Calling all small keyboards

[Joel Rees]

And, as has been mentioned on Groklaw

http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php? 
mode=display&sid=20080725152355696&title=OLPC+%3A+++Calling+For+Small 
+Keyboards+Prior+Art%2C++pre 
+1993&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=714454#c714472

http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php? 
mode=display&sid=20080725152355696&title=Here+it 
+is&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=714474#c714475

references this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_MC-10

Looking around for a diagram for the thing, I get this page on  
chiclet keyboards, with a moderate list of potential suspects  
(wikipedia again):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiclet_keyboard

(I cannot help shaking my head in disgust at those patents. Shades of  
children calling "DIBS!" And let's make it all legal-like and bring  
back the old patronage system, while we're at it, but I'm being  
redundant, I know.)

Joel Rees
(waiting for a 3+GHz ARM processor to come out,
to test Steve's willingness to switch again.)