Author Topic: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard? (Read 7400 times)

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.

itlnstln · « **Reply #1 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.

Shuki · « **Reply #2 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

The filco zero has some controller issues does it not?

Shuki · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 12 January 2010, 11:48:00 »

Yeh I'm wondering how he discovered that.

itlnstln · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 12 January 2010, 12:01:12 »

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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.

SLM · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 12 January 2010, 23:45:08 »

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

Mental Hobbit · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 13 January 2010, 06:23:15 »

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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.

itlnstln · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 13 January 2010, 07:36:21 »

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

keyb_gr · « **Reply #8 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.

itlnstln · « **Reply #9 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.

pex · « **Reply #10 on:** Sun, 17 January 2010, 06:53:55 »

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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.)

microsoft windows · « **Reply #11 on:** Sun, 17 January 2010, 09:15:44 »

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

Hak Foo · « **Reply #12 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.

ak_nala · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 18 January 2010, 03:40:51 »

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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.

pex · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 25 July 2010, 15:53:22 »

Anything new on the market since January?

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Author Topic: What's the cheapest 6 key rollover keyboard? (Read 7400 times)