SAIL keyboard
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Made by Les Earnest around 1970 for use at the Stanford AI Lab. It was used with all terminals except teletypes: III displays, Imlacs, and Data Disc displays.[1]
Probably the first keyboard to feature a meta key.[2]
This keyboard was an inspiration for the Knight keyboard.[3]
Gallery
On display at Stanford
John McCarthy with SAIL keyboard
Martin Frost with SAIL keyboard
Michael Speciner with SAIL keyboard at MIT
References
- ↑ Personal communication from Bruce Baumgart:
Same keyboards at all stations AFTER 1970 ( except dial-in, teletypes and CTY console TTY ).
- ↑ Personal communication from Les Earnest:
I invented both the Meta and Top keys while designing the SAIL keyboard. I also rearranged the numeric keys, starting with 0 on the lef and going up to 9
- ↑ Personal communication from Tom Knight:
The keyboard was definitely inspired by the Earnest Stanford keyboard.
