Winkeyless

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Winkeyless is a slang term for keyboards without Windows keys on the space-bar row.

Most winkeyless keyboards are vintage, being manufactured before Microsoft introduced the Windows and Menu keys together with Windows 95. PC-compatible winkeyless keyboards were however manufactured for many years after that for other systems, most notably OS/2 and Unix systems such as those from Silicon Graphics and Digital Equipment Corporation. New winkeyless keyboards are nowadays more often made by enthusiasts.

The most common winkeyless layout is the one introduced by IBM Enhanced Keyboard (Model M): a 7 unit wide Space bar, flanked on each side by a pair of 1.5 units wide Ctrl and Alt keys. In each pair, the modifiers are separated by a 1-unit gap.