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A keyboard structure is supported on the top side of a base housing portion of a compact portable computer such as a notebook or laptop computer. In one keyboard embodiment pins on the keyboard are slidably received in slots on upstanding support brackets on the base housing, and in another keyboard embodiment the keyboard is movably secured to the base housing by pivotable support bars. When the lid portion of the computer is opened, the keyboard is in a storage/transport orientation in which it is generally parallel to the bottom wall of the base housing. With the lid portion opened, and the computer resting on a horizontal support surface, the keyboard may be used in this storage/transport orientation. The keyboard is supported on the base housing in a manner also permitting the keyboard to be moved forwardly relative to the base housing and be downwardly pivoted to a forwardly and downwardly sloped tilted use orientation in which the keyboard is disposed generally forwardly of the base housing, with a lower front edge portion of the keyboard downwardly engaging the support surface upon which the computer rests. In this manner, the notebook computer keyboard is disposed at an angle and elevation emulating the use orientation of a separate desktop computer keyboard.
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