Author Topic: ZOWIE Celeritas (Read 2753 times)

tonyklo · « **on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 06:04:57 »

http://www.iqmore.idv.tw/2010-bfparty-zowie-celeritas-mechanical-gaming-keyboard

I just saw this earlier..and i talked to someone from Zowie ...
they told me it features a "repeat rate" thing... that's supposed to make your "duck-jump" and "wasd" movement register even faster...

anyone know what "repeat rate" is ? lol [ u can see on the F keys]

overall, it looks like a really solid keyboard, can't wait !

also, in "gaming mode", the Window key becomes the "ctrl" key

-brown switch in this one

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **Reply #1 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 06:11:00 »

The led lighted keys sorta look like the Ducky 9008's.

I'm also curious what this repeat rate thing is :/

Kairxa · « **Reply #2 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 06:20:04 »

Repeat rate? Isn't it something controlled by OS usually?

You know, like how many FFFFFFFFFFFFFF that you can type in one second.

keyb_gr · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 08:45:08 »

Quote from: ripster;237188

The RETURN OF TURBO MODE!

Yep, almost seems like it. '286s would be proud.

Repeat rate indeed is the rate at which characters will come out when you keep a key down. The specifics are somewhere in the IBM PS/2 keyboard docs, but I think the maximum normally is like 32 or 30 characters a second. However, there is no reason why a board shouldn't be able to do more if so desired - you merely have to implement a way to tell the board to use a non-standard repeat rate. Back in the day of the 286, this was a "Turbo" key.

tonyklo · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 09:08:26 »

ya i think the OS caps the maximum at like 30
and this keyboard is gona let u go even higher i think

SmallWalrus · « **Reply #5 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 09:56:00 »

The L shaped enter key did killed it for me though

phate408 · « **Reply #6 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 16:04:45 »

Quote from: ripster;237228

Tuuuuurrrrbbbbooooooo!
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Ah man, it's been a while since I've had a computer with one of those.

keyb_gr · « **Reply #7 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 16:54:49 »

Dang, sixty's pics of the KB-5170 are down, and I can't find any others

Only a permanent URL is a good URL.

EDIT:

Original board from "Rabbit 286" portable.

8_INCH_FLOPPY · « **Reply #8 on:** Fri, 22 October 2010, 17:00:34 »

I remember reading about those, but what I don't remember is if the turbo button make the processor faster, or slower, when it was depressed? I found a Pentium I with one of those Turbo buttons, and I haven't noticed a difference in performance either way.

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