Similar to cell phone keys which are back lighted. Sometimes I work on my PC in the dark (like now). it would be good to have a keyboard with the keys light up, instead of depending on light from the monitor. ...maybe i should work on why I feel the need to work in the dark.
-- senatorjam, Jul 16 2002

Nite Surfer (Sic) http://home.att.net...rfer/ProductPic.jpg
Baked! [[ sctld ], Jul 16 2002]

El Light-strip Review http://www.ocmodshop.com/elcable.asp
A review of the EL Light Strip/Tape by OC Mod Shop. http://www.ocmodshop.com/elcable.asp God I love Computer Mods. [Severian, Jul 17 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Apple 17inch G4 http://www.apple.co...erBookG4_17inch.pdf
Baked. Way Baked. Sorry. By my favorite Computer Manuf. [mahatma, Oct 04 2004]

Baked! See [link]
-- [ sctld ], Jul 16 2002


Or, if you didn't want to buy a new keyboard, someone could make a set of stickers to put over your keycaps that glow with the addition of a little blacklight.
-- jtgd, Jul 16 2002


I'm fairly sure it's bad for your eyes to use a computer in the dark.
-- pottedstu, Jul 16 2002


Baked? They're not back lighted but a lot of laptops come with small lights above the screen specifically so you can seen the keyboard (the IBM T20 springs to mind)
-- namaste, Jul 16 2002


The Nite Surfer has a laptop verison as well. Looks quite useful.
-- [ sctld ], Jul 16 2002


This one's a frequent repeat here.
-- waugsqueke, Jul 16 2002


I'll say this is pretty baked.

With just a screwdriver, some EL light stripping (see link), a little time and ingenuity you can make your keys lighted.
-- Severian, Jul 17 2002


The lighted keys concept could be extended to individually lighted keys under computer control. I claim this would have a niche market in instructional uses. Consider a computer with audio output and a keyboard lighted in this sense. Picture a preliterate user using the system to learn literacy and the computer together.
-- astar, Nov 30 2002


[admin: see links #3 and #4; click on "link" to create links, don't paste them into annotations] this is a lit keyboard that doesnt hurt your eyes
-- Xenocryst, Apr 25 2003


To mahatma who posted a link to a page about an Apple Mac G4:

This guy wants backlighting for the keyboard for his COMPUTER

not an apple muck.
-- Lula, Jun 15 2003



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