keyboard utility

[tikbalang]

please recommend a freeware keyboard tester program that works in DOS or windows. thank you.

[unclet]

What is a keyboard tester?  Are you trying to confirm whether you keyboard works or not?   I never heard of this type of software.

[tikbalang]

one that can help map the keys when hacking the keyboard.

[unclet]

I did not believe people hacked keyboards anymore.   Why not buy a super cheap keyboard encoder?

[Organic Jerk]

Although I don't know the exact process for hacking a keyboard, from what I think, Ultimarc's Winipac software may help you a bit...

You obviously can't use the Ipac specific features or program anything, but you can assign buttons to kb keys and test them, so I would imagine if you know what you're doing with the hacking you can set whatever buttons to whatever inputs manually, and then for organizational purposes only just test the imputs with this software....

http://www.ultimarc.com/download.html

[Organic Jerk]

But again that's for organizational/ease of use purposes only... ultimately a notepad file can accomplish the same purpose for what I think you mean by "keyboard tester"....


(Sorry, didn't mean to double post... thought I pressed modify)

[loadman]

I did not believe people hacked keyboards anymore.   Why not buy a super cheap keyboard encoder?

Amen to that. 

Hacking is so not worth the hastle anymore.

[tikbalang]

thanks for your comments and i did consider a key encoder. i am from manila, philippines and ordering online is not always easy. i will have to pay more for shipping than the original product cost, not to mention the customs tax. there is also tech support and/or product returns in case something goes wrong. the ratio of expense:income is too high for me.

notepad doesn't show simultaneous keypresses.

[Organic Jerk]

notepad doesn't show simultaneous keypresses.

Ahh.. This is true...

Then Winipac should pretty much work for you, if you ultimately decide to hack it up

[loadman]

thanks for your comments and i did consider a key encoder. i am from manila, philippines and ordering online is not always easy. i will have to pay more for shipping than the original product cost, not to mention the customs tax. there is also tech support and/or product returns in case something goes wrong. the ratio of expense:income is too high for me.

That is a shame. I have heard horror stories from users who 'hack' . The keyboard interface was never designed for so many simultaneous key-press at at a fast rate.

I think there is minimal risk with something going wrong with a good name encoder.

Do you have a friend or relative going for a holiday to UK or USA who could get you one?   

Let me know if I can help somehow (I'm in Australia)