I don't have one to measure, but the 1991 Psion series 3 has 13.5
keys per row on a 165mm-wide keyboard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_3
Maltron's designs are a long way from simply being scaled Qwerty
keyboards, but they've been around since the late 1970s. They
might be helpful as an
Texas Instruments, Speak and Spell, I bought one in about 1980. Very
small keyboard lay out.
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This is probably not what your looking for but have you taken into
account the ZX81 spectrum computer , tiny keyboard , see here ,
http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/machines/spectrum.html
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It was not specifically designed for children, but the
Atari Portfilio had a small keyboard, probably about 12 mm
spacing. It was designed in the UK by DIP and marketed by
Atari beginning in 1989. I bought mine in 1990. It was
200 mm x 100 mm x 28 mm, about the same size as a VHS
videocassette.
And, as has been mentioned on Groklaw
http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?
mode=displaysid=20080725152355696title=OLPC+%3A+++Calling+For+Small
+Keyboards+Prior+Art%2C++pre
+1993type=articleorder=hideanonymous=0pid=714454#c714472
http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?
as i mentioned to wad the other day, the fujitsu Poqet PC may
also qualify as prior art. (a full IBM PC, and 100 hours on 2 AA
batteries. what more could you ask for?)
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We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children
present before 1993.
A request for clarification here. Are you looking for keyboards designed
for small children, or for keyboards and devices with keyboards that
meet your size specs?
Specifically, we are looking for keyboards
Hi. I found some toys on the internet, I do not own any of those.
http://www.datamath.org/Speech/MouseComputer.htm
http://www.datamath.org/Speech/ComputerFun.htm
http://www.datamath.org/Speech/ComputerFun_UK.htm
http://www.datamath.org/Speech/ComputerFunD.htm
SALUDOS
ALVARO
Hi
The UK's Sinclair Spectrum may well be what you are looking for - it was
tiny
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The classic is the Texas Instruments Speak Spell,
introduced in 1978.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak__Spell_(game)
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We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children
present before 1993.
Specifically, we are looking for keyboards whose key-key spacing
is between 10.8 and 16.4 mm horizontally, and 10.8 to 18.0 mm
vertically, and with a stroke distance of 0.9 to 6mm.
This article offers
I left my Sinclair in the 1CC conference room. It probably qualifies as well.
-walter
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM, John Watlington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children
present before 1993.
Specifically, we are looking for keyboards whose
Not sure if this helps but look at patent 5700097 http://
patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?
Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PALLp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%
2Fsrchnum.htmr=1f=Gl=50s1=5700097.PN.OS=PN/5700097RS=PN/5700097
It may lead to something else via the patents it references including
a Japanese
We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children
present before 1993.
Specifically, we are looking for keyboards whose key-key spacing
is between 10.8 and 16.4 mm horizontally, and 10.8 to 18.0 mm
vertically, and with a stroke distance of 0.9 to 6mm.
Thanks for your memories,
wad
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM, John Watlington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children
present before 1993.
Specifically, we are looking for keyboards whose key-key spacing
is between 10.8 and 16.4 mm horizontally, and 10.8 to 18.0 mm
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