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Skunkpipe
07-06-2005, 12:46 PM
Saw this on a german website and thought I'd give it a try.
It's really ickle and works pretty well - the circle in the top let hand corner is a mouse pad - so extra living room friendly...

Unfortunalty it has a German (QWERTZ) layout, and is IR rather than RF.
It can be made QWERTY by poping the tops off the keys and swapping round then running a key mapping util - not a bad little find I thought...
and yes I did ask if they did a QWERTY version - but of course was the reply; you'd need to order 500 though :eek:
http://212.158.205.97/catalog/keyboardhand.bmp

To give more of an idea of scale:
http://212.158.205.97/catalog/keyboardcd.bmp
http://212.158.205.97/catalog/keyboardcc.bmp
DaveP
07-06-2005, 12:51 PM
So how much did it cost and where from?

I saw something similar at my local computer fair but the mouse was a short joystick. I was certain to break it off within 5 mninutes use! That was only £15 though.

Dave
Stace
07-06-2005, 12:55 PM
Where did this come from?

Is there a manufacturer name on the back of it???

Thanks
Stace
Skunkpipe
07-06-2005, 1:07 PM
it came from http://www.itvmedia.de/
cost by the time shipping at vat were taken into account was just short of £60
Skunkpipe
07-06-2005, 1:09 PM
So how much did it cost and where from?

I saw something similar at my local computer fair but the mouse was a short joystick. I was certain to break it off within 5 mninutes use! That was only £15 though.

Dave

Was it teeny?
I know of the BTC one that Elonex ship - but this is huge (and has carry handles either side)
Skunkpipe
07-06-2005, 1:11 PM
Where did this come from?

Is there a manufacturer name on the back of it???

Thanks
Stace
Nope - I get the impression it was commisioned by iTV Media.
They also do a neat remote that an even smaller keyboard folds out of the back......hmm I wonder if you could get the Sky+ media remote to work with a PC IR reciever (I know it's RC5 format as I've written a driver to read it before.....)
DaveP
07-06-2005, 1:45 PM
Was it teeny?
I know of the BTC one that Elonex ship - but this is huge (and has carry handles either side)

It was very teeny! About 25 or so centimetres, certainly less than 30cm.

Dave
stuartmc
07-06-2005, 8:37 PM
The smaller version of the BTC is the BTC 9116URF. We are selling a lot of these now. Doesn't have the handles or the numeric keypad either so it is very small. RF like the 9019URF. The BTC website just shows a beige one but we only have the black version.
DaveP
08-06-2005, 8:00 AM
The smaller version of the BTC is the BTC 9116URF. We are selling a lot of these now. Doesn't have the handles or the numeric keypad either so it is very small. RF like the 9019URF. The BTC website just shows a beige one but we only have the black version.

Yep, this is the one I saw (http://www.btc.com.tw/english/2-7-21keyboard.htm)

Dave
Stace
08-06-2005, 8:06 AM
Guys,

Where can I buy one of these BTC 9116URF in black?

Thanks
Stace