Re: Re: Name this keyboard!

I followed a link from the auction web page to
http://121ware.com/apinfo1/content/mworld/ and buried in that website I
found the following image:
http://121ware.com/apinfo1/content/mworld/images/nwp98.GIF

It's the best physical keyboard layout that I've seen so far (though would
require a thorough remapping, and was probably only ever made as a
prototype).

It ticks all of these boxes for me:
-Split keyboard
-Keys in staggered columns
-Flat
-Multiple keys for each thumb
-No keypad
-Extra row of keys for your index fingers

The only thing that it is lacking in, is that it doesn't have laptop style
keys (and the keyboard probably doesn't exist).

The search continues....

On 08/02/06, alz <alzagor <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
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> If I'm googling right, it looks like one of these keyboards are up for
> sale over at a Japanese Auctioning site.
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> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://auction.livedoor.com/
> detail%3Fid%3D597831&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnec%2Bpk-kb015%26start%3D30%
> 26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN
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> It'd be a great piece to have -- simply rewire/relabel to test the
> layout!  But 90,000Y is too rich for my blood.
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> Does anyone know what the various non-english keys are?
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> Older post with larger photo:
> http://www.auction.co.jp/mem1/item/mem_itm_item.asp?LOT=695112
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