Been looking for one of these, can't seem to find anything that has..
a: function keys that aren't TOTALLY off kilter from the matching number keys below them
b: Don't have everything crammed in together like a laptop keyboard and...
c: has the feel of a regular keyboard, but not be from 1988.
Ideas?
Disclaimer - this may have already been posted somewhere, but I haven't seen it...
Well I like replying to myself, found a few interesting things.
First, a LEFT handed keyboard, this actually fits my purpose better than a keyboard with no function keys. I bind eating to Numpad1, Mount to Numpad2, Special function (need all 4 guys to pop a quest item at the same time) to Numpad3, etc... this would move all those to the hand that isn't always humping the mouse.
http://www.fentek-ind.com/modular.htm#kblhusbss
http://www.fentek-ind.com/kblhusbss.jpg
And then I ran across this... it may be my next keyboard even though it's bigger than the one I currently have. It's like having an Xkeys Stick permanently grafted to your keyboard, complete with replacable caps.
http://www.fentek-ind.com/program.htm#kblk1800
http://www.fentek-ind.com/kblk1800.jpg
ohh nice find
OK This shit is just wierd... A mouse with a numberpad built onto it.
http://www.fentek-ind.com/keypad.htm#kpmusbg
http://www.fentek-ind.com/kpmusbg2.jpg
And for you trackball guys...$30 might be cheap enough for one of you guys to take the plunge and give it a try.
http://www.fentek-ind.com/keypad.htm#kp18tbub
http://www.fentek-ind.com/kp18tbub.jpg
OK I just found the manufacturer of this, it's Logic Controls. According to their manual for the software, I quote...
"[Write Into KB] Write current key definition data into programmable
keyboard"
Meaning this is programmable hardware solution - I didn't want to buy anything that required software that would conflict with Keyclones keyboard buffer hooks.... I think I'm getting one.
For those who want to take a look at the manual look here