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Title: Shiftless keyboards
Post by: Snarfangel on Wed, 22 February 2012, 09:37:56
No, I'm not talking about keyboards that just sit there. I was looking around at antique typewriters, and came across this beauty:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]41344[/ATTACH]

Not only does it not need a shift key, it has a matrix layout. How awesome is that? I'd probably even get used to the split number keys (I can only surmise that 1 was replaced by l and 0 by O).

Of course, adding between 26 and 47 new keys just to get rid of shift and capslock seems somewhat excessive, but it would be a lot of fun to try a computer keyboard like that.

Of course, HP/Compaq has their own version...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]41348[/ATTACH]

(I know, BBspot is a humor site.)
Title: Shiftless keyboards
Post by: mbc on Wed, 22 February 2012, 11:00:14
#1 can't read
EDIT:or bad humor
btw LB is known as the number 2 keyboard expert on the planet
Title: Shiftless keyboards
Post by: Snarfangel on Wed, 22 February 2012, 11:12:50
Quote from: mbc;521902
#1 can't read
EDIT:or bad humor
btw LB is known as the number 2 keyboard expert on the planet

That's harsh. Maybe he just can't type. :)