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Ortek MCK800
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1 1400 04-15-2004
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100% of reviewers $11.99 9.0



Description: A USB keyboard (available in black or white) with a Windows key and a bunch of "Hot Keys" for Internet, Media, and ACPI actions sitting above the function keys:
* www
* message
* scroll up, scroll down
* menu
* calculator,
* X'fer
* zoom in, zoom out
* mute
* volume up, volume down
* prev track, next track, stop, play
* Power
* Sleep
* Wake

The "Enter" key takes up two rows, and the key with "|" and "" is to the right of the right shift key.
Keywords: Multimedia Internet USB Keyboard
Connection Type: USB


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Old 04-15-2004, 03:47 PM   #1
Suvarov454
 
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 0
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $11.99 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.25-1-386
Distribution: Debian Sarge beta3 (netinst ISO)



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I'm using the settings from the Debian-Installer, and all the standard keys are working flawlessly. The Internet/Media/ACPI keys don't do anything, but I haven't really tried to configure these at all.

My biggest beef is the placement of the "pipe" key (the one with "|" and "\" on it). My keyboard at work and my previous keyboard at home had the key above the "Enter" key (which was therefore only one row tall). Placing it to the right of the right-hand Shift key (above the right-hand Ctrl key) causes dissonence in my pinky finger's muscle memory.

While I expect that I'll eventually get used to it, I strongly suggest that the placement of this vital key become a primary selection criterion for all *nix developers. I wish someone had mentioned it to me before I spent my money.
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