Avant Stellar

Last updated December 10, 2025

The Avant Stellar is a mechanical keyboard that was produced by Creative Vision Technologies Inc (CVT).^[1] It was the successor to the popular and successful OmniKey keyboard by Northgate Computers,^[2] and was regarded as being very similar to the OmniKey Plus.^[3] It is no longer in production.^[2]^[4]

References

Footnotes

↑ "CVT Avant Stellar". PCWorld . International Data Group. April 27, 2004. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
1 2 "Definition of: Avant Stellar keyboard". PC Magazine . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
↑ Bruce Thompson & Fritchman Thompson 2000.
↑ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven (March 20, 2015). "The best Chromebook ever: Google's 2015 Pixel". ZDNet . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

Sources

Bruce Thompson, Robert; Fritchman Thompson, Barbara (2000). "Choosing a Keyboard". PC Hardware in a Nutshell. O'Reilly Media. p. 607. ISBN 9781565925991.

Further reading

Leonhard, Woody (September 24, 2004), "Upgrading Keyboards", Windows XP All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, For Dummies (2nd ed.), John Wiley & Sons (published 2004), ISBN 0764574639
Bruce Thompson, Robert; Fritchman Thompson, Barbara (2006). "Input Devices". Repairing and Upgrading Your PC. In a Nutshell. Maker Media, Inc. p. 345. ISBN 9780596008666.
"Keyboard Happiness". PC Magazine . Vol. 24, no. 12. Ziff Davis. 2005. p. 71. ISSN 0888-8507.
Vance, Ashlee (November 7, 2005). "Throwback keyboard delivers sounds and feel of yesteryear". The Register . Situation Publishing. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016.
Ramsey, David (September 27, 2009). Olin Coles (ed.). "Professional Mechanical Keyboard Comparison". Benchmark Reviews. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016.
Dern, Daniel (May 26, 2011). "Computer de-evolution: Features that lost the evolutionary war". ITWorld. International Data Group. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016.

External links

"Archived copy of the official site". Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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[pcworld-1] "CVT Avant Stellar". PCWorld . International Data Group. April 27, 2004. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

[pcmagdef-2] 1 2 "Definition of: Avant Stellar keyboard". PC Magazine . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEBruce_ThompsonFritchman_Thompson2000-3] Bruce Thompson & Fritchman Thompson 2000.

[zdnetchromebook-4] Vaughan-Nichols, Steven (March 20, 2015). "The best Chromebook ever: Google's 2015 Pixel". ZDNet . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

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