DIATEC Filco Majestouch N-key rollover Brown Switch Keyboard Review

jmke · 10th November 2010, 12:45

The DIATEC Filco Majestouch is definitely not your average LAN gaming keyboard, but more for home office/gaming purposes. Typing on it is a real pleasure, thanks to the Cherry MX Brown switches it incorporates and it is also very durable.

http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000091

jmke · 10th November 2010, 12:46

First time I see an USB to PS/2 converter actually recommended over native USB

PS/2 does still have some advantage over USB it seems, too bad many if not almost all motherboards are now shipping without PS/2.

Stefan Mileschin · 10th November 2010, 14:03

Never had keyboard init delays at POST using PS/2. Some keyboards take longer to initialize and it is almost impossible sometimes to enter BIOS.

jmke · 10th November 2010, 14:47

ramming the DEL key is a known habit of OCers to get into the BIOS

Stefan Mileschin · 11th November 2010, 09:47

Other useful information:

Seems USB limits the NKRO:

"USB limits the rollover to 6 keys plus certain modifiers: Shift, CTRL, ALT, WIN. Other non-ALPHA keys such as Spacebar, CapsLock, TAB and Menu will limit key recognition to 5. This is commonly referred to as the 6+4 USB Limitation. "

source: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?tit...gy+and+Results

NKRO feature is fully supported on PS/2:

"Filco Majestouch FKBN104M/EB (n-key rollover model)
Interface: PS/2
OS: Ubuntu 7.10
Keys: more than I can press

I tested the key combos I listed above: QW-AS, QWE-ASD, QWER-ASDF, etc. It passed all of them, at least until I ran out of fingers (up to 20 keys, pressing 2 keys at once with each finger)."

source: http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=59495&postcount=23

10th November 2010, 12:45	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	DIATEC Filco Majestouch N-key rollover Brown Switch Keyboard Review The DIATEC Filco Majestouch is definitely not your average LAN gaming keyboard, but more for home office/gaming purposes. Typing on it is a real pleasure, thanks to the Cherry MX Brown switches it incorporates and it is also very durable. http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000091 __________________

10th November 2010, 12:46	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	First time I see an USB to PS/2 converter actually recommended over native USB PS/2 does still have some advantage over USB it seems, too bad many if not almost all motherboards are now shipping without PS/2. __________________

10th November 2010, 14:47	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	ramming the DEL key is a known habit of OCers to get into the BIOS __________________

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Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,578	Other useful information: Seems USB limits the NKRO: "USB limits the rollover to 6 keys plus certain modifiers: Shift, CTRL, ALT, WIN. Other non-ALPHA keys such as Spacebar, CapsLock, TAB and Menu will limit key recognition to 5. This is commonly referred to as the 6+4 USB Limitation. " source: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?tit...gy+and+Results NKRO feature is fully supported on PS/2: "Filco Majestouch FKBN104M/EB (n-key rollover model) Interface: PS/2 OS: Ubuntu 7.10 Keys: more than I can press I tested the key combos I listed above: QW-AS, QWE-ASD, QWER-ASDF, etc. It passed all of them, at least until I ran out of fingers (up to 20 keys, pressing 2 keys at once with each finger)." source: http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=59495&postcount=23