Happy Hacking Keyboard
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The Happy Hacking Keyboard is a small computer keyboard produced by PFU Systems. There are three models: The Happy Hacking Lite2 keyboard, the Happy Hacking Professional keyboard and the Happy Hacking keyboard. The latter two have been discontinued as of 10 December 2006. An updated version of the Happy Hacking Professional keyboard, called the HHKB Professional2, is available in Japan[1].
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[edit] Features
It does not have a numeric keypad, and keys outside the typewriter key area are mainly accessible through the Fn key. The keys are arranged in a Unix key layout. Specifically:
- The control key is found where most keyboards place the caps lock. This is the only control key on the keyboard.
- The esc key is located to the left of the 1 key; the key normally found there is at the right end of the same row.
- The delete key is located directly above the enter key; the key normally found there is the second rightmost key on the row above it. Further, this is an actual delete key, not a historically named backspace. Backspace is accessible through Fn+Delete.
- The windows/command key is located between the space bar and the alt keys, and is represented by ◊.
On the far side of the keyboard there are DIP switches. These may be used to[2]
- Turn the delete key into a backspace. Fn+Delete remains backspace, and Fn + top-right key remains delete.
- Switching the alt and ◊ keys around.
- Enabling/disabling downstream USB ports on USB models.
[edit] Version specific features
The Lite2 version has arrow keys in an inverted T layout. It has 65 keys in all.
The professional version has a total of 60 circular cone spring keys [3] with capacitive keyswitches.
Both the professional and the Lite2 versions come in either black or white/gray/beige and the professional version is available with or without blank key tops.
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[edit] External links
- Official Happy Hacking Keyboard homepage
- engadget review of the Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite 2
- Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite 2 online sales page with images of different versions
- Linux Journal review of the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional
- Linux Gazette review of the original Happy Hacking Keyboard
- CNET article about a lacquered version
