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Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: dw_junon on Tue, 21 April 2009, 09:32:40: I don't know where to begin with this layout:

(http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BQ2jDlQB2k~$(KGrHgoOKjsEjlLmVqugBJ7D4uKqQ!~~_1.JPG) (http://search.ebay.co.uk/150340264290)]
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: FKSSR on Tue, 21 April 2009, 09:45:43: I guess they are assuming people won't be typing letters very much with it. For some applications, that is not a bad assumption.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 21 April 2009, 09:49:40: Yeah... I would have to kill someone if I was forced to something like that.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: rdjack21 on Tue, 21 April 2009, 11:50:31: It's no wonder the seller has "Plenty" of these in stock. If that showed up where I work it would be flying out the window before it even got out of the box.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 21 April 2009, 12:24:48: Quote from: ripster;86664
For me it's PERFECT!
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(http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09/davidmorrisonNN_450x256.jpg)

- Ripster

That's horrific.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: D-EJ915 on Tue, 21 April 2009, 12:25:19: that's one of the scariest keyboards I've ever seen
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: keyb_gr on Tue, 21 April 2009, 13:20:14: I guess this thing was intended for accounting or something like that. Then the layout starts making some sense at least, although it does look weird. It obviously fails miserably as a regular all-purpose keyboard.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: Viett on Tue, 21 April 2009, 14:16:58: It makes sense to put a backspace above the number pad, but other than that, it's horrid.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: chimera15 on Mon, 27 April 2009, 08:36:41: That's pretty awesome. It's got an alps glidepoint on it, so it probably has white sliders on it. lol
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: cchan on Mon, 27 April 2009, 09:15:22: Quote from: chimera15;87521
That's pretty awesome. It's got an alps glidepoint on it, so it probably has white sliders on it. lol
Only reason I'd ever buy it is to harvest the switches and/or Glidepoint. Layout is horrendous.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: zwmalone on Mon, 27 April 2009, 17:41:12: It has an ALPS glidepoint touchpad... possibly ALPS switches as well?

On a sidenote my evolution has the same trackpad... It's not useful for anybody with a resolution above 800x600 FWIW
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: skriefal on Mon, 27 April 2009, 19:23:29: How would the screen resolution affect the usability of the touchpad?
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: zwmalone on Mon, 27 April 2009, 20:03:48: It gets really finicky to use when the screen resolution balloons... At higher resolutions it's very sluggish and it kind of "jerks" around the screen...
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: majestouch on Mon, 27 April 2009, 21:44:18: The punctuation would take a little getting used to and the odd arrangement of rectangular keys below the arrow keys is questionable, but overall it seems curiously well thought out. Most hand movement is forward and back, very little side to side movement. Seems efficient. I like it.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: Eclairz on Tue, 28 April 2009, 06:48:55: Looks like it would be useful for a cash till which may occasionally be required for looking up products/names and entering details rarely. Otherwise it is painful to look at.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: Rajagra on Thu, 30 April 2009, 14:28:15: Don't let Logitech see it. They will use it as a prototype for the G19 Mk II.
Title: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout
Post by: Alpha Omicron on Thu, 30 April 2009, 15:15:14: It would be neat to have as an oddity. Not really too useful for any home computing jobs though.