I didn't know much about Leopold keyboards. I've been reading about them now and it seems they are at least the same quality as the Filcos. If the price is within the 100-150€ range, and they do really come in ISO and with Spanish layout, they may be very serious candidates. I hope they bring some full models, because something I forgot to say in my first message is that I do not want tenkeyless, 60% and things like that. After browsing their catalog, the only downside is that their models with PBT keycaps all are front printed, which I don't really like too much.
Do you know of any other quality keyboards which are non-backlit, which already come with thick PBT keycaps (with top, not front printed letters), and that have a full layout (I've seen many models with even more beautiful keycaps (I love big centered letters)
I'm seriously considering sacrifying my habit and the usability of a Spanish ISO layout and buy a USA ANSI keyboard. The range of possibilities if I do so are so vast! You Americans don't know how lucky you are in this sense. After all, I don't normaly use accents in Spanish and the Ñ is not a very common letter. The major problem is with other signs and their locations. I suppose some months of use would help me adapt my fingers and my brain.
Actually, I already developed a program in Autohotkey for a Spanish guy in a Spanish forum who bought a foreign keyboard. It makes the useless Appkey work like the shift for N -> Ñ, ? -> ¿, ! -> ¡, and also for accents, but in a different way, just like the accent key is used in Spanish (press the accent key, release it, press the vowel, and that's it: á, é, etc.) If anyone needs this script don't hesitate to ask me.
But, going back to the topic we we're discussing, I've found beauties such as this Ducky One non-backlit, with think PBT keycaps. Apart from the ISO and language, it has everything I could wish. I even like the color scheme. Do you know of any other quality keyboards which are non-backlit, which already come with thick PBT keycaps (with top, not front printed letters), and that have a full layout (I've seen many models with even more beautiful keycaps (I love big centered letters) but all are 60%, 40%, tenkeyless, etc.
Thanks!Show Image(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MyEjuOLMiqQ/VzkaODz_JTI/AAAAAAAAAMA/vORwbhh92kMJyzog8d7HjlBTsjkTEgaGgCK4B/s1600/MKID_Ducky_ONE_Black_PBT_Dye_Sublimated_Blue_Gray_1.jpg)
Yeah, the ISO Leopold FC900R with PBT keycaps would be perfect if only it had top legends, not front. I don't know if could get used to front legends. It's mainly for aesthetics reasons.
I did a review on one recently; have a look if you're interested:
I'm seriously considering sacrifying my habit and the usability of a Spanish ISO layout and buy a USA ANSI keyboard. The range of possibilities if I do so are so vast! You Americans don't know how lucky you are in this sense. After all, I don't normaly use accents in Spanish and the Ñ is not a very common letter. The major problem is with other signs and their locations. I suppose some months of use would help me adapt my fingers and my brain.
Actually, I already developed a program in Autohotkey for a Spanish guy in a Spanish forum who bought a foreign keyboard. It makes the useless Appkey work like the shift for N -> Ñ, ? -> ¿, ! -> ¡, and also for accents, but in a different way, just like the accent key is used in Spanish (press the accent key, release it, press the vowel, and that's it: á, é, etc.) If anyone needs this script don't hesitate to ask me.
But, going back to the topic we we're discussing, I've found beauties such as this Ducky One non-backlit, with think PBT keycaps. Apart from the ISO and language, it has everything I could wish. I even like the color scheme. Do you know of any other quality keyboards which are non-backlit, which already come with thick PBT keycaps (with top, not front printed letters), and that have a full layout (I've seen many models with even more beautiful keycaps (I love big centered letters) but all are 60%, 40%, tenkeyless, etc.
Thanks!Show Image(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MyEjuOLMiqQ/VzkaODz_JTI/AAAAAAAAAMA/vORwbhh92kMJyzog8d7HjlBTsjkTEgaGgCK4B/s1600/MKID_Ducky_ONE_Black_PBT_Dye_Sublimated_Blue_Gray_1.jpg)
Don't go ANSI if you code, ANSI layout does accents and ñ perfectly in their spots, the problem is the key to do the <> and {} are gone. The rest is pretty much the same when you use an ANSI layaout on an ESP system.
My whole point is that you can perfectly type in an ANSI keyboard by telling your system you are on an ISO keyboard (ESP) but when you will actually type <> you can't cause that key doesnt phisically exist (its next to z key)
My whole point is that you can perfectly type in an ANSI keyboard by telling your system you are on an ISO keyboard (ESP) but when you will actually type <> you can't cause that key doesnt phisically exist (its next to z key)
If there is two things I will never understand about the rest of the world it is:
1) The metric system
2) Your left shift key is teeny tiny.
If there is two things I will never understand about the rest of the world it is:
1) The metric system
2) Your left shift key is teeny tiny.
1) No way. The metric system is what should be adopted internationally.
2) Yes, I've never used my left shift key in my life.
BTW, your Enter looks like a shift key :) I'm scared how many times I would hit "\" using an ANSI keyboard.
The only worries are the Spanish accents, which are used all the time. However, I'm working on a new script that makes the apostrophe key (which shares position with the Spanish accent key) to work both as apostrophe and as a key for accents (only when followed by vowels). For some other infrequent keys I could use a modifier key, such as FN, for instance to get: ñ, ¿, ¡, º, ª, ç and €. All this I've mentioned will work also with shift and with capslock. A special hotkey will enable and disable all these functions, in case you need to do so at a precise moment.
3b) I hate that \ key.
Unicomp is having a nice warehouse sale. It looks like they're clearing out what's lurking in the back rooms. They have original IBM/Lexmark Model Ms on deep sale right now, including one with a Latin American layout, if that's what you're looking for.
My Wordperfect keyed IBM/Lexmark board from them came today that I got in the sale. It feels great. They also sell the cable on their small parts page that you'll need for one of these.
Bob
EDIT: it looks like the sale just ended - sorry 'bout that. Still, here's the link if you wish to take a look: http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/category/Surplus
Bob
I didn't know if what they sell at the warehouse are brand new models or used models.
That's interesting. However, the IBM model M units they had were from the nineties, not the eighties, and they are different (no colored legends, no metal plate, no corded detachable cable...).