Some of the largest keyboards I discovered: This is Northgate OmniKey Ultra, an early power-user PC replacement keyboard. It has 119 keys.pic.twitter.com/UrROAQbfn5
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Some of the largest keyboards I discovered: This is Northgate OmniKey Ultra, an early power-user PC replacement keyboard. It has 119 keys.pic.twitter.com/UrROAQbfn5
Some of the terminal keyboards, like this IBM here, were similar in nature. This one has 122 keys.pic.twitter.com/jWed0b2rNK
The legendary “Space Cadet keyboard” has only 100 keys, but it is still impressive, since it’s missing the keypad block or function keys.pic.twitter.com/HB4Ycsftt2
An Atex keyboard had 134 keys. The Enter key being called PARA betrays its purpose: it was used to put together articles e.g. at newspapers.pic.twitter.com/S5Fr9ZbTQQ
This is a bad photo of another phototypesetting machine: Linotype UltraSystem. I think it has approximately 140 keys.pic.twitter.com/gbbVAip2x3
Anyone wants to guess how many keys are in the largest keyboard I found?
Okay! In the western world, this graphic system from Mannesmann had a beautiful keyboard with a whopping 226 keys.pic.twitter.com/nO875fjhHz
That means @mathowie’s guess (233) wins… or @IamJamesGill’s (168) according to The Price Is Right rules. :·)
There is also Mergenthaler Diagrammer (1970) with 256 keys, but that doesn’t feel like a “real” keyboard. Video: https://vimeo.com/75532300 pic.twitter.com/Da19qWdH4H
An honorary mention should also go to Chyron television production keyboards – 126 and 119 keys.pic.twitter.com/OEb0Y5wcqj
More digging reveals even more impressive TV studio keyboards: 133 and 148 keys!pic.twitter.com/sozQIuwAYv
Still more! Another TV studio keyboard, Thomson Vidifont, at 171 (!) keys in this beautiful family shot.pic.twitter.com/7c8lk8pByn
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