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The split-spacebar idea is actually a lot older than this: http://www.impactcomputers.com/247431-101.html

Compaq called them Erase-Ease. I have one and it says 1997 on the back.

To account for left/right preference, you can use a key combination (something like ctrl-alt-shift-escape) to cycle between space-space, backspace-space, space-backspace configurations!

Edit: more links: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NMB+introduces+Erase-Ease+back...

And a comical example of someone stumbling upon the configuration key combo: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.sys.pc-clone.com...



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