Friday, February 12, 2016

The Zalman ZM-K600S - NKRO at $40?

This $40 keyboard claims to have n-key rollover via USB. Can it be true?! Do we finally have a reliable low-cost successor to the Sidewinder X4?! Man, I hope so. It's been a long time coming. If anyone has tested one of these puppies out and found that it has at least 16-key rollover with Plover over USB, please let us know! I'd love to have a $40 entry point into steno again, after many long years hovering around $100.
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 4, 2016 at 1:39 AM

    Well, I'm not using ZM-K600S. but I'm using Skydigital N-Key 2.

    It's a membrane Keyboard.I just found out ZM-K600S at Google,

    and It's almost same as Skydigital N-Key 2, including G key above 10 keypad.

    I think that it's American version of Skydigital N-Key 2.

    I am korean and Skydigital N-Key 2 price is 29000 Won(korean), maybe cheaper than 40$.

    I tested it on Aqua key test, and about 30 keys are all typed.

    (I just pushed my palms to my keyboard...^.^)


    I'm curious about how this keyboard is concerned with your stend works.

    I searched in Plover and just visited your blog, but really curious about that.^^

    If you can make this keyboard into Steno keyboard, please let me know^^. I'll be very thankful^^


    P.S I'm not a English user. Just a Korean. so my English may be poor.

    If so, Sorry for your inconvience-_-;;;

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  2. Mirabai KnightMarch 4, 2016 at 11:46 AM

    Fantastic! We're hoping to have a Korean-compatible build of Plover available soon, so this seems like a great starter keyboard for that. I googled a bit and it looks like it's not available outside of Korea, though. Is that right?

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  3. AnonymousMarch 19, 2016 at 10:16 PM

    This opens the door to laptop membrane keyboards with N-key rollover. Although probably only for gamers, like the Alienware ones. And maybe it consumes more energy because of the hardware lines not being shared.

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  4. Mirabai KnightMarch 20, 2016 at 10:25 AM

    The Sidewinder X4 was a membrane keyboard with N-key rollover back in 2010, but sadly it was discontinued. So glad that the Zalman has finally appeared to take its place.

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  5. admklrMarch 20, 2016 at 11:42 AM

    If this works, it's going to be my entry into the steno world :).

    Mirabai, I truly respect your dedication to Plover / affordable steno "project". Keep up the amazing work! And please keep posting content here and youtube so I can read / watch those :)

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  6. Mirabai KnightMarch 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM

    People are reporting that it works great! Go for it and have fun!

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