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Offline pitashen

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« on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 14:51:26 »
I am wondering if keycaps including the caps lock, tab, backspace and enter would fit modern keyboard. It looks to me they do, but I would like to confirm with those who have had experienced with them.

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« Last Edit: Mon, 20 February 2012, 14:53:43 by pitashen »
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 14:56:38 »
Yes. Tab, control fits on usual caps lock location, enter and backspace are all same as modern standards and will fit correctly. But unles the 30 is really cheap, i would go for a PCE board instead, then you get some more usable keys like \ and shifts.
« Last Edit: Mon, 20 February 2012, 14:59:47 by lysol »

Offline pitashen

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 14:58:45 »
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Yes. Tab, control fits on usual caps lock location, enter and backspace are all same as modern standards and will fit correctly.

I posted the thread expecting you would be one of the first/only ones who would reply :) THX!
« Last Edit: Mon, 20 February 2012, 15:08:54 by pitashen »
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 15:04:24 »
I am very Wyse about such keyboards.

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 00:28:33 »
All my WYSE were under $20 shipped per each.

I would say that for me at least, the shape of the modifiers doesn't matter as much. I used the capslock (wyse 50) as backspace (unfortunately, too commonly used for me) for over a month, and I was fine. Lots of the other keys didn't work of course, but I was fine with the off-profile |\

I noticed that hoggy's split access in dvorak seems to be off-profile, I wonder how it is to type on it.
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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 00:38:08 »
I am a bargain hunter too, and never spent more than $20 on a Wyse either... You are correct, more caps are usable if you don't care about correct row profiles or sizes, but that drives me mad personally.

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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 03:48:21 »
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I am a bargain hunter too, and never spent more than $20 on a Wyse either... You are correct, more caps are usable if you don't care about correct row profiles or sizes, but that drives me mad personally.

drives most people nuts.
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