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Title: IBM PC XT 93! key Keyboard with "Keypatch 10"
Post by: TexasFlood on Sun, 26 September 2010, 18:42:06

IBM PC XT 93! key Keyboard with "Keypatch 10" (http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-PC-XT-93-key-Keyboard-Vintage-Keypatch-10-/330474981015?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0)
An XT board isn't much of a find in and of itself.
But that is that "Keypatch 10" thing?
I've never seen or heard of one of those.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!B2Gq,mwCGk~$(KGrHqZ,!h4E)ql(1bFZBMhHw)E3f!~~_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!B2GqbVg!Wk~$(KGrHqJ,!hYE)7uboGpnBMhHw4bYV!~~_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!B2GqcJgEWk~$(KGrHqV,!g8E)7wkdMDfBMhH)!ohUg~~_12.JPG)

Title: IBM PC XT 93! key Keyboard with "Keypatch 10"
Post by: WhiteRice on Sun, 26 September 2010, 18:44:50

I wonder if it was a small run or what.

Title: IBM PC XT 93! key Keyboard with "Keypatch 10"
Post by: HaaTa on Sun, 26 September 2010, 19:03:20

I think there was a post a while ago about one of those Keypatch things.

Ah, here (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=8668&highlight=keypatch) it is.

Title: IBM PC XT 93! key Keyboard with "Keypatch 10"
Post by: TexasFlood on Sun, 26 September 2010, 19:10:56

Quote from: HaaTa;227106

I think there was a post a while ago about one of those Keypatch things.

Ah, here (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=8668&highlight=keypatch) it is.

Quote from: kishy;227107

Yeah, we've seen these here before.

Edit: ninja'd

I searched for it but was searching for "keypatch 10" not just "keypatch" so missed it.  I searched google books and found this old article from InfoWorld Sep 5, 1988.
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12633)

Title: IBM PC XT 93! key Keyboard with "Keypatch 10"
Post by: Shawn Stanford on Mon, 27 September 2010, 06:35:18

Through the parallel port? WTF? They couldn't figure out how to do a passthrough on the keyboard port?