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From: blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin)
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Subject: Re: Keyboards (was Re: Low End NeXTs)
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Date: 10 Apr 91 20:26:34 GMT
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>In case some keyboard entrepreneur is monitoring this thread and has plans  
>for capturing a sizable portion of the 500,000 projected NeXT units to be  
>shipped in 91 I would like to make a sincere request for an optional keyboard  
>without the numeric key pad. I am experiencing repetitive motion problems  
>caused by having to move so far to get to the mouse.

Why not have future NeXTs come with ADB.  Apple seems much more willing to
license these technologies and it would open up a wide realm of input devices
to the NeXT.

They keyboard you are looking for exists for ADB and PC and is called the 
Switchboard (built with modules for f-keys, number pad, trackball etc.) by
Datadesk.