A white Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2 with 60 blank keysPart no.PD-KB02/SPD-KB02/PPD-KB02/MManufacturerKeyswitches,InterfacePD-KB02/S - SUN ConnectorPD-KB02/P -PD-KB02/M -Weight520gIntroducedDec 20, 1996DiscontinuedDec 10, 2006 (original version)WebsiteThe Happy Hacking Keyboard is a small produced by of Japan, co-developed with Japanese computer pioneer. Its reduction of keys from the common 104-key layout down to 60 keys in the professional series is the basis for its smaller size while retaining full key size. It returns the to its original position as on the early 84-key PC AT and XT layouts.

The current models in production are the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2, Professional JP, both in either dark or light colorways, Type-S silenced variants and blank key cap variants, and the Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite 2 with an additional Macintosh-specific variant and a blank variant for each. Contents.Common features Some of the Happy Hacking Keyboard design tenets, as dictated by Wada, include a minimal 60-key design, no cursor or function keys, and standard keyboard pitch, all optimized for use in environments.Happy Hacking Keyboards lack a, and keys outside the typewriter key area are mainly accessible through the. The keys are arranged in a layout resembling the Sun Type 3 keyboard. Specifically:. The is found where most keyboards place the.

This is the only control key on the keyboard. The is located to the left of the 1 key; the tilde key normally found there is at the right end of the same row. The is located directly above the; the key normally found there is the second-rightmost key on the row above it.

Set this so the keyboard will wake up the computer from sleep. This is where I am with my HHKB Pro 2 at the moment. It’s definitely a work in progress. I’d love to know what you think. If you have any other pro tips for getting the most out of the Happy Hacking Keyboard share ‘em in the comments down below. Happy Hacking Keyboard Type-S Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro JP. There are issues to watch out: In Japanese layout, key columns are less staggered than US version (compare the vertical line from Q to Z). In Japanese layout, the Space bar may not be comfortably reachable by right thumb.

Furthermore, this is an actual delete key, not a historically named. Backspace is accessible through Fn+ Delete though its function can be interchanged with the key using a DIP switch, using this setting, the is accessed via Fn+ `. The are located between the and the.On the far side of the keyboard there are. These may be used to:.

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