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Hmmmm.... For Windows computers, I think there are lots of cheap, external keyboards that simply plug in (usb connection). I have seen some nifty looking ones, and small ones if that is what you would like. Have you looked at Best Buy or Amazon? Our Goodwills here in town always have lots of the larger ones. You would have to make sure that they are for Windows. If cleaning out cat hair is a problem, you could always get the cheapest possible and just replace it every so often.

For my needs, I always buy a large Logitech GAMER keyboard. Why? Because I love PROGRAMABLE keys. (I do a lot of text editing and like my most-used keys over at left side of keyboard--copy, paste, delete, cut and more specific key macros I use for programs I use that require say 3 characters to show that a recipe is beginning: [[[ (used for RecipeClips which helps me prep long groups of recipes for import into Mastercook. RC is a free tool and is programmed to do all kinds of recipe 'cleanup' things before bringing them all into a Mast4ercook cookbook. Long story, and more than you probably want to know here, but one of the cool things about RecipeClips is that I can put the book name and author, etc., at top of the recipes and RC will make each recipe within the group have identical metadata (source info). SO, I often like my REAL keyboard (Logitec's) because it of the special programmable keys PLUS it is BIGGER...well lit...and has other special keys that normal keyboards don't usually have. I've been addicted to gamer keyboards for many many years NOT for gaming but for office type use.

You might find some wee little keyboards for $15 or so. I swear I have seen some and have been tempted. I think there are also MAC ones if you use a MAC.