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Title: [IC] EOL Gamepad
Post by: tee-eye on Tue, 28 February 2017, 15:13:49: Had an idea for a problem that I face while I am gaming and was thinking some people might be interested in this as well.

It's essentially a half 60% keyboard for when you are gaming so you have less keyboard in the way of the mouse.

It would come as a DIY kit. Options for how you would want it are in the from.

I have a v1 prototype currently being made just to test it out. I have been getting quotes for different parts and it all seems reasonable.

Let me know if you have feedback for my idea! :D
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Edit: made format 2 not telling at y'all fine people. Added Reddit user name.
Title: Re: [IC] EOL Gamepad
Post by: Kalopsia on Tue, 28 February 2017, 16:01:10: Actually a nice idea. I would be interested to see how this turns out :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] EOL Gamepad
Post by: ddot on Tue, 28 February 2017, 16:49:07: You need to convince the Mistel guys to make a run of just the left half of their keyboard.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84249.0
Title: Re: [IC] EOL Gamepad
Post by: tee-eye on Tue, 28 February 2017, 16:51:11: Quote from: ddot on Tue, 28 February 2017, 16:49:07
You need to convince the Mistel guys to make a run of just the left half of their keyboard.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84249.0

I thought about that but I REALLY do not like where the board is divided which is why I didn't get one. It's not ideal for games.
Title: Re: [IC] EOL Gamepad
Post by: Tom_Kazansky on Tue, 28 February 2017, 19:32:29: I actually think about making a "one hand keyboard":

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Mock up (http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/cfd4ba731747c32589266ef99c8c539e)
(wired and wireless)

though I'm not capable of making such a board,
I also don't know if typing on it is practical. :)

I will try to make a hand-wired one soon. :))
Title: Re: [IC] EOL Gamepad
Post by: FoC_Tow on Wed, 01 March 2017, 02:21:17: I think I would much prefer a full custom split 60%.

Gaming usually means using chat, console etc aswell, so you would still need a full board to do that anyway.
With a full split 60 you would have the option to only use one half, move the other half out of the way, but wouldn't require an additional board for typing.