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Title: Realpoint 106?
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 20 April 2009, 19:07:35

In the wiki (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=A+list+of+desktop+keyboards+with+a+pointing+stick+(aka+trackpoint+keyboards)) there's mention of a Topre with some kind of trackpoint. However, the link doesnt lead to any info about it, neither does Google. Does anyone have any pictures or experience with the keyboards?

Title: Realpoint 106?
Post by: skriefal on Mon, 20 April 2009, 19:47:02

Can't find anything about that keyboard.  But here's a link to what appears to be a list of known Topre keyboard models, with many having links to further information:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://cafemoonlight.blog55.fc2.com/blog-entry-20.html&ei=13_hSeupEaTitAPL7cC-CQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drealforce%2B87ukb%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

I haven't looked through all of the "106" models in that list, but perhaps one of them is the mythical Realpoint 106.

Title: Realpoint 106?
Post by: lowpoly on Tue, 21 April 2009, 04:34:14

Looks like the page has changed.

Title: Realpoint 106?
Post by: rdjack21 on Sat, 29 August 2009, 00:17:03

Sorry to bring this thread up but while digging around in web.archive.org on old Topre sites I found something very interesting
RealPoint keyboard PDF (http://web.archive.org/web/20060617172210/www.topre.co.jp/products/electric/keybord/point_key.pdf)

I was digging around there because I just became aware that they also made another version of the MD01BO I just got that was for a sun spark station that pretty much has a perfect layout. You will not that the RealPoint version of MD01B0 has the sun layout but moved one key for the track point. This is really cool now if I just could find a model number that I can use for a search.