Talk:Keyboard computer

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Keyboard computer vs. laptop

What distinguishes a "keyboard computer" from a laptop? Is it the absence of a built-in screen, PSU, etc. as the first part of the article suggests? If that is the case, it seems that ASUS have not created a "keyboard computer", rather a standard laptop. Perhaps this article should be merged into laptop as the predecessor to modern laptops. Any thoughts? GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 22:35, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"first" keyboard computer in 1990?

I disagree because vic-20 C=64 and A500 are "keyboard computer"s and made before 1990 (beginning of '80s) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.149.147.21 (talk) 12:28, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. I'd have to say that most of the 'home computers' of the 70s and 80s were of the 'keyboard' type. Vic20, C64/C16/Plus4 etc, original C128; Amiga 500/500+; Atari 400, 800, 1200, ST (520/1040); ZX Spectrum series; Apple IIe; BBC Micro. And plenty others. Many of these lines continued into the 90s as well with direct successors to the models above (Amiga 500->Amiga 600/1200, Atari STs->Atari Falcon, C64->Commodore 65DX, etc). The only caveat is that a number of those machines required external disk drives to operate meaningfully (C64s etc). But there's still the mid-80s Amiga/Atari keyboard lines that had everything built in except the screen and power supply unit. And even then, I believe some of the later Atari ST keyboards (or 'wedges', as we used to call keyboard computers) had their PSU built in. Renegrade (talk) 10:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Phantom Eee"?

The article talks about a the Phantom Eee as if it were a product, with a section called "Phantom Eee". I believe this is incorrect and here phantom should be understood as an adjective meaning vaporware/late in the title of the referenced article. The product, when it was released was called Eee Keyboard. I'm fixing this in the article to clairify the product name, link to the already existing article on Wikipedia, and Asus' webpage with specs. aaron (talk) 14:43, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Keyboard computer is an early home computer

I think most would agree that what is stated in this article as a "keyboard computer" can be considered an early "home computer". This could even be subjective to some since early home computers used expansion components such as floppy drives and items such as Tandy's Multi-Pak Interface (though they should be considered peripherals. All things considered, this article should either go up for deletion or be merged into the home computer page. Karverstudio (talk) 16:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Sources to help further improve this article

https://www.pcgamer.com/a-look-back-at-the-weird-terrible-keyboards-of-70s-and-80s-pcs/ https://gizmodo.com/the-raspberry-pi-400-is-a-70-computer-built-inside-a-k-1845548285 https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/this-keyboard-has-an-entire-computer-inside-story-7cqysRN1NdXQDeRsHcSiTO.html

HadenKarshner (talk) 23:55, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]