English Keyboard w/Foreign Lettering

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admsteiner · #1 Post by **admsteiner** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:55 am

Hi all,

I know IBM has foreign language keyboards. I'm thinking of getting one solely because I want the foreign language key stickers on there as opposed to putting them on myself.

My only question is how the hardware interacts with my T42. Is it the same as the English keyboard (english being the default as is in Windows) and when I hit the hotkey (alt+shift) it will just switch to the foreign language and use those keys? Or is it something more than just different keycaps on the keyboard

Thanks.

MrStaticVoid · #2 Post by **MrStaticVoid** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:25 am

Where can I buy a foreign keyboard?

akeskira · #3 Post by **akeskira** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:29 am

admsteiner wrote:My only question is how the hardware interacts with my T42. Is it the same as the English keyboard (english being the default as is in Windows) and when I hit the hotkey (alt+shift) it will just switch to the foreign language and use those keys? Or is it something more than just different keycaps on the keyboard

You simply plug the new keyboard in, and tell Windows (or the OS of your choice) which keyboard layout you're using. After that you'll get the whatever character is printed on the keyboard, no hotkeys necessary.

Antti

admsteiner · #4 Post by **admsteiner** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:45 am

akeskira, thanks.

MrStaticVoid, I assume you'll need the FRU part number and then call up IBM. For keyboards it seems to be
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... MIGR-46503

MrStaticVoid · #5 Post by **MrStaticVoid** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:25 pm

admsteiner wrote:akeskira, thanks.

MrStaticVoid, I assume you'll need the FRU part number and then call up IBM. For keyboards it seems to be
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... MIGR-46503

Jeez! Everyone seems to ignore Dvorak keyboards! Come on IBM.

I guess I can live with using Dvorak on the QWERTYe

Leon · #6 Post by **Leon** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:28 pm

isn't he a columnist for PCMAG?

ian · #7 Post by **ian** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:31 pm

You're thinking of Beethoven surely....

admsteiner · #8 Post by **admsteiner** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:33 pm

MrStaticVoid wrote:
admsteiner wrote:akeskira, thanks.

MrStaticVoid, I assume you'll need the FRU part number and then call up IBM. For keyboards it seems to be
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... MIGR-46503
Jeez! Everyone seems to ignore Dvorak keyboards! Come on IBM.

I guess I can live with using Dvorak on the QWERTYe

I always wondered if people actually get faster typing speeds with Dvorak...I never bothered to learn it.

MrStaticVoid · #9 Post by **MrStaticVoid** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 2:55 pm

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Oops.

To answer your question admsteiner, yes I do get better typing speeds in Dvorak than I ever did in QWERTY.

<sarcasm>IBM sure is good at "globalizing e-business".</sarcasm> Oh well, no biggie.

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