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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ~Blood~ on Thu, 07 October 2010, 13:29:47

Title: Modding a JAP Layout to ISO? Only Spacebar/DEL key
Post by: ~Blood~ on Thu, 07 October 2010, 13:29:47

Is a mod like that possible without much effort?

The layout is very similar, only the DEL key is smaller and the spacebar is tiny.

I'd plan to remove the Kana Keys next to the space bar and put a large spacebar there, remove the small key next to the DEL key and put a large DEL key there.

Probably my only option of getting an all 45g/30g topre with ISO layout :/

Title: Modding a JAP Layout to ISO? Only Spacebar/DEL key
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 07 October 2010, 15:29:16

As far as I know, only the IBM buckling spring keyboards and perhaps a few KeyTronic keyboards could be modded to a different layout. They use the same membrane/PCB for all layouts and have two plungers underneath those keys that are wider in some layouts than others.
However, most keyboards have the switch in the centers of all wide key, and so do the Realforce keyboards, as far as I have seen. I think also that the Realforce PCBs are unique for each layout (ISO/ANSI/JIS).

Besides the Kana and Del keys, the Left Shift key is one unit bigger and the Right Shift is one unit smaller in the JIS layout compared to ISO layout.

Title: Modding a JAP Layout to ISO? Only Spacebar/DEL key
Post by: netwebber on Mon, 11 October 2010, 03:35:02

A JAP types as little as possible. She might break a nail!