Sony NEWS NWP-5461
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Part number | NWP-5461 |
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Branding | SONY, NEWS, Topre (on PCB) |
Manufacturer | Topre |
Layouts | 103-key Japanese (1 power button) |
Keyswitches | Topre |
Interface | Proprietary cable |
Weight | 1539g |
Years of production | 1988-1995 |
The Sony NEWS NWP-5461 is a Japanese layout keyboard that came with Sony NEWS (Network Engineering Workstation) workstations sold in the late 1980s to mid 1990s.
It interfaces with a proprietary DE9 connector with 8 pins and has an 8-pin Mini-DIN connector in the centre on the underside of the keyboard for connecting a mouse. It also has a power button in the top-left corner on the face of the keyboard, 4 DIP switches of unknown purpose on the underside and a volume wheel on the left side.
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External links
- Sony Japan — Brief history of the Sony NEWS workstation (Japanese)
- Katsu Watanabe — Table of the various revisions of Sony NEWS workstations (Partially Japanese)