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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Parak on Sun, 10 October 2010, 03:50:38
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170550817892
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I'm going to be keeping an eye on this one.
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Interesting
Gonna go for it ch_123?
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Same keyboard was recently discussed in this thread (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=11957).
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Same keyboard was recently discussed in this thread (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=11957). Fine if you're an antique collector but almost certainly won't be able to actually use it as a keyboard.
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I'm going to be keeping an eye on this one.
I'm going to be keeping an eye on you keeping an eye on it.
My other eye will be... performing tricks in a circus... I mean.. scanning the internet to see if this is a beam spring keyboard. If it is, I want it! I'd give a left eye for it. (preferably yours, not mine)
:spy:
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This looks a similar type:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-5641316-310X-23-A9016-Keyboard-/380276096766?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588a38befe
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Looks exactly like this IBM 3270 Display Terminal (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/basics/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.znetwork/znetwork_261.htm) shown on IBM's own site, less the numeric keypad of course.
(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/basics/topic/com.ibm.zos.znetwork/SG246772-170.gif)
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my watch list is watching you guys ;)
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I don't know how to prove or disprove that these are beam spring keyboards. Both what I've read and the depth of the case seem to indicate that they are, but I don't know how to be sure.
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That's kind of cool!
Too bad it doesn't have an IBM badge though...
shipping is $40... BAH. No way I'm ever buying that thing. I wouldn't even be able to use it anyhow...
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That's kind of cool!
Too bad it doesn't have an IBM badge though...
shipping is $40... BAH. No way I'm ever buying that thing. I wouldn't even be able to use it anyhow...
Yep, it's a bit pricey. And as for not having an IBM badge, it is a shame but consistent with the picture of the similar 3270 keyboard. I think that I actually had one of this type of keyboard years ago but tossed it since it was unusable. If I had it to do over again I'd at least take it apart to see how it was constructed. Water under the bridge now.
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I'm going for it. I'm in need of some sample beam spring boards for my project, so I'll take a chance that this is what it seems to be. If I get this one I'll still be in the market for a Displaywriter board as well, to compare the electronics and key matrices inside so I can make a controller that's compatible with both.
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I'm going for it. I'm in need of some sample beam spring boards for my project, so I'll take a chance that this is what it seems to be. If I get this one I'll still be in the market for a Displaywriter board as well, to compare the electronics and key matrices inside so I can make a controller that's compatible with both.
It's a shame that people part all of this IBM equipment into fragments.
If whoever has the keyboard kept the oriignal terminal/computer with it, it would be at least usable in a minor sense.
I like trying to figure out how I can make old stuff useful. Although recently I gutted a 5160 for the case (that leaves one 5160 and one 5150!).
Still have all of the parts of course. Maybe some vintage nut wants a 5160 mobo.
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If whoever has the keyboard kept the oriignal terminal/computer with it, it would be at least usable in a minor sense.
Well, if my plan is successful, I hope to make it usable in a major sense, as in making the keyboard work with a modern PC.
Beyond a few museums, I doubt there are many people who wish to have a huge mainframe just to be able to show off the operation of an old keyboard.
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The terminals are only usable with IBM mainframe. I guess you could set up OS/390 in an emulator and hook the terminal up to your PC somehow, but I'm not sure why you'd bother.
Now, if only I could get my mitts on a 3101, those are just serial terminals that you theoretically use with a Linux machine.