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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: berserkfan on Wed, 01 May 2013, 07:22:38
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I don't know anything about the price and have no intention of bidding, but I find this keyboard very interesting. Wonder what a 'broadband series test system' is.
http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/Keyboard-and-Integrated-Trackball-HP-E4220B-Broadband-Series-Test-System-/251184660743?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7bc5c107#ht_4966wt_1449
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It's from HP version of PAC type computer for testing networking equipments. Though it is nothing special really just a domes keyboard.
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Ivan, can you enlighten us lesser geeks why you need a special keyboard to test networking equipment? this doesn't exactly look mobile. I can't imagine a technician walking around with this
It's from HP version of PAC type computer for testing networking equipments. Though it is nothing special really just a domes keyboard.
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Ivan, can you enlighten us lesser geeks why you need a special keyboard to test networking equipment? this doesn't exactly look mobile. I can't imagine a technician walking around with this
Back in the not too distant past I certainly could. It's not the keyboard that's special. It's the whole unit: Link (http://www.equipland.com/ccp1399-agilent-hp-e4200b-broadband-series-test-system-28b-e4200b-tsm198.htm). Be sure to check out the pictures.
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OMG, you really made my day.
That thing must have been 20lbs. And it actually has a 4gb hard disk drive - which was like what, godly powerful for something dating from the 1990s?
"The E4200B Form-7 chassis is designed for transportable use and is a popular choice for field trials"
Ah yes, back in those days when 3 pounds was considered light for a 'mobile' phone with a 1-foot antenna.
This lesser geek has learned something. ;D
Ivan, can you enlighten us lesser geeks why you need a special keyboard to test networking equipment? this doesn't exactly look mobile. I can't imagine a technician walking around with this
Back in the not too distant past I certainly could. It's not the keyboard that's special. It's the whole unit: Link (http://www.equipland.com/ccp1399-agilent-hp-e4200b-broadband-series-test-system-28b-e4200b-tsm198.htm). Be sure to check out the pictures.