LGR Oddware - 1995 Big Keys -ABC- Keyboard
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Its keys may not have had the same kind of sturdiness and mechanics as this colourful one, but the keys were really very decent. So I can't see any justification for the 159 dollar price tag.
Date: 2022-04-14
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Comments and reviews: 9
mspenrice
Hold on. it optionally had a switch to output QWERTY arrangement instead? That. er. that wouldn't work, would it. Let's look now.
First line: Here, ABCDEFGHIJ, 10 letters. Regular keyboard, QWERTYUIOP, 10 letters, no problem.
Second line: Here, KLMNOPQRST. another 10 letters. Regular keyboard, ASDFGHJKL. 9 letters. There's a spot left over. I think you can see where this is going.
Third line: Here, UVWXYZ, 6 letters. Regular keyboard. ZXCVBNM. 7 letters. Whoops.
So would M have to move up to the second line, or what? :-o
I mean, if they did it, they did it, but it's still not going to be an actual -normal- arrangement, unless the Enter key changes to a very tall reverse-L shape.
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Hold on. it optionally had a switch to output QWERTY arrangement instead? That. er. that wouldn't work, would it. Let's look now.
First line: Here, ABCDEFGHIJ, 10 letters. Regular keyboard, QWERTYUIOP, 10 letters, no problem.
Second line: Here, KLMNOPQRST. another 10 letters. Regular keyboard, ASDFGHJKL. 9 letters. There's a spot left over. I think you can see where this is going.
Third line: Here, UVWXYZ, 6 letters. Regular keyboard. ZXCVBNM. 7 letters. Whoops.
So would M have to move up to the second line, or what? :-o
I mean, if they did it, they did it, but it's still not going to be an actual -normal- arrangement, unless the Enter key changes to a very tall reverse-L shape.
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CzarPeppers
This seems like such a bad idea for teaching kids, because then they then have to relearn to type on a proper keyboard. If I wanted something to help teach them about the alphabet I would make sure it was something like the other one you showed that doesn't resemble a real keyboard that isn't made for typing.
I think the earliest I started using a computer keyboard was 3 years old, at least that I can remember. I think my parents had an Apple II, or one of those early green screen Macs anyways. even though it would have been 1992 at the time because they couldn't afford anything newer. We didn't actually get a current computer until the Macintosh LC520.
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This seems like such a bad idea for teaching kids, because then they then have to relearn to type on a proper keyboard. If I wanted something to help teach them about the alphabet I would make sure it was something like the other one you showed that doesn't resemble a real keyboard that isn't made for typing.
I think the earliest I started using a computer keyboard was 3 years old, at least that I can remember. I think my parents had an Apple II, or one of those early green screen Macs anyways. even though it would have been 1992 at the time because they couldn't afford anything newer. We didn't actually get a current computer until the Macintosh LC520.
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Camille
The version they sell now has punctuation and other features to function like a full keyboard, and there's a QWERTY edition too. They mostly market them to people with visual and motor disabilities with less emphasis on young kids. They also created provision for you to be able to pull of the keys, rearrange, and re map them in whatever order you like. It's a really smart product for people that can't use typical keyboards.
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The version they sell now has punctuation and other features to function like a full keyboard, and there's a QWERTY edition too. They mostly market them to people with visual and motor disabilities with less emphasis on young kids. They also created provision for you to be able to pull of the keys, rearrange, and re map them in whatever order you like. It's a really smart product for people that can't use typical keyboards.
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Abby
This would be very beneficial for autistic children. It-s very difficult for them to understand QWERTY and for the things they use them for there are many unnecessary keys. I-m gonna do some more research but I might get some newer ones for the autism spectrum school by my house. I-ll have to ask them but I think they would get good use out some of these
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This would be very beneficial for autistic children. It-s very difficult for them to understand QWERTY and for the things they use them for there are many unnecessary keys. I-m gonna do some more research but I might get some newer ones for the autism spectrum school by my house. I-ll have to ask them but I think they would get good use out some of these
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DaeDaLuS
We've got one of these at the school I work for! Ours is a USB windows one, and has this weird clear plastic plate on top as well that separates the keys. We have it in our ESE room, and it caught me super off guard when I went to work on the machine and saw that keyboard, haha. Those switches are pretty nice feeling too!
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We've got one of these at the school I work for! Ours is a USB windows one, and has this weird clear plastic plate on top as well that separates the keys. We have it in our ESE room, and it caught me super off guard when I went to work on the machine and saw that keyboard, haha. Those switches are pretty nice feeling too!
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Andrew
I was more intrigued by how the mouse passthrough worked. Though several comments mention probably plugging this in to a proper Mac ADB keyboard and then the mouse. That makes sense.
Also I'm totally going to have research the ADB - S-Video connection mentioned also in the comments.
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I was more intrigued by how the mouse passthrough worked. Though several comments mention probably plugging this in to a proper Mac ADB keyboard and then the mouse. That makes sense.
Also I'm totally going to have research the ADB - S-Video connection mentioned also in the comments.
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mspenrice
No shift, no punctuation. how very strange. Can't see it being useful for more than the most very basic letter and number learning, because anyone wanting to write anything at all without it SEEMING LIKE THE RANTINGS OF AN EARLY AOL USER WOULD BE LIKE COMPLETELY OUT OF LUCK
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No shift, no punctuation. how very strange. Can't see it being useful for more than the most very basic letter and number learning, because anyone wanting to write anything at all without it SEEMING LIKE THE RANTINGS OF AN EARLY AOL USER WOULD BE LIKE COMPLETELY OUT OF LUCK
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TheMrVengeance
Are these keyboards expensive because they're -vintage- and -rare-, or cheap because they're shit? If it's the latter, I wonder if it's worth it to pick them up for salvaging the mechanical switches. They sound pretty sweet.
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Are these keyboards expensive because they're -vintage- and -rare-, or cheap because they're shit? If it's the latter, I wonder if it's worth it to pick them up for salvaging the mechanical switches. They sound pretty sweet.
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ProtoVee
the switch on the bottom is missing since later models let you change this by holding the 1 key as you plugged it in, and for 5 seconds afterward for qwerty, and by doing the same with the 2 key to go back to the abc layout.
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the switch on the bottom is missing since later models let you change this by holding the 1 key as you plugged it in, and for 5 seconds afterward for qwerty, and by doing the same with the 2 key to go back to the abc layout.
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