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Perfect for my Kinesis!

Perfect for my Kinesis!

Posted Nov 13, 2008 18:27 UTC (Thu) by shapr (subscriber, #9077)
Parent article: The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform

I've been trying to find a 'real' Linux box to stuff inside my Kinesis contoured keyboard in order to have an ergonomic laptop, this is the best candidate I've seen yet! I could probably even fit a small cluster of these inside my keyboard.

Now I just have to find a matching portable screen...


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Perfect for my Kinesis!

Posted Nov 13, 2008 19:56 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

I'm fairly sure you can't get away with stuffing the screen inside your
keyboard. :)

Perfect for my Kinesis!

Posted Nov 14, 2008 12:57 UTC (Fri) by deleteme (guest, #49633) [Link]

2x40 lines is enough for anyone..

2 x 40? Luxury!

Posted Nov 15, 2008 1:49 UTC (Sat) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link]

2 x 40? Luxury! How about 1x24?

Never mind that this is 1980 technology. With a staggering 1.5K RAM. ;-)

2 x 40? Luxury!

Posted Nov 16, 2008 13:18 UTC (Sun) by deleteme (guest, #49633) [Link]

Well the luxury in this more the Kinesis keyboard vs. the one on TRS-80.. Some say keyboards have come a long way since the eighties.

2 x 40? Luxury!

Posted Nov 16, 2008 13:33 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

quote:
Some say keyboards have come a long way since the eighties

fortunately the old keyboards are still available if you are willing to hunt for them

2 x 40? Luxury!

Posted Nov 19, 2008 23:29 UTC (Wed) by leoc (subscriber, #39773) [Link]

You can even get new keyboards based on old designs.

2 x 40? Luxury!

Posted Nov 16, 2008 15:23 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Speaking as a Maltron user, they had good keyboards back in the 80s
too :))))

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