9mo ago

8BitDo refreshes Retro Mechanical Keyboard with new all-in-one package

Just a moment...

9mo ago

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Ugh, why always these keyboards that are missing 1/3 the keyboard. Full-size please
- I need a keypad.
  
  Can't tell if sarcasm...but I do need a numpad, yes. I could actually do without the top numbers instead (but leave em all there regardless!) :D
  
  You really probably don't. Just learn to type on the number row the same way you type your other keys.
- On the chance you're not aware, they do make a pretty cool little matching numpad. It's not quite as nice as having a full size keyboard (I wish they docked together with magnets or something), but for just over a hundred bucks all in, it's a decent compromise.
  https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-retro-18-mechanical-numpad
  *ETA: I was basing the "just over a hundred bucks" on the keyboard having been $60 on woot for the longest time, but looks like they are sold out :(
  
  Thank you, I did not know that. I will have a look at that, maybe it'll be a good compromise for me, as you said. :)
If this came with ISO layout I would get it immediately. I can't stand the horizontal enter key from the ANSII layout.
- *horizontal, but yea. ISO seems to be hella rare. Don't euro-peeps really buy mechanicak keebs that much?
  
  Sigh, there was a 50% random chance to get it right. You would think the fact that I actually know which is which would skew those odds in favor of me getting it right
what's the point of the huge buttons?
- They do whatever you program them to do, but the point is just the retro vibes.

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