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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: derzemel on Fri, 03 April 2015, 09:20:32
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Hello,
I have a friend in who is in Tokyo until Monday, and Sunday he will have the whole day to himself.
I want to ask him to get me a 55g Topre Realforce 87u Silent.
I am wondering now, what would the JIS layout mean to me, an European who uses ISO and ANSI?
Can I use the extra keys that JIS has?
Thank you!
P.S.: the JIS version seems to be cheaper, at least on amazon.jp
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Aside from the large enter key, JIS isn't really comparable to ISO. JIS has a few extra modifier keys to input different kana and kanji characters. Here (http://www.vshopu.com/item/0348-0401/DSCF0010.jpg) is what the Japanese Realforce looks like. If you're comfortable using ANSI, I would go for that.
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Aside from the large enter key, JIS isn't really comparable to ISO. JIS has a few extra modifier keys to input different kana and kanji characters. Here (http://www.vshopu.com/item/0348-0401/DSCF0010.jpg) is what the Japanese Realforce looks like. If you're comfortable using ANSI, I would go for that.
yes, I saw a few images. I was actually wondering if I can use those keys (macros, shortcuts, etc.)
I'll modify my original post to make this clear
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JIS in your pants
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Speaking from a person that Uses ANSI, I think I would hate the layout. As far as the extra keys I think you would either need a converter to remap the keys, or use software remapping, though for software remapping they layout itself might cause issues. Someone with more expertise probably needs to weigh in.