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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: o.simon on Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:28:23

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: o.simon on Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:28:23

I'm quite new to the world of tactile keyboards. I only own a Filco which I use at work.

I bought my first Mac last week, and I want to buy a tactile keyboard for it. It would be nice if it had the Mac keys. Also, since I'm in Japan it would be nice if it had the language switching keys. So far, the Matias Tactile Pro 3.0 is the only one I found to have this characteristics.

Do you know of any other tactile keyboards for Japanese Macs?

Thanks!

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: pitashen on Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:54:13

I thought there are a lot more you can look for in Japan. Anyhow...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mechanical-Keyboard-Japanese-Switch-Left-Hand-Mac-/400191138240?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item5d2d4029c0

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:58:00

I think you just need to look for the language thing. The other may end up having alt/option and applekey?/windows key in reversed positions, but other than that I think any keyboard would do. Or at least that's what my AEKII is doing on my windows computer.

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: chimera15 on Mon, 07 March 2011, 23:37:04

You can check Filco's Japanese website, they should have something.


http://www.diatec.co.jp/products/srch.php (http://www.diatec.co.jp/products/srch.php)

Oh I see you already have a filco.   Not sure if you're looking for one specifically for a mac...

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: o.simon on Tue, 08 March 2011, 03:58:58

Thanks for your replies, I'll look for Japanese keyboards then!

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: Brian8bit on Tue, 08 March 2011, 04:15:54

Datacomp Taiwan do a model called the Mac3 in both USB and BlueTooth variants that features Alps switches. Though I'm not sure if they have a Japanese language version.

I'm a Mac user too, so have been trying to hunt down various mech keyboards for Mac. Without much success I might add.

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: gilgam on Tue, 08 March 2011, 04:43:47

HHKB with DIP switch to mac mode ?

Title: Keyboard for a Japanese Mac
Post by: bhtooefr on Tue, 08 March 2011, 07:37:41

Use the key remapping function available in OS X, that should take care of it for you.