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Offline emptyk

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Standard Tenkeyless minus top row - available?
« on: Wed, 24 May 2017, 09:28:22 »
Long time no post for me; I've been quite dormant. I did a quick search and found nothing directly on point. I am wondering whether there is a commonly available keyboard that is basically a standard TKL layout without the normal top row (ESC, Fn, and those three silly keys at the end). I tried using a 68-key board, but quickly realized how dependent I am on the standard layout of 6 navigation keys that live above the arrow keys - I use my keyboard for typing at work . . . and all six of those keys get heavy use. In contrast, I rarely if ever use any of the keys in the topmost row.

If this has been discussed elsewhere during the years of my absence, I apologize. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

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Re: Standard Tenkeyless minus top row - available?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 06 June 2017, 22:43:06 »
I'm fairly certain I've seen some boards like this but my searchfu is weaksauce tonight.

Something tells me maybe varmillo make something like this?


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Re: Standard Tenkeyless minus top row - available?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 08 June 2017, 05:03:38 »
Varmilo does 68/69 keys, but they move arrows a bit closer to CTRL and this makes my brain fry... I cannot get used to this layout.

Exact TKL -top row would be perfect...
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Re: Standard Tenkeyless minus top row - available?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 09 June 2017, 09:54:22 »
I had almost given up on this topic, so thanks for the link to that Drevo board. That's exactly what I'm looking for - but I've never heard of that brand before. I'll take a look at it for sure.

Cheers!