Now that's a keyboard

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Via Lobsters, I came across this incredibly insane Japanese keyboard:

[A closeup of a gargantuan Japanese keyboard] Just this portion of the keyboard represents only 6% of all the keys

The photo itself is from DeskThority, and it's described as an an Alps CP10SJ550A kanji keyboard from Japan. It has 542 keys and weighs around 27 pounds (12kg for those with a sane measurement system). It's an insane keyboard, and … I kind of want one.

I'm not sure what I would use it for. I suppose I could map each ASCII code to its own key, map syntatic constructs for multiple languages to its own key, and still have some left over for … oh … I don't know … simulating a piano.

I don't even know where one would get such a keyboard, but I'm sure Bunny can find one in time for Christmas (muahahahahahahaha!).

“It's 2025 already? And there's no flying cars?”

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