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Rheinmetall Portable Ergonomic
Keyboard | Rheinmetall Portable Ergonomic |
---|---|
Developer | u/hardboiledbabylon |
Separate | no |
Stagger | ortholinear |
Wireless | no |
Keys | 51 |
Availability | discontinued |
Published | 1935 |
Features | Rheinmetall Portable Ergonomic Typewriter from ~1935. Posted by u/hardboiledbabylon (r/mk). |
More info | https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/mtgul2/what_should_have_been_the_ancestor_of_all_modern/ |
Resources | - |

Tags: monoblock ortholinear
Description
I was aware of similar split/angled patents from as early as 1915, but not of actual products.A blog post about this beauty:
http://vintagetechobsessions.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-reveal-rheinmetall-portable.html
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