The 8bitdo keyboard has been pretty well-received as a ~$100 wireless keyboard with ABS keycaps. I love the way this C64 color scheme looks.
I have an 8bitdo arcade stick, which looks like it uses the same knob as this keyboard for selecting the wireless mode. I love the way it feels every time I turn it on.
Unfortunately, the keyboard doesn’t use QMK – it uses their own mapping software, which is Windows only. This makes it a non-starter for me, since I rarely use a Windows computer these days. But I just might have to copy that color scheme for my next build.
Oh nice, that’s good to know. I wonder if it’s possible to run their remapping program in a Windows virtual machine. If it works, it still wouldn’t be convenient, but you wouldn’t have to do it often, either.
That should work if you can pass through the entire USB host device to the VM.
I do this with my QK80, which also has Windows only software. I have a KVM virtual machine with Windows, and when I want to configure the QK80, I use the “pass through USB host device” option to give it direct access to the keyboard, and run the software in the VM. It works fine.
If you do this, you temporarily need to connect a second keyboard though because as soon as you pass through the keyboard to the VM it becomes inaccessible for the host OS.
Nice, it’s good to know that the software being Windows-only isn’t a dealbreaker for keyboards.
Shoot, I’d take that over booting up my burner for this. It would be cool if it worked inside Wine at least. Actually, if we’re doing drathers, I’d rather it be native to Linux (even as an appimage or snap).