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A keyboard for a notebook computer, personal computer, Personal Data Assistance computer or a game having two keyboard sections. In one embodiment the sections are fixedly mounted on the underside of the chassis of the device and the keys are arranged with half the keys on one section and half the k

A keyboard for a notebook computer, personal computer, Personal Data Assistance computer or a game having two keyboard sections. In one embodiment the sections are fixedly mounted on the underside of the chassis of the device and the keys are arranged with half the keys on one section and half the keys are on the other section and positioned such that each key is in a natural position corresponding to the position of the keys when one is typing on a conventional keyboard. In another embodiment, each section is hingeably attached to an edge of the keyboard and the keyboard may be used in one position where the sections extend from the keyboard and face the user an another position where the sections are folded against the backside of the chassis of the device.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. A keyboard for an electronic device, said device being one of(i) a notebook computer;(ii) a personal digital assistant computer;(iii) a game;mounted in a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape and front surface opposite a rear surface; wherein said keyboard comprises:sai

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A keyboard for an electronic device, said device being one of(i) a notebook computer;(ii) a personal digital assistant computer;(iii) a game;mounted in a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape and front surface opposite a rear surface; wherein said keyboard comprises:said front surface facing an operator when said operator is operating said device;a right keyboard section having a right array of keys arranged on a key side of said right keyboard section;a left keyboard section having a left array of keys arranged on a key side of said left keyboard section;said right and left arrays arranged to provide that when said right keyboard section is positioned with a parting edge of said right keyboard section against a parting edge of said left keyboard section, the combination of said left and right arrays is arranged identically to a standard keyboard;means for securing said backside of said right keyboard section and said backside of said left keyboard section to said rear surface of said chassis oriented in a first position to provide that when said user faces said front surface and holds said device with a left hand holding a left edge and a right hand holding a right edge of said device, fingers of said left and right hand are in a normal position in which the palms of the hand are turned toward the face of the user and they have the same spatial relationship to said left and right arrays respectively as when the fingers are positioned for typing on a standard keyboard.