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Title: 5 Row keypad
Post by: roaming pear on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:04:24

Is there a 5 Row keypad? I don't think I have come across one?


I was looking for one that would match the Poker II keyboard... but they are always 6 rows...

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:08:59

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ytynypug.jpg)

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: xavierblak on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:52:53

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:08:59

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(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ytynypug.jpg)

Who makes this keypad?

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:39:34

Quote from: xavierblak on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:52:53

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:08:59

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(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ytynypug.jpg)

Who makes this keypad?

It is a GHPad.

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:44:09

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:39:34

Quote from: xavierblak on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:52:53

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:08:59

Show Image

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ytynypug.jpg)

Who makes this keypad?

It is a GHPad.

But where did you get that case for it?

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: vivalarevolución on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:45:37

Aren't all keypads five rows?  Or are you looking for five columns.

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:50:41

Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:44:09

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:39:34

Quote from: xavierblak on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:52:53

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 July 2014, 10:08:59

Show Image

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ytynypug.jpg)

Who makes this keypad?

It is a GHPad.

But where did you get that case for it?

Some random alps keypad I got from fohat a while back.

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: roaming pear on Thu, 03 July 2014, 05:31:26

Quote from: prdlm2009 on Wed, 02 July 2014, 11:45:37

Aren't all keypads five rows?  Or are you looking for five columns.

I guess the ones I was looking at were 6 rows for some reason...


I was looking for keypads with a thin bezel.

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 03 July 2014, 08:55:22

Yeah there really isn't such a thing that is readily available. GHpad PCB and have a case 3D printed or some such to match the poker type case is more or less what you will have to do.
There are some 5 row keypad that are older made in 80's or early 90's from Genovation and a few others, but they don't have small case that will match the height of 60%.

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 03 July 2014, 14:38:16

Numpad layouts in general are pretty tired and uninspiring. I wonder if any human factors people have tried working on this problem since the 70s. From what I can see of products on the market today, everyone pretty much copied IBM’s ****ty design.

Here’s a simple sketch of something that might be better, while leaving the basics the same:
(http://i.imgur.com/BnYqKLW.png)

I’m sure with a more radical redesign, you could do a whole lot better.

Title: Re: 5 Row keypad
Post by: poeee on Fri, 04 July 2014, 17:36:13

Quote from: jacobolus on Thu, 03 July 2014, 14:38:16

Numpad layouts in general are pretty tired and uninspiring. I wonder if any human factors people have tried working on this problem since the 70s. From what I can see of products on the market today, everyone pretty much copied IBM’s ****ty design.

Here’s a simple sketch of something that might be better, while leaving the basics the same:

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/BnYqKLW.png)

I’m sure with a more radical redesign, you could do a whole lot better.

Cool idea, but I would want the enter key on the corner as per usual.