WORST PC KEYBOARDS OF ALL TIME

[thomasallencummins]

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I ran though this list and was shocked to learn that computer keyboards could be mis understood in such extreme ways. Most of these examples occur from the mid to late 70 to the mid 80s so lessons learned here were not repeated later in the life of modern computers. Whew. So lucky are we. ;D

[ram]

Ah, the Commodore 64 keyboard...I remember that beast.

The futuristic-looking Timex Sinclair 2068 looks like it belongs on ST:TNG. I could easily picture Data typing on it, cuz it looks like a keyboard that only he could decipher!

And I'm appalled by the Commodore PET 2001 and IBM PCjr. I can see why they rank as the top (or bottom) two worst keyboards. Hopefully, all the unfortunate users of these two monstrosities sought proper psychological counselling afterwards.

[thomasallencummins]

Yeah. Some of these designs are simply baffling to me. I agree that the Sinclair seems like a good fit for STNG. I suspect it takes years of Star Fleet training to master using a keyboard that apparently has no home keys at all. :-)