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Title: What is this keyboard?
Post by: cheater on Sun, 27 December 2020, 23:24:47
It seems like there should be a sticky "identify this thing" thread somewhere, but I can't find it... so... does anyone know what this keyboard is?
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Title: Re: What is this keyboard?
Post by: quadibloc on Sun, 27 December 2020, 23:46:44
I did a search on the image. It turns out the original source of the image is a Reddit post by someone who bought the keyboard on eBay. It's a Sperry Univac keyboard with Hall Effect switches. Knowing that it's from Sperry Univac may give me a chance to find other images of the same keyboard to determine what terminal it came from.

Yes! I struck gold. Using the name of the manufacturer, I found this thread on Deskthority:
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=22641
which provides many more pictures of a specimen of this keyboard without a missing key.
Title: Re: What is this keyboard?
Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 28 December 2020, 03:24:45
for future reference, DT has an identification thread (https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10405) and they can always give you an answer
Title: Re: What is this keyboard?
Post by: cheater on Mon, 28 December 2020, 06:01:07
Quote from: quadibloc on Sun, 27 December 2020, 23:46:44
I did a search on the image. It turns out the original source of the image is a Reddit post by someone who bought the keyboard on eBay. It's a Sperry Univac keyboard with Hall Effect switches. Knowing that it's from Sperry Univac may give me a chance to find other images of the same keyboard to determine what terminal it came from.

Yes! I struck gold. Using the name of the manufacturer, I found this thread on Deskthority:
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=22641
which provides many more pictures of a specimen of this keyboard without a missing key.

nice sleuthing! i thought it was pretty and needed to know more. yeah, it does look like a univac thing!
Title: Re: What is this keyboard?
Post by: cheater on Mon, 28 December 2020, 06:01:41
Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 28 December 2020, 03:24:45
for future reference, DT has an identification thread (https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10405) and they can always give you an answer

oh nice. i wonder if gh should have this too. i offer this thread as a place for keyboard ID-ing
Title: Re: What is this keyboard?
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 28 December 2020, 08:08:14
It's not an IBM/Lexmark Model M15 :-þ
Title: Re: What is this keyboard?
Post by: cheater on Mon, 28 December 2020, 20:36:54
Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 28 December 2020, 08:08:14
It's not an IBM/Lexmark Model M15 :-þ

i don't know why you would mention that. I do not own an IBM/Lexmark Model M15 with numpad NOS.