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The Gateway AnyKey is a programmable computer keyboard that was sold exclusively [2] by Gateway 2000, Inc., as an option for some of their desktop computers.Introduced in the spring of 1991, [3] the keyboard was manufactured in at least five known versions and incarnations by Tucson, Arizona–based Maxi Switch, Inc., a subsidiary of the Lite-On Technology Corporation. [4]
The concept of the "any key" has become a popular piece of computer-related humor, [9] and was used as a gag on The Simpsons, in the seventh-season episode "King-Size Homer", where Homer Simpson searches the keyboard looking for "the any key". A picture of a keyboard which has been photo manipulated to include an "ANY" key.
QMK (Quantum Mechanical Keyboard [2]) is open-source firmware for microcontrollers that control computer keyboards. [3] [4] [5] The QMK Configurator is freely available software which facilitates designing keyboard layouts and then turning them into firmware files. The QMK Toolkit is freely available software which facilitates the flashing or ...
The combinations always assume the QWERTY keyboard layout; [citation needed] for example, on the Dvorak keyboard layout, the combination to shut down the system uses the R key instead of O. Furthermore, some keyboards may not provide a separate SysRq key. In this case, a separate PrtScn key should be present.
The keyboard sends the key code to the keyboard driver running in the main computer; if the main computer is operating, it commands the light to turn on. All the other indicator lights work in a similar way. The keyboard driver also tracks the shift, alt and control state of the keyboard.
[3] [4] Devices may not have a dedicated Reset button, but have the user hold the power button to cut power, which the user can then turn the computer back on. [5] Out-of-band management also frequently provides the possibility to reset the remote system in this way.
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Some non-English language keyboards have special keys to produce accented modifications of the standard Latin-letter keys. In fact, the standard British keyboard layout includes an accent key on the top-left corner to produce àèìòù, although this is a two step procedure, with the user pressing the accent key, releasing, then pressing the letter key.