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Keyboard Hawaii

This site provides basic information about computer keyboards and its history. It also guides the reader to purchase the most suitable keyboard from the best vendor around Hawaii for their task.

1. Local Companies

2. Keyboard - Overview

3. Window to the Past

4. Evolution

5. Featured Local Company

1 . Local Companies

Blue Planet Software
(808) 539-3900
2800 Woodlawn Dr
Honolulu, HI

Mountain Computer
(808) 572-6636
PO Box 1372
Makawao, HI

Tor Technologies
(808) 545-3441
1188 Bishop St Suite 709
Honolulu, HI

Acme Computer Services
(808) 545-1543
1302 Pali Hwy
Honolulu, HI

Oahu Computers
(808) 524-1111
670 Auahi St A4
Honolulu, HI

Personal Touch Computers
(808) 524-7253
311 Keawe St
Honolulu, HI

Construction Computer Tools
(808) 235-6445
44-134 Hako St Apt 1
Kaneohe, HI

Apple Store
(808) 949-1075
1450 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI

Computer Associates International Inc
(808) 585-0057
45-228 William Henry Rd
Kaneohe, HI

Intergraph Corporation
(808) 672-0668
92-1161 Hoike Way
Kapolei, HI

Keyboards feel different, and touch typists should spend a few hours with any keyboard, especially on a laptop, before purchasing it. Key placement is extremely important. Even the most popular laptop keyboards can have awkward cursor, page up/down, home and end key placements. It is not uncommon to have ridiculous designs such as the delete key next to a cursor key. This should have minimal or no effect on slow typists, however, for fast typists, it is critical.

3 . Window to the Past

A few key technological developments created the transition of the typewriter into the computer keyboard. The teletype machine, introduced in the 1930s, combined the technology of the typewriter (used as an input and a printing device) with the telegraph. Elsewhere, punched card systems were combined with typewriters to create what was called keypunches. Keypunches were the basis of early adding machines and IBM was selling over one million dollars worth of adding machines in 1931.

4 . Evolution

Most keyboards today use a membrane technology underneath the keys that does not have the springiness and feel of earlier keyboards that used individual key switches. Premium keyboards from third parties do however still use the switches, and to a fast touch typist, the difference is dramatic. Keyboards have changed very little in layout since their introduction. In fact, the most common change has simply been the natural evolution of adding more keys that provide additional functionality.

5 . Featured Local Company

Blue Planet Software

(808) 539-3900
2800 Woodlawn Dr
Honolulu, HI

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Keyboard Hawaii

1 . Local Companies

2 . Keyboard - Overview

3 . Window to the Past

4 . Evolution

5 . Featured Local Company