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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: tedji on Tue, 24 February 2009, 15:34:17

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: tedji on Tue, 24 February 2009, 15:34:17

Hello,

Anybody know how to enter the tilde character in HHKB Pro2?

Thanks in advance,

Ooops .. never mind I just saw it on the far right hand corner of the kb.

Sorry.

Ted

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: cmr on Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:06:34

i was gonna say... not much of a hacking keyboard if my homedir doesn't get a dedicated button...

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: bigpook on Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:20:41

I think all modern keyboards have a tilde key, its just not always where I expect it to be : )

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: tedji on Tue, 24 February 2009, 22:51:23

That's what I was thinking and was expecting at the left hand side and was looking at the keyboard from all angles because it didn't make any sense. Was I glad when I found it! HHKB Pro 2 is a very nice keyboard.

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: tamasrepus on Wed, 25 February 2009, 02:23:14

The HHKB uses a Solaris keyboard layout, which places the tilde/backtick key in the top right of the keyboard.

You get used to it fast...

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: tedji on Wed, 25 February 2009, 22:16:36

I was looking at a sunfire v240 server and it has USB ports can I simply hook up the HHKB to it? Also, how do one hook up a monitor the old days we used to have Dec VT terminals with the display and the kb in one unit.

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: D-EJ915 on Thu, 26 February 2009, 10:40:48

the 240 has a cisco style console connection and no built-in video, however if you grab a pci-based mac video card it should work.  The hhkb plugged into it should also work but it wouldn't do much good without the monitor.

http://docs.sun.com/source/819-4206-10/figures/gettingstarted-6.gif

looks like it's got a regular db-9 on there too.  Just hook up a null modem cable in between there and your pc and run hyperterminal or putty

Title: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2?
Post by: tedji on Thu, 26 February 2009, 17:07:18

It sounds like a good starting solution would be use the null modem cable and connect through a pc and use the hhkb as you suggested.

Thanks.