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Daji Ocho Cuatro, atmospheric front-corner macro — seafoam case with beige and orange DCS keycaps
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ARCHIVE ENTRY // N° 018

Daji Ocho Cuatro 2.1

Seafoam and burnt orange, sitting on carbon fibre — the archive's retro corner.

TKL SEAFOAM CARBON FIBRE PLATE DCS ORANGE / BEIGE
FIG. 0975 — FRONT-CORNER DETAIL SCROLL ▾

Specification

BUILD SHEET // 018-OCHO
01
Chassis
Daji Ocho Cuatro 2.1 — SeafoamSeafoam-green anodized aluminium
02
Switches
Cherry MX BlackDry, spring-swapped
03
Plate
Carbon FibreO-ring mount
04
Stabilizers
Cherry Clip-insTuned, no rattle
05
Keycaps
DCS Orange on BeigeCream & greige with burnt-orange legends

Plates

9 EXPOSURES // FUJIFILM
Top-down plan view of the Daji Ocho Cuatro TKL
0963 PLAN VIEW — DCS
Atmospheric front-corner macro with strong bokeh and depth
0975 FRONT CORNER — MACRO
Low three-quarter front view of the full board
0970 THREE-QUARTER
Close-up of the right side, orange Enter and nav keys
0967 DETAIL — ORANGE ENTER
Close-up of the top-left, Esc, function row and alphas
0968 DETAIL — ALPHAS
Close-up of the navigation cluster and daji logo
0965 DETAIL — DAJI LOGO
Macro of the underside weight and daji badge
0973 WEIGHT — DAJI BADGE
Rear side profile showing the USB-C port with background bokeh
0971 REAR — USB-C
Right-side profile of the board with a blurred room background
0976 SIDE PROFILE
FIELD NOTES

The Ocho Cuatro is the archive's most vintage-leaning object — a seafoam-green case under DCS Orange on Beige, cream and greige caps with burnt-orange legends and a single orange Enter. The profile and palette read like a terminal from another decade, but the build is current: a carbon fibre plate on an o-ring mount, Cherry clip-in stabs, dry blacks. The third Daji in the archive, and the warmest.