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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2007, 08:55:42 AM »
Some wooden keyboards go for thousands.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2007, 09:09:37 AM »
i want that optumus keyboard...the 3 mini keyboard thing that has 3 displays is $160, imagine the cost of thise?
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #32 on: April 21, 2007, 10:28:24 AM »
i want that optumus keyboard...the 3 mini keyboard thing that has 3 displays is $160, imagine the cost of thise?
It's the biggest vaperware keyboard ever.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2007, 10:11:24 AM »
no one said anything about me paying for it :winker: lol JK i wish i could get one of those
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #34 on: April 22, 2007, 01:07:35 PM »
It's the biggest vaperware keyboard ever.

i cant find the price on the site as its not released yet, but it will be alot...they have this 3 key thingy and its $200...imagine the cost of this?
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #35 on: April 22, 2007, 01:21:25 PM »
they say it will be about a 1000 dollars

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #36 on: April 22, 2007, 02:08:41 PM »
they say it will be about a 1000 dollars

!!!! there goes me buying one...maybe in a year or 2 it will drop alot once more companies start competing with this idea/technology
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2007, 06:16:06 PM »
according to wikipedia the price will be USD$1490.04  :faint:
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #38 on: April 24, 2007, 09:57:03 AM »
not leds but but little screens here is a picture of the key board as u can see u program the keys so when u play a game only the game keys show up and so on and so forth




thats one sweet keyboard would get one if i had the money
The optimus keyboard has been CANCELLED.  It was too expensive to produce.  The company is now working on a version with black and white keys, instead of full color.

However, you are pwnt.  My demonic keyboard loaded up with EL-Wire.  The mod took about 10 minutes.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #39 on: April 24, 2007, 12:17:04 PM »
sweet!  :hifive:

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #40 on: April 25, 2007, 03:30:35 PM »
lol $1500 TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #41 on: April 25, 2007, 03:34:14 PM »
it dont look canceled to me look at there site if it was they would have sed so


http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #43 on: April 27, 2007, 07:56:06 PM »
However, you are pwnt.  My demonic keyboard loaded up with EL-Wire.  The mod took about 10 minutes.

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now i want to do that with my keyboard

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #44 on: April 28, 2007, 05:36:01 PM »
o snap..that is O.O

man wish I could do that, how much did you spend on it? and what inverter did you get small enough to put into the keyboard, that didn't draw too much power from the USB Port

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2007, 11:21:03 AM »
After a few years of hype after hype after hype, the Optimus Maximus will drop at $1536 US late 4th quarter this year.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #46 on: April 29, 2007, 03:57:26 PM »
All this talk about keyboards is making me feel cheap

my keyboards almost 14 years old
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #47 on: April 29, 2007, 05:53:45 PM »
All this talk about keyboards is making me feel cheap

my keyboards almost 14 years old

omg, i have the same one on my pc that has Windows 3 (and u can slide out the harddreive cuz its plugged in the front, slide in the other one it has and its windows 95)
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #48 on: April 30, 2007, 02:17:07 AM »
Yes... I've been watching the development of this keyboard since 2005.
This keyboard will be on the market in limited supply at first and will
cost US$ 1564 to start.

Hopefully the price will drop after a while so I could aford to get one.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #49 on: April 30, 2007, 07:44:35 AM »
o snap..that is O.O

man wish I could do that, how much did you spend on it? and what inverter did you get small enough to put into the keyboard, that didn't draw too much power from the USB Port

The El-Wire is powered off it's own 12v connection to the PSU.  I don't remember the specs on the inverter, I just found one that would go from 12vdc to 120vac.  I had a secondary power cord that came out of the keyboard, and I installed a plug for it onto the back of my pc.

As for space, this particular keyboard has a hollow palmrest.  I just stuck it in there with some double sided 3m tape.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #50 on: April 30, 2007, 12:10:48 PM »
hopefully the LCD keyboard will become cheaper than £200 in around 4 years, so i can buy one at uni!

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #51 on: April 30, 2007, 01:15:29 PM »
what I think you can do  is get like one of these:
http://www.thatscoolwire.com/store/item.asp?Category=168&SubCategoryID=107&GroupID=&SKU=1%2E5v%2D10%2D150cm
and instead of using a triple-A battery, you can just wire it up to your USB power. And just stick it like under the palm rest. Does it seem plausible?

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #52 on: April 30, 2007, 01:35:00 PM »
It's possible, but would require a conversion circuit.  USB is 5VDC and you need 1.5VDC for the input of that inverter.  The final hurtle would be calculating the number of amps that would be required and making sure that it doesn't exceed the 500mA supported by the USB bus.

It wasn't a big issue since my keyboard is wired.  It's just another wire coming out of the keyboard to power the el-wire.

Anyway, I think it needs to be repeated that I no longer endorse using ElWire or internal non LED lighting solutions.  The inverters themselves are just too unreliable.  The need to convert from VDC to VAC is just far too inefficient.  Use LED's.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #53 on: April 30, 2007, 05:26:10 PM »
how the el wire actually work, does it pass an electric current through it, so that it lights up, and does it have to be a specific type of current?

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #54 on: May 04, 2007, 10:45:52 AM »
how the el wire actually work, does it pass an electric current through it, so that it lights up, and does it have to be a specific type of current?
Google El Wire, rather than asking here.  this post is not a howto or explanation thread.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #55 on: May 05, 2007, 02:09:47 PM »
Google El Wire, rather than asking here.  this post is not a howto or explanation thread.
don't ya mean, this thread is not a how to or an explanation thread...It is just my asianess that has the correct the grammar..anyways..the first things I did when I saw the idea with el wire, was to google it. I found. http://www.elwire.com . but it didn't tell me exactly how it was connected, and the current being connected.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #56 on: May 15, 2007, 02:44:01 PM »
yay i finished my keyboard :D 
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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #57 on: May 16, 2007, 11:00:41 AM »
Looks very bright!  :)

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #58 on: May 17, 2007, 07:01:42 PM »
so u can put another light in ur mouse and it still work? i thought it had to have red in it.

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Re: Modding KeyBoard
« Reply #59 on: May 17, 2007, 07:22:07 PM »
yay i finished my keyboard :D 

Is that a sheet of plexi stuck on there?  If so, that a very interesting idea...

  

 

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