Lighted keyboards?

[Citadel535]

Does anyone know of a place to get at least normal quality lighted (or backlit) keyboards for use in the dark? I find it so hard to be playing Freespace 2 and have to turn the light on to find the keys.

 

[corkyg]

Never seen a backlit KB. But . . . what I do is use a 12-inch low light tube . . . very directional . . . only emits light on one side. These are used inside of cabinets sometimes for show. Anyway, I have it velcro'd to a wood strip just above the keyboard. The keyboard is illuminated, but no light falls on the monitor.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

ill see if i can find it, but some companies makes neon tubing that goes inside the keyboard, looks neato, dunno how functional it is though. you just pop out the keys and lay the stuff in there.

 

[userpete]

Found one at:
http://www.nite-surfer.com/

CU8er

 

[CountZero]

Wow, thats pretty cool, but the real question is can you turn it off during the day? I think it'd be irritating during the day.

 

[thedarkwolf]

This probably won't help but who know you might want to try it. Somebody over on HardOCP's forum took that thin flexable neon cable, can't remember what its called, and after taking his keyboard apart he ran it in strips between where the keys would be. I am not sure if he powered it with the keyboards power lins or ran a line back to the computer. Anyway it looked really neat.

 

[thedarkwolf]

link to the thread about the keyboard on Hardocp