On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Holden Hao <[email protected]> wrote: > Try HMR. But I doubt if they still have it. Zak acquired one a few > months ago but he bought it from Ebay.
Yep, I bought mine[1][2] from eBay as all the local places I've checked (HMR, TPC, etc.) are either out of it or don't carry it at all. If you're ever getting from eBay, here's a few tips: - use a forwarding service like Johnny Air instead of regular post; it is faster, and you don't pay as much customs fees as with regular postage - be prepared to clean up: once you get the keyboard, chance are it will have all kind of nasty stuff, so wash down the keys as soon as you can. Better if you can open the keyboard up (this will require a 5.5mm nut driver,) so you can check on the state of the metal backplate as well. - if you're going to use the keyboard on a modern PC without a PS/2 socket, you'll need an active USB-to-PS/2 converter. Surprisingly, CDR-king carries one at 99 pesos, but it is a bit unreliable over long periods of usage. Better invest in getting a blue cube converter from clickykeyboards.com (and maybe some spare keycaps or cable too, just in case.) To make this Linux relevant: this keyboard works well out of the box, not even requiring a kernel module at all (save for the USB converter, which registers this device as a regular 89-key USB HID keyboard.) The lack of a Super (aka Windows) key may pose an irritation, if you're using programs or DEs/WMs that use this key. Nothing that an xmodmap won't handle, though. [1]: https://plus.google.com/photos/112708775709583792684/albums/5813187086260060913 [2]: https://plus.google.com/photos/112708775709583792684/albums/5830935237870410145 -- Zak B. Elep || zakame.net 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
