What’s wrong/unusual about this keyboard? There are a few more visible things, and one that surprised me when someone else pointed it out to me.pic.twitter.com/lXQMxkcXS0
Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him
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What’s wrong/unusual about this keyboard? There are a few more visible things, and one that surprised me when someone else pointed it out to me.pic.twitter.com/lXQMxkcXS0
This is a predecessor to the (in)famous space cadet keyboard, and it already carries some of the same characteristics: LISP symbols, Backspace next to A, more-than-usual number of modifier keys.pic.twitter.com/a7PHLY4bi4
The smaller space is weird, but quite a few keyboards have that (e.g. in Japan). The zero on the “wrong” side is somewhat interesting, too. (Arguably, the *other* zero keys are all on the wrong side!) But we’ve seen that on PLATO and in Hungary.pic.twitter.com/oGWlOUhy0F
The lack of arrow keys is not unusual for the time (late 1960s?). Neither are high-glare keys, or the monotone livery. The beautiful almost-symmetry is also somewhat okay for the time, although it hints at the true weird secret of this keyboard.
Hint: it’s something that you *might* see, but it’s something your *fingers* would definitely notice.
Ooh! The spacing! It's too normal and not nearly typewritery enough
Between the rows. It's offset by one half key each row so that alternating rows end up being the same. Almost grid-like. I've actually considering doing a video on how keyboard row spacing is a relic of typewriter linkages
Let me know if I can help.
Will do! It was gonna be a super simple video and you just confirmed where I expected my research to go with your further tweets in the thread. It's one of those Technology Connections™ I made when I was younger, and wonder how many others haven't noticed
Microtron, Tron TK1, Keyboardio, TypeMatrix, My Little Genius Child Keyboard might be interesting leads of the more modern era.
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