Some new discoveries for you Happy Hacking keyboard fans and other
mechanical keyboard fans, including photos of a few mysterious,
fantastic, split, ergonomic keyboards from Japan.

〈Keyboard News: Ducky Keyboard, KBC Poker, Truly Ergonomic Keyboard〉
http://xahlee.org/kbd/2011-06_keyboard_news.html

plain text version follows, but as Alice said, “what is the use …,
without pictures …?”.

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   Keyboard News: Ducky Keyboard, KBC Poker, Truly Ergonomic Keyboard

   Xah Lee, 2011-06-18

   Several keyboard updates.

   Completely rewritten: [14]Keyboard Ghosting & N-key Rollover: How
Many
   Keys Your Keyboard Can Take?.

KBC Poker Keyboard

   For those who love the Happy Hacking Keyboard ([15]Happy Hacking
   Keyboard review), there's good news. There's seems to be a
competitor,
   called "KBC Poker keyboard", from Taiwan.

   school girl keyboard yea0999

   According to keyboard geek reviewers, her tongue got stuck in her
   braces due to the weight of this keyboard.

   KBC Poker keyboard

   "KBC Poker keyboard"

   KBC Poker keyboard 2

   "KBC Poker keyboard" [16]Source deskthority.net

   Note the dark engraved key labels. This is much more expensive than
   your Microsoft or Logitech mass-marketed keyboards.

   KBC Poker vs HHKB keyboard

   [17]Happy Hacking (HHKB) vs KeyBoard Cheer (KBC) Poker.

     * KBC Poker Review (2011-02-12) By Gasbag Guru (aka Sixty). @
       [18]Source deskthority.net
     * KBC Poker @ [19]Source keyboardporn.com
     * Review: KBC Poker - webwit's take (2011-02-19) By webwit. @
       [20]Source deskthority.net

   Here's a forum in China about this keyboard: [21]bbs.kbc-china.com.

   KBC keyboard banner

   It's funny. The name KBC stand for: "the Key Board to Cheer you
up".
   Nice counter to Happy Hacking.

Ducky Keyboard

   For those who love full-sized keyboard with mechanical switches
(e.g.
   Das and many others) , there's Ducky keyboard, again from Taiwan.
   (Cherry Brown switch, Cherry Blue for the numerical keypad keys.
Model
   DK9008) The company site is [22]duckykeyboard.com.

   Ducky keyboard DK9008

   "Ducky keyboard DK9008" [23]Source mognet.no-ip.info

   This keyboard seems to feature full n-key rollover. (See:
[24]Keyboard
   Ghosting & N-key Rollover: How Many Keys Your Keyboard Can Take?.)

   Also, note the black-on-black key labels. Seems the buyer can
choose
   the label or key colors.
     * Ducky Mechanical Keyboard (2011-02-13) @ [25]Source
       www.darkmirage.com
     * Another review, by Dotan Cohen, at [26]Source geekhack.org (no
       pics)

Truly Ergonomic Keyboard Ever Coming Out?

   For those who love [27]Kinesis Contoured Keyboard or otherwise
   ergonomic keyboard with mechanical switches, there's Truly
Ergonomic
   keyboard. (pics at [28]Fancy Ergonomic Keyboards) There's rumor
that
   this keyboard never went into production, and the company address
is
   fake. So, be careful and do your own research before you put your
   money in for a pre-order. See this thread: [29]Source
   www.overclock.net. According to Truly Ergonomic's website: «We are
   currently estimating the pre-order delivery date for July 2011.».
   That's next month. We shall soon see.

Datadesk Tech Smartboard Keyboard

   I would consider this the best key layout, ever.

   smartboard keyboard

   "Smartboard" [30]amazon [31]Source www.datadesktech.com

   If this keyboard is well-built, i think it is then better than
   [32]Kinesis Contoured Keyboard and "Truly Ergonomic Keyboard". On
par
   with [33]Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.

   According to reviewers at Amazon, the company Datadesk Tech seems
to
   be around as early as 1990s, and the company seems to be one-man
   running in basement.

Misc Fancy Ergonomic Keyboards

   utron-keyboard

   UTRON. [34]Source deskthority.net

   top keyboard

   [35]Source deskthority.net

   japanese ergonomic keyboards

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   ,_PC-8801/9801¨,_Windows¨gaº²sareta» [36]Source
pc.watch.impress.co.jp

   plum keyboard

   "PLUM keyboard" ('www.plum.bz)'

   marquardt mini ergo keyboard

   "Marquardt Mini-Ergo" (1992) [37]Source keyboardporn.com

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can anyone identify those split keyboard from Japan? I think those
make the best emacs keyboard.

 Xah