On 09/07/15 21:06, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
i picked the keyboard based on its availability, and the casework has to be hard-custom-made to match it *and* then you have to arrange the PCB *specifically* to match the output connector in *exactly* the right place for that absolute specific make and model of keyboard.
later on it will be possible to custom-design keys by asking the keyboard manufacturer to make something else, but that requires a MOQ of 50,000 units and takes a long time to arrange and source.
the keyboard i picked because it is very common in a number of OEM laptops, and a number of Packard Bell laptops as well. so there is no danger of it going end-of-line for a good while yet.
ok thanks for giving me the picture. thought i recognised it as the keyboard used in dell laptops. arr well, ill still buy it (cus its a eoma laptop :D . i can always have a keyboard remapping time :).
i wonder, is it possible to get ones that are the same but for the printed letters being Dvorak or other better for heath of ones hands layout (where was another but i forget the name)? so same size, same connector position, just different printed letters on the keys?
maybe there’s a little side biz to be had by someone in removing the m$ logo from the super key hehe.
thanks as always luke