illuminated keyboards?

[Kaldskryke]

Don't get me wrong. I can touch type pretty well without looking at my fingers, as long as I find those bumps on the f and j keys.

The problem is when I'm playing a game and my fingers aren't in default typing position to begin with. I used to 'get by' with the light from my monitor - but my new desk has a keyboard tray (which I'm not so sure I like that much) and it makes it impossible to distinguish the keys.

So I have three options:
Find a keyboard that has illuminated keys (like Logitech G15)
Find a very small lamp to put under the desk but above like keyboard tray. Like a CCFL but running on house current and a switch.
Ditch the keyboard tray and sacrifice some deskspace.

Here are my questions:
Is the G15 all that much of a keyboard? The macro keys sound nice but I'm not sure they have all that much actual utility. It's an expensive keyboard and I don't want to spend $80 when I already have a perfectly fine keyboard.

Would it be difficult to make a little adapter that converts the 120VAC house current to 12VDC that also has a switch? I have no idea how much amperage a CCFL accepts. I have little hands-on electrical experience but I've taken a few courses on circuits.

Thanks

 

[Lone_Bullet.be]

the second in line shoud be G11 then....identical to the G15 but without the LCD display and quite a bit cheaper ( still has the macro keys though ).
Saitec has other solutions but i think their lighteningmethod are slightly different. So try to try em both
Also from what i have red in reviews and this forum the EL-wire lightening is bad....it illuminated the shape of your ker but not the symbol on the key and you might lose you nightsight because of it trying to read the symbols anyway.

might be wrong though,
Lone

I *might* confuse lightening with illumination....if so, plz tell me....i am learning english everyday from the internet...so its not perfect ;P

 

[BinarySynapse]

As for the lighting method, you could get a small florescent light that plugs directly into the wall and mount it on the under side of the desk abobe the keyboard tray. I did that for a while and the light from the small lamps isn't quite as annoying as you'd think.

To Lone_Bullet: illumination is the correct term, but I understood what you were saying.