At over $2,000 US, there is no way this will ever be mass market. Neat idea, though. I would love it for some things at home. But it's not supported by Linux. Would be nice to autoconfigure to show a normal PC (Windows) keyboard in normal Linux. But switch to an APL keyboard when I'm using APL (rarely). And, lastly for me, switch to a Mac keyboard when I switch (via KVM) to my MacMini.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 8:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Keyboards for the archaic uber-geek > > On 4/9/2012 7:39 AM, McKown, John wrote: > > I apologize, but others may find this interesting. Too > expensive for me. > > > > http://www.etsy.com/shop/usbtypewriter > > > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > Pretty funny. > > I have been trying for years to interest someone in the > Optimus keyboard, which is a keyboard where each key is > a small (48px * 48px) screen. You can dynamically assign > icons and codepoints and build your own keyboard. > > My dream is to have sets of these icon-to-codepoint > mappings and be able to change them on the fly in order > to make a useful Unicode keyboard. > > But no one sees the potential and I don't have the > ambition to see it through. But I think it is a > potentially huge market. > > Here's their home: > > http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/ > > Anyone up for an adventure? > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-355-2752 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment > for training dollars at > http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
