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Title: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: jacobolus on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:38:55
* Probably very solid construction
* Probably white Alps
* Doubleshot caps
* Bigass enter
* 24 F keys
* Extra key on the numpad compared to typical PC keyboards

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310894234542

Bidding currently at $37 + $27 shipping.
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: samwisekoi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:43:15
* Probably very solid construction
* Probably white Alps
* Doubleshot caps
* Bigass enter
* 24 F keys
* Extra key on the numpad compared to typical PC keyboards

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310894234542

Bidding currently at $37 + $27 shipping.

Man, the designer really liked his asterisks!  (Actually, that would be a great keyboard for Excel.)

Maybe he'll trade me for my Northgate...

(Probably not.)

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:45:42
I would be all over this if it weren't for the bigass Enter
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: samwisekoi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:47:53
I would be all over this if it weren't for the bigass Enter

Oh man, you've probably ignited the "bigass Enter" photo competition!

I should add a "bigass Enter" to Nuclear Data...

 :p

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: mashby on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:57:20
I would be all over this if it weren't for the bigass Enter

Oh man, you've probably ignited the "bigass Enter" photo competition!

I should add a "bigass Enter" to Nuclear Data...

 :p

 - Ron | samwisekoi

Yes!  :thumb:
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: ZeDestructor on Fri, 14 March 2014, 22:33:42
I would be all over this if it weren't for the bigass Enter


One of the better bigass layouts though: the backspace remains sane...
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 15 March 2014, 09:15:26

Oh man, you've probably ignited the "bigass Enter" photo competition!


Before r00tw0rm, there was an entire nomenclature for large Enter keys, wasn't there?

As I remember, "BigAss Enter", "Bigass Enter", "big Ass Enter", "bigass Enter", etc, all depicted specific and differing key types.
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 15 March 2014, 14:43:28
As I recall, one infamous user had listed out many of them in an infographic, detailing the normal ANSI and ISO types, plus the "bigass" type and the BIGass type which is even larger (think if you combine both an ANSI and an ISO enter into one. it was like that). He left out the slim ISO that DEC liked to use though.
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: mashby on Sat, 15 March 2014, 15:19:29
As I recall, one infamous user had listed out many of them in an infographic, detailing the normal ANSI and ISO types, plus the "bigass" type and the BIGass type which is even larger (think if you combine both an ANSI and an ISO enter into one. it was like that). He left out the slim ISO that DEC liked to use though.

Was it this one? source (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33862.msg276663#msg276663)

(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn27/CoB_Twitchy/GH/Jshape.png)
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: Krogenar on Sat, 15 March 2014, 16:05:22
As I recall, one infamous user had listed out many of them in an infographic, detailing the normal ANSI and ISO types, plus the "bigass" type and the BIGass type which is even larger (think if you combine both an ANSI and an ISO enter into one. it was like that). He left out the slim ISO that DEC liked to use though.

Was it this one? source (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33862.msg276663#msg276663)

Show Image
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn27/CoB_Twitchy/GH/Jshape.png)


Sounds like the difference between a BaDonk-a-Donk and a badink-a-dink.
Title: Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 15 March 2014, 18:31:41
Maybe not as much difference as I was thinking.

The ISO one looks good, design-wise.

Legends on Enter (aka Return) keys are almost always wretched and insensitively-placed, regardless of overall shape.