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== Concept == | == Concept == | ||
The general | The Tsundoku Keyboard is intended for a range of GUI environments that follow the general principles established by the Apple Macintosh. This broadly includes: | ||
* Mac OS | |||
* BeOS and Haiku | |||
* NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, Mac OS X (macOS) | |||
* tsundoku's custom X11 environment | |||
=== Prior Art === | |||
The keyboard design mostly derives from Apple layouts of the 1980s through the mid-1990s, before the AppleDesign keyboard made Apple's variant of the IBM AT Enhanced layout a de facto standard on the Mac platform. | |||
* Escape on number row, left of 1 key | * Escape on number row, left of 1 key | ||
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* Arrow keys on right side of bottom row - left, right, down, up | * Arrow keys on right side of bottom row - left, right, down, up | ||
* No function keys | * No function keys | ||
** Not expected to be used often | |||
** Fn layer on number row enables them to be used when necessary | |||
* Number pad that is always a number pad (no Num Lock) | * Number pad that is always a number pad (no Num Lock) | ||
* Large Command key | * Large Command and Option keys | ||
=== Compromises === | |||
* (JIS only) No 英数 key left of spacebar | |||
** 3.5U spacebars unavailable. Would need to be custom made | |||
** Use slightly more common 4.5U spacebar | |||
* IBM style number pad operator keys | |||
** Mac-style operators would require custom keycaps | |||
** IBM style operator keys are not particularly objectionable | |||
Variants | Variants | ||
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== Design Goals == | == Design Goals == | ||
** Large Command and Option keys for people who use them often | ** Large Command and Option keys for people who use them often | ||
* Not minimalist | * Not minimalist | ||
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** Arrow keys can go on the bottom row as on many Apple keyboards | ** Arrow keys can go on the bottom row as on many Apple keyboards | ||
** Home/End/PageUp/PageDown on Fn layer of arrow keys | ** Home/End/PageUp/PageDown on Fn layer of arrow keys | ||
* Has a tenkey | * Has a tenkey | ||
** No Num Lock (no modes!). Always numbers | ** No Num Lock (no modes!). Always numbers | ||
== Problems with existing PCBs == | == Problems with existing PCBs == | ||
Reasons why the Tsundoku Keyboard must be designed from scratch. | |||
* No JIS Right Shift support | * No JIS Right Shift support | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 3 August 2020
Tsundoku's keyboard concept. Concept, goals, etc. here.
Concept
The Tsundoku Keyboard is intended for a range of GUI environments that follow the general principles established by the Apple Macintosh. This broadly includes:
- Mac OS
- BeOS and Haiku
- NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, Mac OS X (macOS)
- tsundoku's custom X11 environment
Prior Art
The keyboard design mostly derives from Apple layouts of the 1980s through the mid-1990s, before the AppleDesign keyboard made Apple's variant of the IBM AT Enhanced layout a de facto standard on the Mac platform.
- Escape on number row, left of 1 key
- R2 1.75U Control (left of A)
- Arrow keys on right side of bottom row - left, right, down, up
- No function keys
- Not expected to be used often
- Fn layer on number row enables them to be used when necessary
- Number pad that is always a number pad (no Num Lock)
- Large Command and Option keys
Compromises
- (JIS only) No 英数 key left of spacebar
- 3.5U spacebars unavailable. Would need to be custom made
- Use slightly more common 4.5U spacebar
- IBM style number pad operator keys
- Mac-style operators would require custom keycaps
- IBM style operator keys are not particularly objectionable
Variants
Design Goals
- Large Command and Option keys for people who use them often
- Not minimalist
- Dedicated arrow keys
- Coincidentally smaller than 101/104 keyboards, but compactness itself is not a goal
- No IBM-style nav cluster
- Arrow keys can go on the bottom row as on many Apple keyboards
- Home/End/PageUp/PageDown on Fn layer of arrow keys
- Has a tenkey
- No Num Lock (no modes!). Always numbers
Problems with existing PCBs
Reasons why the Tsundoku Keyboard must be designed from scratch.
- No JIS Right Shift support
- Layouts all referenced from AT101/Windows 104
- 75%, 60%, etc... all expressed as reductions of AT101
- No consideration for different combinations of elements. Tenkeyless? 75% 60%? What about a tenkey but no IBM nav cluster?