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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">Computer keyboard</a>.</div>

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<p>A <b>keyboard computer</b> is a computer which contains all of the regular components of a <a href="Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computer</a>, except for a screen, in the same housing as the keyboard. The power supply is typically external and connects to the computer via an <a href="Adapter" title="Adapter">adapter</a> cable. The motherboard is specially designed to fit inside, and the device is larger than most standard keyboards. Additional <a href="Peripheral_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Peripheral device">peripheral devices</a> such as a <a href="Computer_monitor" title="Computer monitor">monitor</a> are connected to the computer via external <a href="Computer_port_(hardware)" title="Computer port (hardware)">ports</a>. Usually a minimum of storage devices, if any, is built in.

</p><p>Most home computers produced during the late 1970s and 1980s were keyboard computers, the <a href="ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a> and most models of the <a href="Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, <a href="Subor" title="Subor">Xiao Bawang</a>, <a href="Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="Apple_II" title="Apple II">Apple II</a>, and <a href="Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> being prime examples. While this form factor went out of style around 1990 in favour for more modular <a href="Desktop_computer" title="Desktop computer">desktop</a> setups, some notable <a href="X86" title="X86">x86</a> keyboard computers have been built, like the <a href="Olivetti" title="Olivetti">Olivetti</a> Prodest PC1 in 1988<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="Schneider_Euro_PC" title="Schneider Euro PC">Schneider Euro PC</a> Series between 1988 and 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Newer computers to employ this form factor include the <a href="Commodore_64#Brand_reuse" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64 WebIt</a> by Tulip, the <a href="Asus_Eee_Keyboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Asus Eee Keyboard">Asus Eee Keyboard</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-register1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-press_release_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press_release-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which uses <a href="Intel_Atom" title="Intel Atom">Intel Atom</a> processors and <a href="Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">Solid-state drive</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-specs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-specs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the unreleased Commodore Invictus PC.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2020, <a href="Raspberry_Pi_Foundation" title="Raspberry Pi Foundation">Raspberry Pi Foundation</a> announced <a href="Raspberry_Pi#Raspberry_Pi_400" title="Raspberry Pi">Raspberry Pi 400</a>, a modified version of their previous Raspberry Pi 4 housed entirely within a keyboard.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="ASUS_Eee_Keyboard" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUS Eee Keyboard">ASUS Eee Keyboard</a> computer</div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Raspberry_Pi" title="Raspberry Pi">Raspberry Pi</a> 400</div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Amiga_1200" title="Amiga 1200">Amiga 1200</a></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Schneider_Euro_PC" title="Schneider Euro PC">Schneider Euro PC</a></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Apple_II_(1977_computer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple II (1977 computer)">Apple II</a></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Olivetti_Prodest_PC128" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivetti Prodest PC128">Olivetti Prodest PC128</a></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a></div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_best_selling_keyboard_computers">List of best selling keyboard computers</h2></div>

<caption>Best selling keyboard computers<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<td><a href="Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a></td>

<td>~<span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">.</span>17 million</td>

<td>1982

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<td><a href="Amiga_500" title="Amiga 500">Amiga 500</a></td>

<td>~<span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0.</span>6 million</td>

<td>1987

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<td>~<span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0.</span>5 million</td>

<td>1983

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<td><a href="ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a></td>

<td>~<span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0.</span>5 million</td>

<td>1982

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<td><a href="Timex_Sinclair_1000" title="Timex Sinclair 1000">Timex Sinclair 1000</a></td>

<td>~0.5 million<br>in first 6 months</td>

<td>1982

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<ul><li><a href="All-in-one_computer" title="All-in-one computer">All-in-one computer</a></li>

<li><a href="History_of_computing" title="History of computing">History of computing</a></li>

<li><a href="Home_computer" title="Home computer">Home computer</a></li></ul>

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