Show us your keyboards

[Rocky2040]

So for some cores you need a keyboard, what are you all using ?
At the moment I am going between these two

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[Fastdruid]

I'm using a cheap mechanical "Metro Comet", like ebay item 132225397558

It's a full keyboard but quite compact.

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[darksakul]

This is what I am using, a Velocifire TKL02WS Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboard. Mine has Brown Switches, and the Esc Key replaced by a Geek Hack key.

[Update] 6/29/2020

I ended up trashing this keyboard as it keep on dropping inputs too often.

Avoid this thing.

[LazerBr34d]

Using the Fosmon Mini Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse-pad combo

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[werpu]

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Work still in progress...

[Chris23235]

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Comes with a built in USB Hub, makes switching controllers easy.

[Kreeblah]

Right now, I have a Kensington Keyboard for Life:

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It's simple, durable, and functional. I'm considering switching to my IBM 1394167, though, since the Mac I've been using it with got a native Mac Model M. The 1394167 would be this thing:

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[Locutus73]

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along with

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so I can easily switch them between MiSTer, my gaming PC and a third device.

Regards.

Locutus73

[Minpin]

Rii mini i8+

[Alnige]

Logitech K400+

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[Sigismond0]

The K400 is nice, because Sorg put in some special code on the Linux side to automatically swap the media keys with the F1-12 keys at boot. Other similar keyboards require you to hold down the FN key to use the MiSTer OSD button, toggle wallpapers, etc.

[Xzarian]

The K400 is nice, because Sorg put in some special code on the Linux side to automatically swap the media keys with the F1-12 keys at boot. Other similar keyboards require you to hold down the FN key to use the MiSTer OSD button, toggle wallpapers, etc.

Yes I love this keyboard, I have 3 of them for various devices.

[mmmonkey]

The K400 is nice, because Sorg put in some special code on the Linux side to automatically swap the media keys with the F1-12 keys at boot. Other similar keyboards require you to hold down the FN key to use the MiSTer OSD button, toggle wallpapers, etc.

I wondered if I had imagined that change or if I was remembering things wrong. I have a K400r and I hated having to use the Fn button, but then I didn’t use my mister for a bit, used the keyboard elsewhere and when I eventually returned to MiSTer the F12 key etc were behaving much better, but couldn’t tell if I’d affected the keyboard by playing around with settings on the PC.

I find the K400r a great keyboard for MiSTer, good size, with trackpad, the arrow keys are better IMHO on the K400r (up and down are a better size)

[Sorgelig]

K400r automatically get F1-12 keys enabled when you plug it into MiSTer.
Just make sure you use latest MiSTer Linux build.

[Locutus73]

K400r automatically get F1-12 keys enabled when you plug it into MiSTer.
Just make sure you use latest MiSTer Linux build.

Oh, nice... back then I made a script for doing something like that for the k780, but I have problems with timing it at boot.
Here's the code

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash

# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# Copyright 2019 Alessandro "Locutus73" Miele

# You can download the latest version of this script from:
# https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Scripts_MiSTer

# Version 1.0 - 2019-14-11 - First commit

if [ "${ACTION}" = "" ]; then
	ORIGINAL_SCRIPT_PATH="$(realpath "${0}")"
	UDEV_RULES_PATH="/etc/udev/rules.d/90-$(basename ${ORIGINAL_SCRIPT_PATH%.*}).rules"
	
	mount | grep "on / .*[(,]ro[,$]" -q && RO_ROOT="true"
	[ "${RO_ROOT}" == "true" ] && mount / -o remount,rw
	if [ ! -f  "${UDEV_RULES_PATH}" ]; then
		echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"hidraw\", KERNEL==\"hidraw*\", ATTRS{idVendor}==\"046d\", ATTRS{idProduct}==\"c52b\", RUN+=\"${ORIGINAL_SCRIPT_PATH}\"" > "${UDEV_RULES_PATH}"
	else
		rm "${UDEV_RULES_PATH}"
	fi
	sync
	[ "${RO_ROOT}" == "true" ] && mount / -o remount,ro

	echo "Done!"
	reboot now
else
	if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ]&&[ "${MINOR}" = "0" ]; then
		sleep 5
	        #mount | grep "on / .*[(,]ro[,$]" -q && RO_ROOT="true"
        	#[ "${RO_ROOT}" == "true" ] && mount / -o remount,rw
		printf '\x10\x02\x0c\x10\x00\x00\x00' > "${DEVNAME}"
		#sync
	        #[ "${RO_ROOT}" == "true" ] && mount / -o remount,ro
	fi
fi

exit 0

so the key is sending '\x10\x02\x0c\x10\x00\x00\x00' to the right device at the right time.
Can you kindly swap the F1-12 keys for the k780 too in a future MiSTer Linux release please?

Thank you in advance.
Regards.

Locutus73

[Sorgelig]

Since i have no k780 and cannot debug it, i would prefer to get PR to kernel sources.
For K400r the code is here:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Linux-K ... pp.c#L2499

[mdd45]

is this possible to do it also for k400+ ?

without pressing FN F2 acts like F12.....

[D1m0n_FidoNet]

K400r automatically get F1-12 keys enabled when you plug it into MiSTer.
Just make sure you use latest MiSTer Linux build.

Greetings! I didn't find the k400r model on sale - I had to buy the K400 Plus. Is it possible to make a similar "tweak" for this keyboard?

[Sorgelig]

I have no idea about K400 Plus. It has slim up/down keys, so it's really not suitable for systems where cursor keys are main keys. On modern PC you mostly use the mouse than cursor keys, that's why many modern keyboards have reduced up/down keys.

[NightShadowPT]

You should be able to guess my favorite system by looking at the Keyboard

[LeftEmpty]

And showing off the Roland electronics porn while at it!

I got a couple of things I had no idea existed and I'm going to buy from this thread, thanks!

[keith.f.kelly]

I use a DIERYA DK61 Bluetooth keyboard (easily found on Amazon), although MiSTer seems to have some kind of bug with it. Whenever the keyboard goes to sleep, my 8bitdo M30 Bluetooth controller suddenly stops working until I wake the keyboard back up.

[zomgugoff]

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Filco Majestouch Convertable 2 w/ Cherry MX Blue switches. Bluetooth and has 10-key pad. Can be run with a USB cable.

[Newsdee]

I have a Leopold FC 660M with Cherry Brown switches for my MiSTer:

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On my PC, I use a Filco 2 like zomgugoff above, except with brown switches like my Leopold.

[mario64]

K400r automatically get F1-12 keys enabled when you plug it into MiSTer.
Just make sure you use latest MiSTer Linux build.

I just purchased a K400r (not Plus) based on this thread but it isn't working. I am using the latest MiSTer build. I have to press the Fn key to use any of the Function keys. They're not enabled by default. Any suggestions?

[A_Rad_Skull]

Having a strange problem getting my K380 connected. The USB dongle I'm using is this one from misteraddons

I run the script and it detects the keyboard, but what bounces back is this error message:

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Got device: 34:88:5D:41:6C:D9
Pairing...

Pairing...
ERROR: Authentication Failed
Add to trust list...
Connecting...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnkownObject: Method "Connect" with signature "" on interface "org.bluez.Input" doesn't exist

Done.
Press any key to continue



I've connected it with the dongle to my PC to make sure both are functioning, but I'm not too well versed in Linux or much beyond running provided scripts on the MiSTer. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[mario64]

K400r automatically get F1-12 keys enabled when you plug it into MiSTer.
Just make sure you use latest MiSTer Linux build.

I just purchased a K400r (not Plus) based on this thread but it isn't working. I am using the latest MiSTer build. I have to press the Fn key to use any of the Function keys. They're not enabled by default. Any suggestions?

Anyone have experience with the K400r on MiSTer and getting the Function keys to work?

[Sorgelig]

i'm using K400r.
Function keys automatically enabled. Make sure you use latest Linux release.

[mario64]

I’ve run the MiSTer updater. Anything else necessary to be on the latest?

[mario64]

i'm using K400r.
Function keys automatically enabled. Make sure you use latest Linux release.

So it turns out there are different revisions of the K400r. This can be easily spotted by the box they come in (keyboards themselves are identical). The older revision - which MiSTer supports - comes in a mostly white box and is labeled "Wireless Touch Keyboard". The newer revision which doesn't work comes in a green box with no special label. As best I can tell, the only way at this point to obtain one which works with MiSTer is to find an eBay listing which includes the original box. Fortunately I was able to get one still NIB and can confirm it does work