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Title: Ancient.
Post by: Parak on Tue, 26 October 2010, 18:52:43

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri, and heavy mainframe keyboards were real heavy mainframe keyboards. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300485913999)

Title: Ancient.
Post by: Ekaros on Tue, 26 October 2010, 18:57:41

Quote from: Parak;239161

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri, and heavy mainframe keyboards were real heavy mainframe keyboards. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300485913999)

Ah, that looks like nuclear-war-proof keyboard, also, is there realy individual connector for each key?

Title: Ancient.
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 26 October 2010, 19:27:48

It's looking like it. I wonder why they just cut off the cable though.

One thing I bet one could do with that keyboard though would be hooking it up to a more modern controller. I wonder how it would turn out.

Title: Ancient.
Post by: HaaTa on Tue, 26 October 2010, 19:41:22

Hmm, someone with some money go buy it for science...please.

Yeah, that's you, webby :P

Title: Ancient.
Post by: kps on Tue, 26 October 2010, 20:40:41

For too crude to have been an actual IBM product, but the layout is that of an EBCDIC keypunch (except for the curious omission of “;” and “:”), so it would have come from an IBM customer.

Title: Ancient.
Post by: zefrer on Tue, 26 October 2010, 21:26:06

Was probably hard wired to the mainframe so they had to cut it.

Title: Ancient.
Post by: chimera15 on Wed, 27 October 2010, 01:20:08

Looks like it was cobbled together in someone's garage.

Title: Ancient.
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 27 October 2010, 03:15:28

Doesn't look like something IBM would have made. Interesting though...

Title: Ancient.
Post by: Ekaros on Wed, 27 October 2010, 03:35:03

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Doesn't look like something IBM would have made. Interesting though...

Yeah, hmm, more of an third party keyboard...

Dismantled in 60s? It must be old...