Sony NEWS NWP-411A
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| Part number | NWP-411A |
|---|---|
| Branding | SONY, NEWS, Topre (on PCB) |
| Manufacturer | Topre |
| Layouts | 93-key Japanese |
| Keyswitches | Topre Switches |
| Interface | Proprietary cable |
| Weight | 1568g |
| Years of production | 1987-1995 |
Introduction[edit | edit source]
The Sony NEWS NWP-411A is a Japanese layout keyboard that came with Sony NEWS (Network Engineering Workstation) workstations sold in the late 1980's to mid 1990's. It interfaces with a proprietary DE9 connector with 6 pins and has an 8-pin Mini-DIN connector on the right side for connecting a mouse.
The NWP-411A came standard with Sony NEWS machines from the NWS-800 series through to the NWS-3xxx series<ref name="FU1" />. It was released in January, 1987 with the initial release of the Sony NEWS workstations<ref name="Sony1" />.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Mouse connector
External links[edit | edit source]
- Sony Japan — Brief history of the Sony NEWS workstation (Japanese)
- Katsu Watanabe — Table of the various revisions of Sony NEWS workstations (Partially Japanese)
References[edit | edit source]
<references> <ref name="FU1">PFU Fujitsu — Keyboard collection (Japanese)</ref> <ref name="Sony1">Sony Japan — History article on the NEWS Workstations (Japanese)</ref> </references>
