Editing ICL One Per Desk

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{{infobox dkeyboard
| name         = ICL One Per Desk keyboard
| image name   = ICL One-Per-Desk keyboard front view.JPG
| manufacturer = [[Alps Electric]]
| switch       = [[Alps semi-integrated dome]]
| layouts      = QWERTY Custom
| weight       = 435 g
| years        = 1984–1985
| keycaps      = 
}}

This is the keyboard for the OPD (One Per Desk) computer which was manufactured by [[ICL]]. This 73-key keyboard uses the standard QWERTY layout with 10 of the keys colour coded to act as function keys and double as a "telephone style" numeric pad. The keyboard itself was manufactured by [[Alps Electric]] and uses [[Alps semi-integrated dome]] switches (Alps SKEY-like open rubber dome switches with separate sliders).

Keyboards with black QWERTY keys and a red ENTER key are export units intended for the Australian market, whereas keyboards in standard OPD/Tonto Colours but with inverted "£" and "#" symbols and 3 letter "telephone" groups on the front faces of the numeric pad are thought to be export units for North America. <!-- Most of this article was just stolen from rwapsoftware.co.uk including all the errors. I assume they meant '£' not ' ' and lost £ due to an encoding error, as swapping # and space would be stupid. -->

Later versions of the keyboard have blocking diodes on 5 keys.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250px heights=187px>
File:ICL One-Per-Desk keyboard front view.JPG | Top view
File:ICL One-Per-Desk keyboard PCB.JPG        | PCB
File:Alps semi integrated dome topview.jpg    | Closeup of the switch
</gallery>

==External links==
* RWAP Software — [http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/oneperdesk/technical_info.html ICL One Per Desk]
* Planet Sinclair — [http://rk.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/clones/opd.htm ICL One Per Desk]
* Wikipedia — [[Wikipedia:One Per Desk|One Per Desk]]
* computinghistory.org.uk  — [http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4938/ICL-OPD/ One Per Desk]

[[Category:ICL keyboards]]
[[Category:Vintage keyboards]]
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Keyboards with Alps semi-integrated dome switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboards]]