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ThinkPad 701 (1995 laptop with a very unique keyboard) (upload.wikimedia.org)

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Rather than put a smaller keyboard on this "compact" notebook computer, IBM decided to develop a special keyboard where the two halves would slide out and lock into place.

Video by SMCH on YouTube, licensed CC BY.

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[–] addie@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, considering how dusty and hard-to-clean normal laptops are, this thing looks like hell. If you need a decent keyboard for extended typing, it's not so hard to carry a USB / Bluetooth one, this just looks like the worst of all worlds.