Theseus75 Launch
It's finally here. 🚀
It's finally here. If you've stuck with me and my email newsletter for this long—which is honestly impressive—then it's about to pay off.
TL;DR: The Theseus75 split mechanical keyboard will finally be available for pre-order starting Monday, July 1st. 🥳
Nearly two years after the first IC, the Theseus75 Group Buy is finally underway. Living up to its namesake, the board has been designed, prototyped, scrapped, re-designed, and re-prototyped more than ten times (my wallet hurts now) until arriving at something I felt comfortable enough putting into the hands of others.
No small part of that effort comes from ebastler, the PCB designer. Chief among the board's features is the integrated USB passthrough: it's the first split board we know of (readers, keep me honest) to support this capability—and the work required to implement (and remain spec-compliant) was not trivial. I can't thank Moritz enough for his support in bringing this project to life.
(If you're relatively new to the project, or just want a refresher, feel free to check out the original "interest check" thread over on Geekhack for more history and context about the board.)
Group Buy dates:
1–20 July 2024
(See vendor list below)
Base Kit pricing:
$449 USD
(See pricing & kitting breakdown here)
Estimated fulfillment date:
Q4 2024 - Q1 2025
Vendors
Once pre-orders go live, the board and any extras will be available through the following vendors:
- United States: Dangkeebs
- Canada: Deskhero
- United Kingdom: Proto[Typist]
- Europe: KEYGEM
- Oceania: ALL CAPS
- Philippines: Zion Studios
- Singapore: iLumkb
- Vietnam: MOKB Store
- China: zFrontier
Collaborations
An official custom interconnect cable service will be provided by VoxelMods. (You can check out their work in action over here.) 👨🍳👌
Reviewers
The first live stream review will kick off during launch with Taeha on Monday, 1 July, at 2pm PDT (GMT-7), followed by Alexotos on Tuesday, 2 July.
The remaining review dates and times will be updated as the logistics are solidified and will be posted in the Discord server for visibility. Be sure to tune into your favorite content creator to get a glimpse of the board in action!
As always, I sincerely appreciate everyone that has considered, supported, and followed along with this project since its inception. Although I severely underestimated this undertaking when I began (an understatement in itself), the lessons learned, experiences gained, and friendships made have been invaluable. Whether you end up participating in the Group Buy or not, I'm just thankful you're here.
I'm also sleeping for a year after this. 😴
Much love,
Alex