Author Topic: 98 key "server cabinet" 'board with curious layout (Read 3724 times)

dw_junon · « **on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 09:32:40 »

I don't know where to begin with this layout:

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FKSSR · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 09:45:43 »

I guess they are assuming people won't be typing letters very much with it. For some applications, that is not a bad assumption.

itlnstln · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 09:49:40 »

Yeah... I would have to kill someone if I was forced to something like that.

rdjack21 · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 11:50:31 »

It's no wonder the seller has "Plenty" of these in stock. If that showed up where I work it would be flying out the window before it even got out of the box.

itlnstln · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 12:24:48 »

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That's horrific.

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 12:25:19 »

that's one of the scariest keyboards I've ever seen

keyb_gr · « **Reply #6 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 13:20:14 »

I guess this thing was intended for accounting or something like that. Then the layout starts making some sense at least, although it does look weird. It obviously fails miserably as a regular all-purpose keyboard.

Viett · « **Reply #7 on:** Tue, 21 April 2009, 14:16:58 »

It makes sense to put a backspace above the number pad, but other than that, it's horrid.

chimera15 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 27 April 2009, 08:36:41 »

That's pretty awesome. It's got an alps glidepoint on it, so it probably has white sliders on it. lol

cchan · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 27 April 2009, 09:15:22 »

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That's pretty awesome. It's got an alps glidepoint on it, so it probably has white sliders on it. lol

Only reason I'd ever buy it is to harvest the switches and/or Glidepoint. Layout is horrendous.

zwmalone · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 27 April 2009, 17:41:12 »

It has an ALPS glidepoint touchpad... possibly ALPS switches as well?

On a sidenote my evolution has the same trackpad... It's not useful for anybody with a resolution above 800x600 FWIW

skriefal · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 27 April 2009, 19:23:29 »

How would the screen resolution affect the usability of the touchpad?

zwmalone · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 27 April 2009, 20:03:48 »

It gets really finicky to use when the screen resolution balloons... At higher resolutions it's very sluggish and it kind of "jerks" around the screen...

majestouch · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 27 April 2009, 21:44:18 »

The punctuation would take a little getting used to and the odd arrangement of rectangular keys below the arrow keys is questionable, but overall it seems curiously well thought out. Most hand movement is forward and back, very little side to side movement. Seems efficient. I like it.

Eclairz · « **Reply #14 on:** Tue, 28 April 2009, 06:48:55 »

Looks like it would be useful for a cash till which may occasionally be required for looking up products/names and entering details rarely. Otherwise it is painful to look at.

Rajagra · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 30 April 2009, 14:28:15 »

Don't let Logitech see it. They will use it as a prototype for the G19 Mk II.

Alpha Omicron · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 30 April 2009, 15:15:14 »

It would be neat to have as an oddity. Not really too useful for any home computing jobs though.

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