra Triumph mods.
    
    An R3 would fix that problem.
  2. Posted by Anonymous on 2019, January 21 @ 21:27
    
    Ok. That’s good. I’m putting aside $150 USD so I can get enough dev/tty on the next drop to outfit a TADA68.
Posted by Cofcream on 2018, December 27 @ 00:56

Will there also be a Elven dev/tty R3? I wish I knew this wonderful keycaps earlier.
1. Posted by matt3o on 2018, December 28 @ 10:41
  
  we don’t usually repeat the special kits
Posted by Anonymous on 2019, January 20 @ 16:31

Kind of subjective, but what do you think of dev/tty on Gateron Browns?

The reason I ask, is that I first tried dev/tty on Gateron Browns on a TADA68.

It actually felt incredible, but I don’t know how the Gaterons pair with dev/tty compared to other switches.

I’m trying Gateron Browns on a plastic test board right now, but they lack feedback and bottom out too easily.

So now I’m not sure about one day putting dev/tty on Gat Browns. Does a (metal) TADA68 and dev/tty make that much of a difference? What switches are people using dev/tty with?
Posted by tectonicplate on 2019, March 15 @ 17:35

I carved a case for an ortho board (Eco)… these caps bring the whole thing together >> https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/b1f0rq/photos_eco_w_box_elder_case/
1. Posted by matt3o on 2019, March 19 @ 08:25
  
  that’s great! thanks for sharing!

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