Comments on: Inverse coloring on Eee PC 1000H 1 and 6 Keys

By: r v

r v — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:16:43 +0000

iv got the h1000 and the only thing iv found with the additional numbered keys (m,j,k,l,u,i,o,7,8,9,0) is that if you have the Num Lock key activated then you can use thoes numbered keys, as a form of a calculator if you like.

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:59:19 +0000

Being a bit of a keyboardist, I can tell you.
Orienting yourself on the keyboard in a low light with only sporadic number entry can be challenging. Throw in a smaller than normal keyboard and it is worse. The addition of the highlighted 1 and 6 keys makes accurate numeric entry much easier.

By: mewi

mewi — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:39:59 +0000

I thought it was simply to mark them during manufacturing? I believe these keys are placed on manually on a product line? Not sure, but if they are it could explain those specific markings….

The 1 key looks like an L upside down as well as the ! looking like an i in reverse. The 6 key looks like a 9 key upside down as well as an V arrow key. The two arrow keys can easily be confused with right and left arrow keys. The home key may be distinguished with the right click key? Makes sense to me since every key with a black circle can be mixed up with another key.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:29:13 +0000

Playing around, I discovered that [Ctrl + Alt] and any of the arrow keys lets you rotate the screen 90 degrees in that direction. Cool! Neat for reading EBooks too. Using XP on a Eee 1000 with SSD.

By: Pakd

Pakd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:40:30 +0000

Hi, just wanted to say that I use the eepc 1000H to post on my blogs when I am not home,
and it is a great thing to have!
I highly recommend it.

By: Akizuki

Akizuki — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:15:20 +0000

Ok here’s an original angle, the highlighted 6 key helps me since on a French keyboard, the ? is found by hitting shift+6

^__^ Thanks ASUS, I kept forgetting that!

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:42:40 +0000

What happened to this site? No more updated news on the Eee PC? This news posting was back in December of 2008, and there hasn’t been any more news postings since. Is this site dead, or have people gotten tired of netbooks in general once it has become mainstream and everyone own one (or 2 or 3) these days.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:57:49 +0000

On 1/13, George said:

“My 1000 manual came with a note written in the margin, “The 1 and 6 keys are specially marked to initiate a truly marvelous experience, unfortunately this margin is not large enough to contain the details.”

Hahahaha…anyone else get it?

By: Will Weaver

Will Weaver — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:50:26 +0000

It’s a reference to Area 61, which is even more secret and high-tech than Area 51. Asus is an extremist cult branched off of Islam in the 1600s that built up a computer manufacturer as a cover story. They’re trying to warn us of the upcoming apocalypse controlled by the Stay-Puft marshmallow man hidden in Area 61.

By: David

David — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:24:24 +0000

This is what my contact at Asus told me.
Hi David,

There’s not really a specific reason function wise. However,
it’s just easier for people to type when they spot the two dots. It’s
just something similar to like there’s usually a bump on the numbers on
your cell phone or on “F and J” on the keyboard.

Hopefully this helps!?

Cassie