Split Access xy keyboards

hoggy

10 Jul 2011, 15:04

Sadly, I think the price is high because know they can get it. Besides, they make them in England which can't be cheap.

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sordna

31 Jul 2011, 07:58

Tipro 64 key seems a good alternative for making a split keyboard. Anyone know what the difference is between the MID and the FREE models ?

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

31 Jul 2011, 08:55

sordna wrote:Tipro 64 key seems a good alternative for making a split keyboard. Anyone know what the difference is between the MID and the FREE models ?
Same switches (Cherry blacks), different design, different keycaps.

If you want to make a split keyboard using Tipro units, you can chain both halves using a normal PS/2 cable, because the Tipro bus connector (a small flat cable connecting both PCBs) is much too short and allows connecting only units placed side by side (and mostly joined using a special part).
In that "PS/2-chained" configuration, only the one unit directly connected to the computer will be recognized (and programmed) by the ChangeMe software. So you would have to program first one unit and then the other one, which of course is not a problem if the keyboard design does not change too often.

Don't forget Tipro keyboards don't have NKRO. Nevertheless, as a professional touch typist using a Tipro MID keyboard, I can say that's not really an issue because the keyboard just sends an acoustic signal and all characters appear in the correct order (not a single case of different experience after several months of intensive daily use). It would be interesting, though, to hear what happens with chained keyboards used simultaneously.

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Minskleip

02 Aug 2011, 20:48

Are there switches under the empty places?

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CeeSA

02 Aug 2011, 20:55

yes, all there

zet13

10 Aug 2011, 14:36

There are some to sell right now on ebay uk, who is going to buy some ?

Unfortunately the postage include only United Kingdom…

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