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- #MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD WITHOUT NUMBER PAD PRO#
- #MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD WITHOUT NUMBER PAD WINDOWS#
The keyboard uses a fixed-split design, with each half of the alphanumeric section separated, laterally rotated, and tilted upwards and down from the center of the keyboard. The Microswitch division of Honeywell, which was responsible for that company's keyboards and was acquired by Key Tronic in early 1994, is also credited with design input.
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It was designed for Microsoft by Ziba Design with assistance and manufacturing by Key Tronic.
#MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD WITHOUT NUMBER PAD WINDOWS#
The first generation of the Microsoft ergonomic keyboards, named the Natural Keyboard, was released in September 1994, designed for Microsoft Windows 95 and Novell Netware.
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#MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD WITHOUT NUMBER PAD PRO#
^ Adds 19 hot keys, two of which are programmable using IntelliType Pro software.^ Nonstandard 2-column, 3-row layout columns (from left to right) are Home/ End/ Del and PgUp/ PgDn/ Ins.^ a b c d e Conventional 3-column, 2-row layout columns (from left to right) are Ins/ Del, Home/ End, and PgUp/ PgDn.^ a b Standard 101-key QWERTY keyboard layout with the addition of two Windows keys and a contextual menu key on the spacebar row.Split spacebar Alcantara-covered palm rest, aluminium top body part Numpad is a separate wireless unit split spacebar fabric-covered palm rest Wireless using USB corded receiver, PS/2 via adapter PS/2, USB (cord terminates in both types)į-Lock to toggle from standard software-defined Fn functions Designed by Ziba Design and manufactured by Key Tronic