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Title: Is this any good? IBM POS Keyboard
Post by: shag on Sun, 13 June 2010, 20:29:59

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Brand-New-IBM-POS-KEYBOARD-41K6960-W-CARD-READER_W0QQitemZ110545692714QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item19bd09682a (http://cgi.ebay.ca/Brand-New-IBM-POS-KEYBOARD-41K6960-W-CARD-READER_W0QQitemZ110545692714QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item19bd09682a)

Just a noob looking for a not-so-bad keyboard. Is this any good, or is this what it's called - POS?

Title: Is this any good? IBM POS Keyboard
Post by: kishy on Sun, 13 June 2010, 20:58:58

I'm going to suspect it's rubber dome (not good), but that TrackPoint might be usable in mods (price is high for that purpose only though).

I wonder if that cable has the same SDL pinout as the M5-2 dual PS/2 cable?

Title: Is this any good? IBM POS Keyboard
Post by: Infinite north on Sun, 13 June 2010, 21:30:06

Long shift is long.

Title: Is this any good? IBM POS Keyboard
Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 13 June 2010, 23:47:13

Looks like an ANIPOS. They are heavy-duty rubber domes. Not great for typing, but high-quality overall.

Title: Is this any good? IBM POS Keyboard
Post by: ricercar on Tue, 15 June 2010, 12:29:26

Quote from: shag;192853

Is this any good, or is this what it's called - POS?

Welcome to Geekhack. FYI, on this forum POS stands for Point of Sale, not piece of ****.

Title: Is this any good? IBM POS Keyboard
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 15 June 2010, 18:55:20

Looks like some later derivative of the Model M7... rubber domes anyway.