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First post, by ruthan

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Hello,
i never was keyboard obsession like lots of other people.. but i like darkness and it means need for back-light on keyboard and with retro is a bit problem.

Is there some PS/2 compatible back lit keyboard, is PS/2 power enough for that, or i need so external power? I dont mind to use USB to PS/2 convertor, if it would work with keyboard.

I can choose:
- i prefer clean black keyboard
- full size - Numeric block is must have
- small height of keys
- big enter, backspace and right shift
- and it has to be silent - to not broken my gaming world immersivity for some deeper games, which arent about button smashing..
- i dont need any extra multimedia buttons and macro and other things..

For USB i like this one, it was cheap and has everything which i need from visual and typing point of view..
https://www.gigabyte.com/Keyboard/FORCE-K7#ov

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Days when i could just smash keyboards because there were all just same cheap junk and probably gone anyway. I dont want to anything too expentise, it would have to be really solid, because i want to play old games, which were often about button smashing..

Im old goal oriented goatman, i care about facts and freedom, not about egos+prejudices. Hoarding=sickness. If you want respect, gain it by your behavior. I hate stupid SW limits, SW=virtual world, everything should be possible if you have enough raw HW.

Reply 2 of 3, by ruthan

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Thanks, nice to know that it exist, but its luxury thing.. you can get decent monitor for such price.

Im old goal oriented goatman, i care about facts and freedom, not about egos+prejudices. Hoarding=sickness. If you want respect, gain it by your behavior. I hate stupid SW limits, SW=virtual world, everything should be possible if you have enough raw HW.

Reply 3 of 3, by ruthan

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Hmm, other option would be some USB keyboard which is proven to work with USB to PS/2 convertor.. but im not really sure about backlight if PS/2 has enough power (current, voltage) for it through USB.

Im old goal oriented goatman, i care about facts and freedom, not about egos+prejudices. Hoarding=sickness. If you want respect, gain it by your behavior. I hate stupid SW limits, SW=virtual world, everything should be possible if you have enough raw HW.