Editing Northgate OmniKey/101

{{infobox dkeyboard
| family       = [[Northgate OmniKey]]
| image name   = Northgate OmniKey 101-top view.jpg 
| pn           = 555,0012
| branding     = [[Northgate Computer Systems]]
| fcc          = GT6OMNIKEY101
| manufacturer = 
| switch       = [[Alps SKCM White]]
| layouts      = 101 Key [[ANSI]]
| interface    = [[PS/2]] female connector. [[XT keyboard interface|PC/XT]], [[AT keyboard interface|PC/AT]] and Amiga protocol and others.
| weight       = 
| years        = 
| price        = $89 (1992)<ref name="PCMag-19920225" />
| features     = Extensive customisation using [[DIP switch|DIP switches]]
| discontinued = Yes
}}

The '''Northgate OmniKey/101''' is a personal computer keyboard produced by [[Northgate Computer Systems]]. Using a series of [[DIP switch]]es it can be configured to a variety of keyboard protocols and layouts. It is capable of [[Rollover, blocking and ghosting|N-key rollover]].
The keyboard is no longer in production.

==Switches==
The OmniKey/101 uses complicated clicky [[Alps SKCM White]] switches. 

[[File:Northgate OmniKey 101-white complicated Alps.jpg |300px|thumb|none|Close up of one of the switches]]

==Keycaps==
The keycap legends are [[Double-shot molding|double shot]] except for those on the front of the 'Print Screen' and 'Pause' keys. The keys are sculpted, i.e. each row has its own [[Keyboard profile|profile]]. The keycap type is [[UKF DS03]].

[[File:Northgate OmniKey 101-double shots and Alps.jpg |300px|thumb|none|Double-shot keycaps]]

==Configurability==
Several parameters can be changed using the [[DIP switch]]es underneath the Northgate logo plate in the top left corner of the keyboard:
* [[XT keyboard interface|XT]], [[AT keyboard interface|AT]], Tandy 1000, Amiga 2000, Amiga 2500, ATT WGS or ATT 6300 protocol
* Swapping location of <code>Caps Lock</code>, <code>Alt</code> and <code>Ctrl</code>; the manual notes that replacement keycaps are included along with a keycap puller
* Swapping <code>*</code> and <code>\</code>
* Layout: QWERTY or [[Keyboard layouts#Dvorak|Dvorak]]
* Sticky keys

[[File:Northgate OmniKey 101-DIP switches.jpg |300px|thumb|none|DIP switches underneath the logo plate]]

==Manual==
The manual covers the following models, see below for a download link.
* 101
* 102
* Inverted T ULTRA
* ULTRA
* ULTRA Amiga

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Northgate OmniKey 101-top view.jpg               | Top view
File:Northgate OmniKey 101-bottom view.jpg            | Bottom view
File:Northgate OmniKey 101-double shots and Alps.jpg  | Double-shot keycaps, white clicky Alps switches
File:Northgate OmniKey 101-white complicated Alps.jpg | Switch detail (complicated clicky white Alps)
File:Northgate OmniKey 101-DIP switches.jpg           | DIP switches
File:Northgate OmniKey 101-female connector.jpg       | Female connector at the backside of the keyboard
File:Northgate_OmniKey_101-internal.jpg               | Keyboard partly disassembled revealing some of the internal components
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[:File:Northgate OmniKey Users Guide Apr92.pdf|OmniKey User's Guide]] (April 1992)

==External links==
* Bob Tibbet — [http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/ Northgate keyboard repair page]
* Lueck Data Systems — [http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/Northgate_OmniKey_Keyboards Scanned manual along with programming software]
* Keyboard Gloom — [http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~duelist/omni_101/index.htm Northgate Omnikey 101] (Japanese only)
* Sandy — [http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/alps.html#Northgate Sandy55's webpage on Northgate Omnikey 101] (Japanese only)

==References==
<references>
<ref name="PCMag-19920225">Google Books — [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iYmIeqES1fYC&pg=PT280 PC Magazine, February 25, 1992] (The Write Stuff, pp. 303–329)</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Northgate OmniKey series]]
[[Category:Office keyboards]]
[[Category:Keyboards with Alps SKCL/SKCM switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboards]]