MNT Reform keyboard
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I have bought the MNT Reform keyboard [1]. I might got the MNT Reform
laptop itself so I have wanted to be prepared.
Well, the keyboard is unusual (as probably anything that goes from
Lukas). Its layout is even more, well unusual. I can understand the
Ctrl instead of the CapsLock but the divided spacebar is something very
unusual. The righ Shift is too small for my liking I have to say.
Also the backlight isn't perfect - it is adjustable but smaller symbols
located in the bottom half of keys are hard to see.
The supplied adjustably support is way too short to make any
difference. But one can made his/her own, of course.
Now the positives: it is a mechanical keyboard but not too noisy one.
Feedback of keys is very good even if key travel is short. Keys are
replaceable and the whole thing is programmable: not only key functions
can be modified but also the small display on the keyboard can be
controled (one can write its own firmware for such functions - at least
one user already wrote it).
The keyboard work well with any modern computer (USB 2 is required). At
the moment I use it with my work computer (that means PS with Windows)
but I also tried it with my OpenPOWER Linux workstation (there it can
be of better use but I'm not wiling to replace my old good SGI keyboard
at home).
To be honest, I dare to play with the firmware. So I still use the
stock one. Maybe one day I will do something with it.
If you ask about usability - I am using it as my main work keyboard for
more than a week. Few first days were not easy but when I learned to
use it and there are no longer any issues. It seems that on a computer
where I use the mouse it seems to be better to have a small keyboard
like this one.
So I am rather happy with my purchase.
References:
[1]
http://shop.mntmn.com
