Good keyboard?

[BENSTER]

I started to notice this probelm when I bought an OEM keyboard. My PC concepts Keyboard with built in touchpad lasted me 2 years, and played very nice. I had thought I lost my ability to strafe jump over the years.

finally I heard about the Z-board being able to read 8 keystrokes at once, and so I started looking for keyboard with this in mind. The Z-board gets expensive, and I didn't want a special keypad for gaming, that I coudln't use for typing.

December, I got the Saitek Eclipse and I've been super happy I know I can press 5 keys at once and it works fine, you just cant press asdfgh at the same time. I use the WASD pattern to move, with space for jump, R to select rockets, z for zoom, x for scripts, f for grappling hook, g for taunt, etc..... (I play alot of Q3). This keyboard is back lit, and they keys are laser Etched so the lights shine right through. I resisted buying it on the neatness factor, but looked at it a few times, and read some reviews.

The keyboard is very smooth, the keys are very responsive, the keyboard has some weight to it, plus larger rubber feet on the corners to help hold the keyboard in place. Saitek has been in business since 1977 making various hardware devices such as gaming controllers. You can google and read a couple reviews on teh keyboard. Stop by your local Circuit City to try it out. BestBuy had it on sale for $40 last week.

Google for reviews

Virtual Hideout Review

[tChr]

the most important part of a keyboard is its strength:
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/wmv/hissyfit.wmv

That sound like german. Anyone want to translate the essentials?

[divVerent]

hehe, that one...

he obviously has a slow computer or one full of adware/spyware/viruses and gets quite angry about UT99 not starting fast enough.

"What! Faster! Hurry up! I want to play Unreal Tournament! Start the f*cking game! Start the game, you motherf*cker! I won't say it again... What is that now? Oh my god, let it happen! I want to play Unreal" (now we are at 60s and hear the UT99 menu background music) "Fast, start, it begins, it begins! Start game! Start game you w*nker! It's loading. It's loading! I don't want it to load. When it loads, one has to wait too long. I don't want to load, I want to play!!!1eleven Think positive... just think positive... it starts soon..." (115s, UT level BGM, manically laughing about having killed a bot who is a motherf*cker) (160s, getting more and more manic) "The escape key is missing! The escape key is missing! Where is it! Where is the escape key? Where is it? Where is it? ... I don't need help and support! I don't need help and support! I don't need help! The H key as enter key. The H key as enter key. It does not work! It does not work! I'll kill you! Eat this you motherf*cker! I'll finish you! I killed him! I'll kill you all! Eat this you motherf*cker! I'll finish you! I'll finish you! I'll shoot you! With the assault rifle! Just shoot you! Which motherf*cker shoots me? Some motherf*cker shoots me!" (Player dies and cries in agony)

Which UT weapon did he call assault rifle, BTW? And what would have happened if he had started Nexuiz on this computer?

Another classic, German too (and of course, another keyboard bites the dust, along with a mouse and a headset): http://jobo.amarunet.de/fun/2005_01_17/ ... m-1on1.mp3

[esteel]

I started to notice this probelm when I bought an OEM keyboard.
finally I heard about the Z-board being able to read 8 keystrokes at once, and so I started looking for keyboard with this in mind.
December, I got the Saitek Eclipse and I've been super happy I know I can press 5 keys at once and it works fine, you just cant press asdfgh at the same time.

Yeah its pretty bad, because so far i have not found a keyboard that works really perfect with all those key combinations. Sadly the Eclipse does also not work perfectly for me. I bought it because the reviews have been nice, it looks cool and is really a great keyboard. Well unless i find an better one i will keep it as its really wonderful And with 34 euros not too expensive.
This Z-board looks just too wiered. I'm not sure its really good for typing which i also to quite much. The only other gaming keyboards i have heard of are either too expensive (logitech G15) or not really good for typing (raptor).
It must be really hard to make keyboards that just send 4 pressed keys to the computer.. damn.. stoneage i guess..

[PHREAK]

The Saitek Eclipse seems to be alright however the shape prevents me from buying it.
In my opinion it's just butt ugly.
Back-lit keys are quite nice too, aside from being able to do 5ish keys at once but again, looks matter to me as well.

[tChr]

I just wish i was old enough to have used this
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/space-cadet-keyboard.html



Not the precence of ctrl, shift, front (greek), top, super, meta, and hyper. 7! shift keys. Thats more then 8000 possible charachters to type

[esteel]

Wow.. i read about those 'space kadets keyboards' and know emacs does know about a 'super' key modifier.. cool thing

[Urmel]

reminds me of the keyboards used in the company where I was an apprentice. Terminals from a 1972 DATASAAB Computer (btw what is "Großrechenanlage" in english?) which surely had the dimensions of Deep Thought

btw You must be crazy @tChr to wish You were old , nothing gets better I tell Ya!

[tChr]

How old are you dude.. I seem to remember you're around my age.. 30ish arent you?

[Urmel]

Yup, but there's only 18 months left til I' m 40ish