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Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: didjamatic on Wed, 03 February 2010, 23:24:58

Megatech Mathematic Keyboard (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200432681644)

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-sQ6TN93LvU/S2pZZ08oOLI/AAAAAAAAAeA/XtwRM1MWOM4/s800/Megatek_020.jpg)

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 04 February 2010, 03:58:18

Reminds me of the DEC LK101 (the VT100 keyboard, not the ****ty LK201 of the VT220 and later) Either way, probably some linear monstrosity.

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 04 February 2010, 06:55:32

Without knowing the application and context of this keyboard, I am going to go out on a limb and say that there is a lot of wasted space on this behemoth.

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: Rajagra on Thu, 04 February 2010, 11:48:43

Quote from: itlnstln;156181

Without knowing the application and context of this keyboard, I am going to go out on a limb and say that there is a lot of wasted space on this behemoth.

But it's a space saving layout without arrow block!

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 04 February 2010, 14:20:36

I bet it's got double-shot keys though!

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 04 February 2010, 14:30:08

that's not wasted space; that's experimenter's paradise. Plenty of room for extra switches, joystick, arcade buttons, trackball...

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 04 February 2010, 14:34:35

bed, couch, TV, refrigerator, stove, 3-car garage...

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 04 February 2010, 15:11:32

Serial keyboard. Hmm. I may have a driver for that. I once had a parallel-port keyboard.

Title: Did anyone here win this Megatek Keyboard?
Post by: Keyboard Aficionado on Fri, 05 February 2010, 23:45:20

I can't see myself using that as a daily driver. I can picture it however on my coffee table set up as a remote/kb for the DVR :lever:
no I didn't win though.