« previous next »
Pages:  [1]     Go Down

Author Topic: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)  (Read 2295 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline jacobolus

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 3670
  • Location: San Francisco, CA
Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« 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.
Logged

Offline samwisekoi

  • MAWG since 1997
  • * Administrator
  • Posts: 2480
  • Location: Mt. View, California
  • Sorry, moving houses. Be back ASAP.
    • Tweet samwisekoi
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:43:15 »
Quote from: 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.

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
Logged
I like keyboards and case modding.  Everything about a computer should be silent -- except the KEYBOARD!

'85 IBM F-122/Soarer Keyboard |  Leopold FC200 TKL (Browns) + GH36 Keypad (Browns/Greens) | GH-122 (Whites/Greens) with Nuclear Data Green keycaps in a Unicomp case

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6533
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:45:42 »
I would be all over this if it weren't for the bigass Enter
Logged
"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

Offline samwisekoi

  • MAWG since 1997
  • * Administrator
  • Posts: 2480
  • Location: Mt. View, California
  • Sorry, moving houses. Be back ASAP.
    • Tweet samwisekoi
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:47:53 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:45:42
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
Logged
I like keyboards and case modding.  Everything about a computer should be silent -- except the KEYBOARD!

'85 IBM F-122/Soarer Keyboard |  Leopold FC200 TKL (Browns) + GH36 Keypad (Browns/Greens) | GH-122 (Whites/Greens) with Nuclear Data Green keycaps in a Unicomp case

Offline mashby

  • ** Moderator Emeritus
  • Posts: 2828
  • Location: Nashville, TN
  • What Up Shoney? (ツ)_/¯
    • Mashby
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:57:20 »
Quote from: samwisekoi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:47:53
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:45:42
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:
Logged

Offline ZeDestructor

  • Posts: 26
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 14 March 2014, 22:33:42 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:45:42
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...
Logged

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6533
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 15 March 2014, 09:15:26 »
Quote from: samwisekoi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 20:47:53

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.
Logged
"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

Offline dorkvader

  • Posts: 6289
  • Location: Boston area
  • all about the "hack" in "geekhack"
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #7 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.
Logged

Offline mashby

  • ** Moderator Emeritus
  • Posts: 2828
  • Location: Nashville, TN
  • What Up Shoney? (ツ)_/¯
    • Mashby
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 15 March 2014, 15:19:29 »
Quote from: 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.

Was it this one? source

Logged

Offline Krogenar

  • The Kontrarian
  • * Esteemed Elder
  • Posts: 1266
  • Location: Eastchester, NY
  • "DO NOT BRING YOUR EVIL HERE." -Swamp Thing
    • Buried Planet
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 15 March 2014, 16:05:22 »
Quote from: mashby on Sat, 15 March 2014, 15:19:29
Quote from: 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.

Was it this one? source

Show Image


Sounds like the difference between a BaDonk-a-Donk and a badink-a-dink.
Logged
GeekHack Artwork Resources | The Living GeekHack Logo Thread | Signature Plastics ABS Chip Scanning Project | Krog Flocks Around | Keyboard Color Scheme Archive | [GB] PBT DyeSub DSA Granite Set
More
Quote from: Samuel Adams
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6533
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: Northgate Omnikey Ultra (lots of extra F keys, probably white Alps)
« Reply #10 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.


« Last Edit: Sun, 16 March 2014, 16:34:24 by fohat.digs »
Logged
"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30
Pages:  [1]     Go Up
« previous next »