Realforce JIS to ANSI-ish layout mod

[khaangaaroo]

[Halverson]

Very cool! Too bad you couldn't fit on the corresponding caps on top.

[esoomenona]

I'm curious. Is this just a wired mod, meaning the two keys that compose the Enter still remain separate, though they perform the same function? Or will you be finding a big ass enter to go in that place? If the first, why not just use AHK?

[khaangaaroo]

Yeah, you can press either key to perform the same function. I didn't think AutoHotKey would work because the keys I duplicated to didn't register as anything in Windows before I rewired them. They're just dummy keys unless you install a Japanese language pack or keyboard drivers I think.

[esoomenona]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks! Pretty cool. Does it feel weird typing on it like that?

[khaangaaroo]

It feels ok to me. But I tend to hit the space bar in the center, and the backspace/enter/shift near the left edge anyways. I can imagine it could be weird for someone that hits their backspace/enter/shift near the center, they might end up pressing both keys at once. But it still only registers once when you press both, so no big deal.

[berserkfan]

really fascinating

but khang, while looking at a list of keycodes, I saw a bunch labelled 'reserved for kanji'. problem is I saw the list while researching keycodes and gave no second thought, so I can't find it for you again. BUt these guys are standard 3-digit keycodes so maybe you can remap them on ahk

[khaangaaroo]

No worries if you can't find it. I bought this keyboard for the domes and was planning to sell it anyways. I just did the rewiring as a project to give people an idea that it can be done this way pretty easily.