Have you read the geekhack TOS lately?
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Who would buy it? Do you know of any OS that is compatible with a latching lock switch for Caps Lock, Scroll Lock or Num Lock?
Custom keyboards like those with tmk_firmware. Also I have an idea for a keyboard with lock switches on all f keys. I would use it when booting machines and general use when on the move.
Well booting in to bios/boot order menu/raid card/pxe boot. that kind of stuff. The I do not have to hold down the switch when I power it up or reboot it.
Quote from: blackbox on Sun, 27 July 2014, 15:45:06Well booting in to bios/boot order menu/raid card/pxe boot. that kind of stuff. The I do not have to hold down the switch when I power it up or reboot it.Eeeeeenteresting. I wonder, not to downplay how cool physical lock switches would be but just to think about DEL and Y and the other keys that just need to be held at times, if you could make a firmware patch with a generic LOCK key that toggles the on / off state of a single key. That way you could set it for any key on the board. You could even get wild and integrate LED effects for locked keys.
I know its not an answer to the OP question, but I thought ALPS locking switches were fairly easy to get hold of? Like from the Caps lock of some old Mac keyboards? Maybe not so easy to get them in bulk, or new.
Eeeeeenteresting. I wonder, not to downplay how cool physical lock switches would be but just to think about DEL and Y and the other keys that just need to be held at times, if you could make a firmware patch with a generic LOCK key that toggles the on / off state of a single key. That way you could set it for any key on the board. You could even get wild and integrate LED effects for locked keys.