On Wednesday 01 August 2018 13:50:46 Przemek Klosowski wrote: > 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=emars >ys&utm_medium=Mail_US09_email&utm_campaign=newsletter%E2%80%94emarsys&u >tm_content=Winna&sc_src=email_3138530&sc_eh=35422cecd170ae1e1&sc_llid=3 >02692&sc_lid=122562085&sc_uid=nM5Tc3ihrE&cur_warehouse=USA > Looks good, but those tapered side keys are instant jam from flying swarf. The square sided keys of a logitech K360 aren't proof from swarf jams, but do reduce them to a tolerable level, but they've disappeared from the supply chain now. I've also killed a couple of them with an errant coffee cup. I wonder if they have a keyboard cover for this one? It might even work, as long as the cord would reach the machine./ > > > -----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. 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