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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Lethal Squirrel on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:35:46

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: Lethal Squirrel on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:35:46

My friend's mom asked if I wanted to look through a pile of old various electronics she had. I seen a the coiled up cable sticking out and automatically thought, Model M! I pulled it out and was like "oh, just a rubber dome" then I clicked the keys thinking "every time I get my hopes up and press a key it turns out being just a normal piece of crap" I pressed the keys and was almost shocked. I knew right away it was cherry blacks.

First thing I noticed about this thing was the huge ass space bar. and the weird layout.

here are some picks.

Tenkeyless?
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515517.jpg)
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515510.jpg)
Double Shots.
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515511.jpg)
The keys are a lot shorter than normal
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515512.jpg)
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515513.jpg)
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515514.jpg)
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515515.jpg)
What is this weird cable?
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515516.jpg)
(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/37620/1515517.jpg)

So basically. Is this worthless or a nice find?
and is there a way to actually use this with windows?

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:42:37

Terminal keyboard, hence the phone jack connector. If you can figure out what kind of terminal it went with you could probably build an adapter.

The guys on IRC believe it's a Wyse terminal board.

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: Soarer on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:43:49

Nice! Layout looks pretty good to me, but you're right about the spacebar... caps lock isn't shy either!! I wonder what it's from, it looks a bit mac like maybe?

edit: ok, terminal I could believe too :)

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:47:03

Clearly that has the number pad, it's just a compact layout. Not tenkeyless.

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: theferenc on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:50:43

That navigationless layout is what I've always wanted in a Model M. Well, with a normal main block, anyway.

I also think that's a Wyse terminal board. The arrow keys are very Wyse like.

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:23:05

Anything that's using a phone cable can't be too hard to figure out in terms of conversion. I think there may be something documented somewhere if it is in fact a Wyse.

But yeah, nice find!

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:29:18

That is for sure a Wyse terminal board. Look them up on ebay. Have fun getting them to work, it's daunting.

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: Lethal Squirrel on Sat, 02 July 2011, 20:23:00

Quote from: DaemonRaccoon;372178

Clearly that has the number pad, it's just a compact layout. Not tenkeyless.

yeah i know. I realized that after i posted and tried to fix it but my internet crapped out

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: Pylon on Sat, 02 July 2011, 21:39:46

Looks very similar to a WYSE, though it lacks those yellow arrow keys.

Title: Found A Weird Keyboard.
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 02 July 2011, 22:40:15

Has the exact same layout and doubleshots with the same font, but with black instead of the blue and yellow legends that is standard on the Wyse wy60 without the branding. Wonder if it was some special order equipment for a large firm, as I've never seen one with the black legends before.