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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: IBI on Fri, 22 May 2009, 17:29:31

Title: EZ-2018 Arch Office Keyboard - An interesting non-mechanical compact keyboard
Post by: IBI on Fri, 22 May 2009, 17:29:31

(http://www.ezkey.com.tw/product/images/EZ%202018.jpg)

(http://www.ezkey.com.tw/product/images/EZ2008-2%20color%20.jpg)

(http://www.ezkey.com.tw/product/images/Push%202018.jpg)

Manufacturer linky (http://www.ezkey.com.tw/product/product.php?i=178).

The lighter bar down the bottom is a "Big scroll wheel with pop-up function" and the keys under the bottom row appear to be cut/copy/paste.

I assume it's rubber dome, but it seems like quite a cool keyboard otherwise (although not without a few odd decisions).

Title: Reminds me of the Thinkpad ultrabay device carrier ...
Post by: MarceloR on Sat, 23 May 2009, 19:24:55

Some five years ago or so Thinkpads had an ulltrabay adaptor that was a device carrier. You pop off the cdrom drive and stick the carrier in its place.
They made adapters that would let you place  a palm pda in the carrier or a numpad. You press a button and the drawer opens with the numpad (or pda.)
It's  convenient to carry this stuff inside your laptop, I for one, haven't had any use for a built-in cdrom drive in about a decade or thereabouts. ( And yes, I do have a bluetooth MoGo mouse that goes inside the pcmcia slot.)

Title: EZ-2018 Arch Office Keyboard - An interesting non-mechanical compact keyboard
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Sat, 23 May 2009, 19:40:09

great design on that numpad but it will feel like crap when using it.