Sony NEWS NWP-411A

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Sony NEWS NWP-411A
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 Between 1987-1995
Price Unknown

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Introduction

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[1]. It was released in January, 1987 with the initial release of the Sony NEWS workstations[2].

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References

  1. PFU Fujitsu's Keyboard Collection
  2. Sony's History article on the NEWS Workstations

External links

Brief history of the Sony NEWS workstation (in Japanese)

Table of the various revisions of Sony NEWS workstations

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