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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Shuki on Tue, 12 January 2010, 11:15:39

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: Shuki on Tue, 12 January 2010, 11:15:39

Exactly what it says on the tin. What is the cheapest mechanical keyboard which supports 6-key rollover? Must be appropriate for gaming.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 12 January 2010, 11:25:00

I would say maybe the Filco Zero or the i-Rocks (6230?) w/brown Cherrys. After that, you start getting into the Filco Majestouch series. There could be a Cherry-made 'board with 6 or NKRO that I am not aware of that you might be able to source for cheap on eBay.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: Shuki on Tue, 12 January 2010, 11:34:35

I guess the I-rocks would be a decent option however the layout looks... interesting. I am actually asking on someone else's behalf. The main use of this board I assume will be gaming. Probably should have included this in the post :D

The filco zero has some controller issues does it not?

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: Shuki on Tue, 12 January 2010, 11:48:00

Yeh I'm wondering how he discovered that.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 12 January 2010, 12:01:12

Quote from: Shuki;150337

Yeh I'm wondering how he discovered that.

Alpslover kept having problems spelling "notepad."  He would type it so fast that he kept getting "ntoepad."  I think Welly, then, developed the credit card test as an easy way to simulate fast typing.  There's not a problem with the rollover, per se, but the scan rate is slow enough that you might get a transposition error here and there.  It's probably nothing to worry about, though.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: SLM on Tue, 12 January 2010, 23:45:08

What's the rollover on the Cherry G80-3000 series of boards?  Four maybe?

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: Mental Hobbit on Wed, 13 January 2010, 06:23:15

Quote from: SLM;150449

What's the rollover on the Cherry G80-3000 series of boards?  Four maybe?

On mine it's 2KRO. It's an old winkeyless G80, so things might have changed, but I doubt it.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 13 January 2010, 07:36:21

My 3000 is 2KRO, too, and it's fairly new (about a year old).

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: keyb_gr on Wed, 13 January 2010, 12:42:43

G80-3000s have never been capable of more than 2KRO. For the 1800 series NKRO seems to be an option, and specialty G80s seem to support it throughout.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 13 January 2010, 12:56:43

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G80-3000s have never been capable of more than 2KRO. For the 1800 series NKRO seems to be an option, and specialty G80s seem to support it throughout.

This makes me want one even more now.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: pex on Sun, 17 January 2010, 06:53:55

Quote from: Shuki;150324

Must be appropriate for gaming.

Does this just mean that the layout has to suck?  That's what 'gaming' usually means...no NKRO (obviously limit-6 where there's generic USB support) and the layout is garbage.  (Maybe there's some extra lights.)

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: microsoft windows on Sun, 17 January 2010, 09:15:44

For N-key rollover, you can look through computer garbage for an old Model F.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: Hak Foo on Sun, 17 January 2010, 23:04:21

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This makes me want one even more now.

It seems those G80-8113s are NKRO or 6KRO when piped through an adapter.  They're selling for like $30 and decontamination costs. :)

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: ak_nala on Mon, 18 January 2010, 03:40:51

Quote from: Hak Foo;151665

It seems those G80-8113s are NKRO or 6KRO when piped through an adapter.  They're selling for like $30 and decontamination costs. :)

Plus repair costs.

Title: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard?
Post by: pex on Sun, 25 July 2010, 15:53:22

Anything new on the market since January?