Say hello to the Elgato Stream Deck’s great-grandpa.

[Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24840375/236739_Optimus_Maximus_Elgato_Stream_Deck_retrospective_JPorter_002.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24840376/236739_Optimus_Maximus_Elgato_Stream_Deck_retrospective_JPorter_003.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24840377/236739_Optimus_Maximus_Elgato_Stream_Deck_retrospective_JPorter_004.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24840379/236739_Optimus_Maximus_Elgato_Stream_Deck_retrospective_JPorter_006.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24840380/236739_Optimus_Maximus_Elgato_Stream_Deck_retrospective_JPorter_007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25544859/image.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25544858/image2.png?quality=90&strip=all] Before he left The Verge, my colleague Jon Porter was able to try the Optimus Popularis — the LCD keyboard that paved the way for every LCD keypad since. While we weren’t quite able to feature Jon’s hands-on images in our feature story, we figured you might appreciate them! Psst: if you’ve got the even earlier Optimus Maximus lying around, I’d love to try it!

July 25, 2024 · 1 min · 108 words · Felicia Nelson

This was before he leftthe verge , my workfellow jon porter was able-bodied to stress the optimus popularis — the lcd keyboard that pave the style for every lcd computer keyboard since .

While we were n’t quite able-bodied to sport Jon ’s hand - on imagesin our characteristic write up , we picture you might apprize them !

This was psst : if you ’ve fuck off the even early optimus maximus lie in around , i ’d have a go at it to prove it !

By 2012, the keys already looked much like the Stream Deck’s lenses.

By 2012, the keys already looked much like the Stream Deck’s lenses.Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge

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They’ve got that concave, inverse bubble-wrap effect.

Bonus: Here’s the keyboard’s industrial designer, Timur Burbaev, holding up the lens assembly on our video call.

The inside of the lens array.

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