Sun Compact 1
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| FCC ID | CIGE03713 |
|---|---|
| Branding | Sun Microsystems |
| Manufacturer | Key Tronic |
| Keyswitches | Rubber dome |
| Interface | Sun keyboard/mouse interface |
| Years of production | ~1994 confirmed |
The Sun Compact 1 is a tenkeyless keyboard for Sun Microsystems' SparcStation line of Unix workstations.
The keyboard was sold together with the compact all-in-one SparcStation Voyager. Because this was considered a semi-portable system (could be battery operated), the keyboard was paired with a ball mouse instead of Sun's standard optical that required a special mouse pad. [1]
It was made by Key Tronic and styled the same as the full-size Sun Type 5 which instead had been made by Fujitsu. Like the full-size Sun keyboards, there is a function key cluster on the left side. A "Num Lock" key activates a numeric keypad embedded in the alphanumeric section
All keys but those in the centre alphanumeric cluster are smaller than standard. The four media and power keys (which the full-size keyboards have above the numeric keypad) are squeezed together with Escape and the twelve function keys.
Forum threads
- Sun space saving keyboard "Compact 1" (from 1994/95). Posted by AJM on 2019-03-10.
See also
- Sun Type 5
- The full-size variety from the same era.
References
- ↑ SPARCstation Voyager: Just the Facts. Downloaded 2019-08-21 from Jani Tarvainen's home page
