On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 10:13 PM Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Few, including me, would pay $250 for a keyboard! As I mentioned I got mine > on ebay for about $50. Add an ebay search and wait until one pops up. > How about $12.50? Here's a purportedly waterproof, lit up plastic job at Banggood https://www.banggood.com/JiZZ-GX16-Waterproof-LED-Backlight-Mechanical-Handfeel-Gaming-Keyboard-p-976896.html?utm_design=147&utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=Mail_US09_email&utm_campaign=newsletter%E2%80%94emarsys&utm_content=Winna&sc_src=email_3138530&sc_eh=35422cecd170ae1e1&sc_llid=302692&sc_lid=122562085&sc_uid=nM5Tc3ihrE&cur_warehouse=USA > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 9:46 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Possibly useful keyboards > > > > On Tuesday 31 July 2018 20:11:36 Ken Strauss wrote: > > > > > I purchased a "Sejin Staco Switch SKR-3620P PS/2 88 Key Washable > > > Industrial Keyboard" on eBay for about $50 a couple of years ago. It > > > doesn't have the best feel for touch typing and the trackpad is a > > > little clumsy. For CNC operation I mostly use a touch screen so the > > > less than ideal mouse is not a huge problem for me. The good news is > > > that it is *COMPLETELY* resistant to swarf. When it gets covered with > > > aluminum chips I just dust them off with 150psi air from the blow gun. > > > > > > See > > > https://www.stacosystems.com/product/m77760-military-rugged-duty-usb- > > k > > >eyboar d/ for a very similar keyboard. It is not cheap but certainly > > > beats keys jamming from captured swarf. > > > > $245 to $295 is way above this old mans pay grade. While there I looked > > for touch screen monitors, but those I could afford were tapped out, and > > most were much lower resolution than the 23" Samsung digital tv with a > > blown tuner I'm using now. Its main prob is I need to open it up and > > replace some electrolytics in the lamp psu, its a ccfl backlight and > > takes several minutes to get to full, almost usable brightness. Made in > > 2007 or so, its the right age to be full of bad caps. Next time I'm in > > Bridgeport, I'll hit Big Lots and see if they have anything usable. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 12:39 PM > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Possibly useful keyboards > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 31 July 2018 09:40:24 andy pugh wrote: > > > > > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Denford-CNC-tutor- > > > > > > > > panels/323324414862?hash= > > > > > > > > >item4b47a30b8e:g:geAAAOSwKb1bN1hG > > > > > > > > Only 1 and not working. > > > > > > > > But a much bigger monitor/touch-screen could be handy around the > > > > mill. Even a square keyed logitech K360 gets hung up with swarf > > > > entirely too easily. So I wouldn't mind either a flat membrane > > > > keyboard, or a bigger hand held touch-screen. I do have a > > > > touch-screen that isn't in use but the monitor is already committed. > > > > rs-232 output at 9600 baud IIRC. But its a grocery store fugitive, > > > > ebay sold hundreds of 3 or 4 years back and IMO too small to run > > > > lcnc on, 16" diagonal, maybe. Do we have an interface for that, or > > > > would it take mods to gmocopy to use that. I am reasonably sure its > > > > data format is xy location and keydown for as long as the finger > > > > rests there. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > -- > > > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >------ -- > > > > > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > > > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 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