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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Parak on Mon, 01 November 2010, 19:01:55

Title: Another ancient mainframe keyboard
Post by: Parak on Mon, 01 November 2010, 19:01:55

Larglier = Betterer. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300488304192)

Last one (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=12365) went for $172.49.

Also, if anyone that is grabbing these from hereabouts, I demand autopsy por^H^H^H pictures.

Title: Another ancient mainframe keyboard
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 02 November 2010, 06:58:04

Damn.  You think all of the buttons are wired to the main unit?  You could tie a cruise ship to dock with that cable.

Title: Another ancient mainframe keyboard
Post by: Shawn Stanford on Tue, 02 November 2010, 07:19:06

I was thinking about that. Considering the (relatively) small size of the unit, it's likely that the controller isn't onboard and that the cable supports a wire for each point on the matrix.

Title: Another ancient mainframe keyboard
Post by: erricrice on Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:09:08

We don't need no stinking diodes, we'll just put a separate wire for each switch! Now THAT's N-key rollover!

(http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v307/170/124/633974204/n633974204_807210_1834.jpg)

Title: Another ancient mainframe keyboard
Post by: zefrer on Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:43:51

Hell, Maltron _still_ do that.