Create Omega ohm symbol on keyboard

[sluckey]

Or you could just hold down the 'Alt' key while typing 234 on the numeric keypad. When you release the 'Alt' key the omega symbol will appear, like this... Ω. This only works with a numeric keypad.

You can use this handy ALT code table for lots of other handy symbols...

[EL34]

I could except I don't have a numeric keyboard :)

[sluckey]

I could except I don't have a numeric keyboard :)

Using a laptop? There's a good chance you have a numeric keypad hiding right in front of you. Take a look...

     https://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/laptop/

[EL34]

No, I bought a good keyboard that has real switches
Like the Cherry switches in the old IBM keyboards
I never used the number pad, so I bought one without it

This is a picture of the filthy dust covered thing
I think it's time for another cleaning

[sluckey]

What kind of connecter is on the cable?

[EL34]

What kind of connecter is on the cable?

It's USB on both ends
Very high quality usb cable with a woven jacket
The cable came with the keyboard

[EL34]

Or as someone pointed out on facebook
Now that I have posted the symbol here, you can just copy and paste it

ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ

[sluckey]

I've never seen a high end gaming kb before. You can delete this thread if you want.

[EL34]

I got used to the old IBM keyboards with the Cherry mechanical switch keys and so I went in search for a new keyboard a few years ago
That one popped up somewhere in a search

It's on my business computer that I use all day

I really like it
I can't go back to cheapo membrane type keyboards anymore

[PRR]

> hold down the 'Alt' key while typing 234 on the numeric keypad.

Apple may be different?

On my keyboad, "Alt-23...." sent the browser "back", very distressing. I had to hit NumLock to make the num-pad work as a num-pad rather than a navigator.

_I_ dislike embedded Ω because support is goofy. When I copy/paste to UltraEdit, Ω comes out as "O", "Oh". There may be a code-page setting but I don't find it in 30 seconds of menu-shopping.

I too am fussy about keyboards. When the True-IBM boards faded (wear, dirt, no USB) I used various things. I had a nice Azio light-up keyboard (I work in dim light) but the keys got sloppy. At present I use an older Dell Server keyboard. (Hard to find now; there is a Multimedia version readily available.) I used to 'divert' these from work, but I got this one from a yardsale, with childish stickers but otherwise cleanable and works fine.

If a num-pad were critical, you CAN buy them separately. Indeed that makes sense for folks raised on mechanical calculators, which were usually off to the side. This one is USB, under $10, and that no-name brand has been good to me for BluTooth keys for Android. But as said, stealing a Ω and pasting it is often so easy that buying a numpad is silly.

[EL34]

I converted an old IBM keyboard with Cherry keys
I still use it on a Windows 10 desktop 

[EL34]

Several years ago, I was on the lookout for old IBM keyboards at the local recycling center
People pile up their old computers, TV's, electronics in a area there
If I spied the old keyboards, I would grab them