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how about something like... http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/powermate.htm or http://www.ymouse.com/xkeys/xkfoot.php Tony On 11/13/06, Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> wrote: > From: Per Boysen > > Above the keyboard - but behind the screen/lid from the audience > viewing > > point - hoovers a mechanical construction looking like a CYBER > > SPIDER. Each leg of the spider transports the mechanical movement of > > a certain physical controller pedal > > ...to the laptop keyboard? I toyed with something similar to this > prototyping cheap footswitches by hacking computer keyboards. In > theory, > you could buy any cheap keyboard and put it in a box with "switches" on > top that push a rod down onto a key. > > The main problem I had is that these rods have to be adjustable so > you can position them over the right keys. The switches on top have > to have enough space between them so you can operate them with a foot. > If you had a full size keyboard, you could possibly have a row switches > over A F J ; but then you get into an area where the keys are > not standard. To make full use of all the letter keys, the rods > connecting the switches to the keys could not be straight, they would > have to bend, or attach to a complicated mechanical apparatus. As the > connection between the switch and a key becomes more complicated, > it is harder to maintain accuracy. There can be "latency" added by > the mechanism or an inconsistent "feel" between different switches. > > It seemed to me cheaper and more accurate to buy ordinary electronic > switches and figure out a way to connect them to the keyboard > controller chip. But this does require soldering and a knowledge of > the electronics inside the keyboard. > > Jeff > > -- -==-=-=- Tony http://bigtony.blogspot.com/