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Microwriter is an alternative type of keyboard input device, with less keys than usual. (See link)
Maybe if people make games to "teach" microwriter type keyboards, their usage would become widespread, then sell the hardware for your alternative input as phone/pc keyboard.
See link.
Thanks bigsleep!
MicroWriter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter
Thanks bigsleep! [pashute, Feb 05 2009]
Datahand Keyboard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datahand
baked [Spacecoyote, Feb 05 2009]
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wow! that's the fastest I got a response ever. Thanks [anonymous] |
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I've never used a Microwriter. Perhaps for that reason, i think they're deeply marvellous. Someone else on the HB has both used one and hated it enough to give it a bad review, so i wouldn't be at all surprised if they were a bit of a pain for a lot of people very soon after they started using them. Having never had the chance to be in that category right now, i like your idea. I also think it would probably be quite easy to make one at home for nothing using a small aubergine. |
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How many simultaneous keystrokes can a standard PC keyboard reliably report, though? The MicroWriter is a chording keyboard |
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I think we might have got our wires crossed here. You can't do Microwriter-style typing on a QWERTY keyboard because the keys are not in the right pattern. What i imagined was a keyboard which looked exactly like a Microwriter, perhaps on the back of a mouse. The chords can be represented as six bit binary numbers, then there could be a conversion table, maybe a ROM with the ASCII codes for the corresponding characters at the right addresses, then some way of interfacing with either a PS2 interface, a USB or an RS232. The joy of the last one is that it would be exactly what the Microwriter itself did, so you could even use a real one for all i know. Also, since mice can be interfaced via an RS232, it seems peculiarly apt in that way also. |
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A PC needn't have anything plugged into its PS2 interface to function. It'd be feasible to use a USB or RS232 instead. Do they still have RS232s? This one has of course, but what about new PCs? The thing is, what with a Microwriter already having one, the problem would be virtually solved already. You'd presumably just have to replace the ROM. |
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