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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Blaskkaffe on Wed, 29 January 2014, 02:32:40
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Hello i have been looking for a keyboard quite some time now and i cant really find anything that fits my needs 100% (obviously) but here is what i WANT:
Tenkeyless( no numpad, dedicated arrowkeys. I have been looking at the 60% keyboards and i like them but i feel like i would probably miss arrowkeys.)
Well that was easy you would think, just get a filco or ducky or whatever else...
Oh no! here comes the hard part:
I dont want 4 keys to the right of the spacebar, too used to apple keyboards and i really really hate the menu key. Is there no DOS style keyboard but with windows keys or some remappable keys?
Customizable keys (like switching the key over enter and the backspace and so on)
i really would love a keyboard without fkeyrow, that would be awesome
And last of all: I would love it to be ISO layout (im a swede so i always press the enterkey right in the middle of second and third row)
Please find something i would love! :D
(i have seen the leopold FC660 and i like it, but i would rather have a full cluster of keys above the arrows)
Check attached image for reference
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No production keyboard fits an enthusiast's needs 100%. That keyboard does not exist as far as I'm aware, but you are correct in noting the FC660 is close.
The FC660 has some pretty intuitive Fn hotkeys by default, so if you can get away from the separate 6 key pad, that would be your best bet.
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Yes the FC660 seems pretty close to what i want, but i would love it if there was some nice tenkeyless with iso layout otherwise i would be one key short :/
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If you're okay with a bit of soldering, get a Phantom PCB (http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=536) and whichever switches you like the most. Leave out the top row of keys.
1. TKL
2. ISO layout with 1.5x modifiers
3. Completely programmable / customisable
Downside is you'll have to make a case yourself or mod a TKL case.
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Write a detailed requirements document with CAD drawings and send this to several chinese companies, but be prepared to spend a bit more than buyng an "on the shelf" item :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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You can direct wire it to a custom plate for pretty cheap. The below topic has much info on this.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40567.0
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Would a sprit model 1 work for you? The post says that this supports the ISO layout and it is to my knowledge fully customizable.
Here is the link to the GB going on right now.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50580.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50580.0)
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Would a sprit model 1 work for you? The post says that this supports the ISO layout and it is to my knowledge fully customizable.
Here is the link to the GB going on right now.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50580.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50580.0)
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You can direct wire it to a custom plate for pretty cheap. The below topic has much info on this.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40567.0
This is a very good option. If you can get a standard TKL plate, you can cut the top section off, install the switches, wire up the matrix and diodes to a Teensy and you're set. Again, you'll need to make / mod your own case.