Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread pgf
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?) =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Devel mailing list

Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Robert Myers
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

Re: calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread John Nagle
The classic is the Texas Instruments Speak Spell, introduced in 1978. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak__Spell_(game) ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-25 Thread Walter Bender
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

Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Howard
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

Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-24 Thread Steve Holton
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