Workboy: The Game Boy Keyboard That Never Was
Hacker News·0mo·tosh
Tosh documented Workboy, an unreleased QWERTY keyboard peripheral designed for Game Boy in the early 90s. The project reveals how hardware experiments from that era—even failed ones—offer lessons in ergonomics, interface design, and the constraints makers face when building for locked platforms.
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