Dreamcast Keyboards from around the world

[Bert Hardy]

I recently won an auction for a cool german dreamcast and got a German Keyboard along with it.....I didn't think much of it until I checked out the keyboard and found that the Z and Y had been transposed - this is typical for a German keyboard, I know.

But it made me wonder how many different DC keyboards are out there?

Anyone know of different ones beyond?:

UK standard keyboard
US standard keyboard
US SegaNet keyboard
Japanese keyboard.

Bert
Pictureland:http://www.dreamcastgallery.com

[Paulo]

UK standard keyboard
US standard keyboard
US SegaNet keyboard
Japanese keyboard.


Was thinking the same today.

I really like the Jap small keyboards like erm in the internet starter kit.

http://outerspace.terra.com.br/retrospace/materias/consoles/imagens/parte40/dreamcast-keyboard.jpg

Dont forget the mini mouse it comes with!

http://outerspace.terra.com.br/retrospace/materias/consoles/imagens/parte40/dreamcast-mouse.jpg

[Bert Hardy]

Now that you mention it Paulo, there's also the

Pink Kitty Keyboard
Blue Kitty Keyboard
Black small/short Keyboard
Divers keyboard
Sakura Wars keyboard

I was thinking more along the lines of how many other country specific keyboards there were?

Bert
Pictureland:http://www.dreamcastgallery.com

[Paulo]

"I was thinking more along the lines of how many other country specific keyboards there were?

Well i guess there will be only a few regional differences in some countries...

back to my mini keyboard fetish i like the way they include that plastic board to stick over some keys u can take out. Umm might have to get on of these and mod them for my pc when i replace my white apple keyboard.

http://mineko.fc2web.com/box/kb-room/items/new-dckeyboard.html

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

UK standard keyboard

Hah, what's different about the UK keyboard? It has on "ou" button instead of an "o" button? And "s" instead if "z."


...word is bondage...

[DCVision]

Ha... I was wondering if there was a clear mouse to go with that clear keyboard.

I bout that Japanese keyboard (clear one) for $30 but didn't come with a mouse.... shoot!!

I didn't see one on eBay in the U.S. either... hmmm.... any ideas where to get one of the clear mice at? :)

[Yakumo]

I have two mini clear mice. One came with the Japanese box set of Outtrigger and the other I bought.

Yakumo

[DCVision]

Want to sell one? ;)

[Paulo]

Ha... I was wondering if there was a clear mouse to go with that clear keyboard.

I bout that Japanese keyboard (clear one) for $30 but didn't come with a mouse.... shoot!!

I didn't see one on eBay in the U.S. either... hmmm.... any ideas where to get one of the clear mice at? :)

Theres a internet starter kit on ebay right now and the sellers in japan. Comes with the keyboard and mouse. E-mail the seller make him an offer cos it hasnt sold in ages now! :smt043

[retro]

I was gonna mention the jap variants, e.g. kitty ones.

FYI, try typing £ on a US keyboard. Go on. Without looking up the ASCII code.

;)

*sigh* here's a UK keyboard
(standard character followed by the shift character eg aA)

1! 2" 3£ 4$ 5% 6^ 7& 8* 9( 0) -_ =+

after P [{ ]}
after L ;: '@ #~
before Z \|
after M ,< .> /?

as far as I remember, backslash is up by the P on a US keyboard. the @ symbol is on a number, the pound symbol is nowhere, hash is up on a number...... etc.

[retro]

This might explain a bit better.... (its a SUN layout so some keys look a bit odd, but the main keypad is basically right)

http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Input_Device/images/INPUT_ukc_keyboard.gif

[WolverineDK]

what about a danish DC keyboard ? we danes have æ ø å as our last letters.

[Fatalist]

The clear mini (is small) mouse is very nice. I have two too, one with Outtrigger box set and the other with the Ayanami Evangelion game (has the NERV logo).

[Bert Hardy]

It would be cool if anyone in their country was to say if they have a specific keyboard for their language/country that's different from the UK/US one...(I tried searching the web but not easy to find this info)

So far we know:
Japanese keyboard
US Keyboard
UK(English) Keyboard
German keyboard

[Fatalist]

Well, the keyboard sold here has the spanish letter Ñ ñ at the right of the L and the Ç ç (used here too but for Catalan language). I don't know if the other euro keyboards have the Ñ or Ç.

[Bert Hardy]

Fatalist,
Does the box that the keyboard came in have a white sticker on the underside on the bottom right hand corner saying SPANISH?

The UK one has 'UK' on the sticker and the German keyboard has 'GERMAN'.

A bit inconsitent of SEGA to use a country on one sticker and a language on another.....maybe because UK is the only English speaking country (national language) in Europe? (But Ireland's in Europe and is english speaking, so doesn't make sense). German could apply to Germany, Austria and Switzerland?

[Anonymous]

I got my keyboard at a small chinese shop in canada for $30 including a mouse that has a extra button on the left side, that shop seems to have bought the keyboard at eb and sell it at his own shop. Haha, the set is now set below the computer monitor, (tricks people, my real pc keyboard is on the tray below :smt033 ) It has a black box, and is NTSC/U. The strange thing is that all the keys on the top row (f1, f2, esc, print screen...) are smaller (shorter). Which is kind of special. And the keyboard also has a black dreamcast sticker covering the usual place for the caps lock indicators. Strangely, there's also a euro sign on the "4", althought the box says it's a ntsc/U. What kind of keyboard do i have? Also i think, typing £, or the euro sign, depends on the software(browser) you have, not the keyboard.

[Anonymous]

What's the print screen key doing on a dc? And can I use ctrl-c to copy stuff on a dc? I can't highlight words on a page like this in any of the browsers.

[Fatalist]

Yes Bert Hardy, it has the white sticker with "Spanish" on it.

[Bert Hardy]

Thanks Fatalist.....this trend suggests there should be Italian, Dutch etc. keyboards as well....wonder if the keyboards differ just by the lettering on the keys or if there's a ROM inside the keyboard?.....

Anyone know how keyboards work?

[retro]

French use ASERTY keyboards, or AZERTY (can't remember)

[retro]

http://i1.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/5a/06/3f_1.JPG

Can't tell if its QWERTY, but its French. They DEFINATELY had at least some QWERTY... and the boxes are UK boxes.