[ Retro Scan of the Week ] Star Trek KB and Mouse
Monday, May 25th, 2015
Make it no, Number One.
I once lampooned a Klingon keyboard for a PC World slideshow back in 2009 (looks like the images on that slideshow are broken now — bummer), so I found it especially fun when I ran across this entry for a Star Trek-themed keyboard and mouse in a 1995 Things You Never Knew Existed catalog.
The year 1995 seemed like the height of TV Star Trek, with TNG ending not long before, Voyager starting, and DS9 still on a roll. So it was as an appropriate time as ever to market a keyboard and mouse like this. Sadly, neither one looks very comfortable to use. But if ergonomics were the point of novelty products, then Things You Never Knew Exsited would have never existed.
By the way, I love the extremely 1995 hairstyle. I think my hair looked like back then too.
Discussion Topic of the Week: What is the weirdest keyboard or mouse you have ever used?
