Re: Today I Received...
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:12 pm
An Accuratus USB keyboard, with a 2 x USB2 mini-hub on the rear, to replace my existing PC keyboard where the key legends were wearing away (writing too many QL programs in QPC2! 
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This keyboard has a very different, lighter and quieter, feel to the keys, compared to the old one, so it might take a little while for my typing to adapt. The keys above the cursor arrow keys are smaller than on my old keyboard (to make room for the extra audio keys). The Num/Caps/Scroll lock LEDs are smaller and dimmer than on the old keyboard, which is good. Presumably it uses a little less power and certainly less glow when the room is dark. The keyboard layout is "UK" like the old one and all the usual 'suspects' like hash, pound and @ symbol keys work fine in Windoze and QPC2.
It has a few extra keys - the SLEEP key is useful, it puts the PC straight to sleep (although I have pressed it a couple of times by mistake going for the backspace key). The three keys to the right of SLEEP are to mute/unmute audio and decrease/increase the volume.
The USB sockets are standard USB2. Very convenient for quickly plugging in USB pen/thumb drives. Not as fast as the USB3 on the PC's front panel obviously, but good enough for occasional light use where convenience is more important.
The one slight downside is that I didn't realise that it doesn't have feet. It is angled (not flat like a QL) at a good fixed typing angle though.
The keyboard case has cut-outs for a third USB connector and for a battery compartment, presumably the same case is used on other models of the keyboard.
)This keyboard has a very different, lighter and quieter, feel to the keys, compared to the old one, so it might take a little while for my typing to adapt. The keys above the cursor arrow keys are smaller than on my old keyboard (to make room for the extra audio keys). The Num/Caps/Scroll lock LEDs are smaller and dimmer than on the old keyboard, which is good. Presumably it uses a little less power and certainly less glow when the room is dark. The keyboard layout is "UK" like the old one and all the usual 'suspects' like hash, pound and @ symbol keys work fine in Windoze and QPC2.
It has a few extra keys - the SLEEP key is useful, it puts the PC straight to sleep (although I have pressed it a couple of times by mistake going for the backspace key). The three keys to the right of SLEEP are to mute/unmute audio and decrease/increase the volume.
The USB sockets are standard USB2. Very convenient for quickly plugging in USB pen/thumb drives. Not as fast as the USB3 on the PC's front panel obviously, but good enough for occasional light use where convenience is more important.
The one slight downside is that I didn't realise that it doesn't have feet. It is angled (not flat like a QL) at a good fixed typing angle though.
The keyboard case has cut-outs for a third USB connector and for a battery compartment, presumably the same case is used on other models of the keyboard.
- Accuratus keyboard
- the 2 x USB mini-hub
