06/20/09

08:22:23 pm by Eric, 276 words   English (US)

More keyboard stuff

So I got this Logitech keyboard plugged into TopDawg. I'm not entirely sure if I like it or not. The keyboard's not a 'natural' style, so it feels weird sitting here at my machine without having a natural style keyboard.

So far though, the keys seem to be much more sure of themselves when I push on them. The Shift and Ctrl keys seem to hold the signal better as well. The only sucky part is that the whole deal is USB-driven. I tried plugging the receiver into a PS2-USB adapter and no-go - it doesn't provide enough power for the receiver to, well, receive, and play 'keyboard' at the same time.

As I sit here typing this, I'm getting used to the feel of it, and I kind like how the 'wave' part of the keyboard works. I'll probably leave it plugged in and figure out what I need to do to keep it in use. I might just have to buy a new KVM (a USB KVM instead of the PS2/SVGA unit I have. I don't know... we'll have to see how it goes. It's kind nice not dropping keystrokes anymore... can't say that with the Microsoft keyboard.

The wrist-rest (more like palm-rest) is made of some kind of porous leather-like material. Feels good, and doesn't let my hands slide around like the Microsoft keyboard. The old Logitech keyboard had a textured plastic 'rest which is polished smooth from where my hands rested.

I dunno. Probably have to mess with it a few days and figure out what I want to do. KVMs and all their cables are getting cheaper, after all.

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