Questions for µTron keyboard users

vivalarevolución · 15 Feb 2013, 00:22

I have some questions for any µTron users that might be floating around on deskthority.

1. Do you know if the µTron works with a Mac?
2. What are those large keys in the lower middle with the Japanese characters? The ones below Tab and Enter?
3. Where is the Windows key?
4. Can I just purchase this thing myself off Amazon.co.jp, or do I need to get myself a Japanese proxy?

Any information you can provide will help.

webwit · 15 Feb 2013, 01:26

1. I don't know, I don't own a Mac.
2. Modifiers to access the Japanese characters.
3. Windows/Microsoft is the ENEMY of TRON!
4. I used a proxy, but this was a couple of years back. YMMV.

jesse · 15 Feb 2013, 01:34

prdlm2009 wrote:I have some questions for any uTron users that might be floating around on deskthority.

1. Do you know if the uTron works with a Mac?

Yes

4. Can I just purchase this thing myself off Amazon.co.jp, or do I need to get myself a Japanese proxy?

Any information you can provide will help.

You might try just emailing personal-media.co.jp and asking them. IIRC it's an amazon sellers thing, not amazon warehousing it directly.

vivalarevolución · 15 Feb 2013, 02:29

Ok thanks. I need to try a full Topre board before I think about purchasing this thing. I think I might really like the feel of Topre.

fossala · 15 Feb 2013, 08:43

You don't want to use shipping through personal-media. Just tried to find the quote but it was a link to an invoice that was valid for 30 days. I remember it being a few hundred gbp though. Was cheaper for me to use tenso or smart imports.

Icarium · 15 Feb 2013, 09:32

prdlm2009 wrote:Ok thanks. I need to try a full Topre board before I think about purchasing this thing. I think I might really like the feel of Topre.

http://deskthority.net/try-before-you-b ... 6-240.html

Daniel Beardsmore · 15 Feb 2013, 22:02

prdlm2009 wrote:1. Do you know if the uTron works with a Mac?

It's a μTRON, not a uTRON. Sounds like what you really need is a Quiet Pro/Tactile Pro which has μ marked on the keyboard, along with all the other symbols that died out when the typewriter was introduced. Except "×", and "−" (minus sign) …

*ducks and runs*

Vierax · 15 Feb 2013, 22:19

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:
prdlm2009 wrote:1. Do you know if the uTron works with a Mac?
It's a μTRON, not a uTRON. Sounds like what you really need is a Quiet Pro/Tactile Pro which has μ marked on the keyboard, along with all the other symbols that died out when the typewriter was introduced. Except "×", and "−" (minus sign) …

*ducks and runs*

++

I rediscovered a lot of forgotten signs (as … × ÷ − “ ” « » œ) when I started to use bépo layout. Thanks Unicode !

vivalarevolución · 16 Feb 2013, 01:06

Icarium wrote:
prdlm2009 wrote:Ok thanks. I need to try a full Topre board before I think about purchasing this thing. I think I might really like the feel of Topre.
http://deskthority.net/try-before-you-b ... 6-240.html

I live in the USA. But we are having a local meetup in a couple months where somebody is bringing a Topre board.

vivalarevolución · 16 Feb 2013, 01:37

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:
prdlm2009 wrote:1. Do you know if the uTron works with a Mac?
It's a μTRON, not a uTRON. Sounds like what you really need is a Quiet Pro/Tactile Pro which has μ marked on the keyboard, along with all the other symbols that died out when the typewriter was introduced. Except "×", and "−" (minus sign) …

*ducks and runs*

Yea, I know, I would write that if I knew how to enter that symbol. (a short time later after some Google). Option+m. µTron. Got it! I'm changing the title.