How history repeats itself... The original Commodore PET [1] had such a keyboard layout [2,3], this was seen as a disadvantage compared to rivals like the Appl

How history repeats itself... The original Commodore PET [1] had such a keyboard layout [2,3], this was seen as a disadvantage compared to rivals like the Apple-II and the TRS80 which sported "real" (staggered) keyboards. The oddball layout mostly was the result of Commodore starting out as a company making calculators where the square layout is the norm. They moved to a "real" keyboard for the next version [4]. Fast-forward a few decades and that original PET layout starts to become innovative again. Maybe one of these companies should sell a portable version of the PET keyboard with similar keycaps and colour, it would probably sell quite well. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Commodore_PET2001.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Commodor... [2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/PET_2001_Series-IMG_1724.JPG/800px-PET_2001_Series-IMG_1724.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/PE... [3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/PET_Keyboard_improved.svg/800px-PET_Keyboard_improved.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/PE... [4] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Pet4016.png/800px-Pet4016.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Pe...