That crt screen reminds me of '97 when I was a wee little child. The graphics looked better then ;_;Closeup:
That crt screen reminds me of '97 when I was a wee little child. The graphics looked better then ;_;Closeup:Show Image(http://i40.tinypic.com/11brct2.jpg)
And suddenly all of GH descends on the New Jersey trying to steal that keyboard upon realizing Vectra means that's probably a hall-effect that natively does PS/2.Source? I haven't extensively researched HP computers, but I thought all the ones that were made after the mid 1980's or so were rubber dome. Also what type of hall effect switch is it? microswitch (doubtful), cortron (doubtful) or whatever IMSAI used (maybe?) or something new.
I think that battleship was controlled by the W.O.P.R. mainframe computer in the NORAD computing center which was located in a bunker somewhere under a mountain in Colorado, which was so secret that only a pair of plucky teenagers from Seattle could find it.Yeah, but they moved out when Stargate took over.
And suddenly all of GH descends on the New Jersey trying to steal that keyboard upon realizing Vectra means that's probably a hall-effect that natively does PS/2.Source? I haven't extensively researched HP computers. Also what type of hall effect switch is it? microswitch (doubtful), cortron (doubtful) or whatever IMSAI used (maybe?) or something new.
The reason I ask is because I like a good hall effect keyboard, and I couldn't get a good look at that one under the dustcover.
I'm not sure it's a vectra. I'm no HP expert, but the KB looks exactly like that 9020 one I linked. Even the box's floppy input and the CRT are the same (save the colour) Look at the shape of the keycaps (spherical: same as vintage HP), instead of vectra keycaps (look at the vectra tenkey, Awesome and distinctive!) and the shape / size positions of the function row (those miscellaneous half-height keycaps scattered across the top). It's a dead ringer.
Still, I find it interesting that honeywell is an HP partner. I'll have to start looking into vintage HP keyboards more. All the vintage HP keyboards I know of use what look like either futaba or SMK switches. If you have any models you know of that didn't, I am always interested to learn more.
As far as new production HE keyswitches: I haven't seen any available since MECI ran out other than the Cortronics ones, which operate on an entirely different principle. I'm very interested in them and other solid state switches, so if you have any resources, links or further information, please PM it to me so I can buy some before they run out again. I've looked up honeywell's product catalog, and they haven't listed hall effect switches in the last several years or so. The most recent known keyboard with them is a SUN keypad from ca 1995. I still don't know who IMSAI used for their hall effects, but they appear different than the microswitch ones, and there's a chance they are still in production, hiding somewhere.
Microswitch has jush changed over their hall effects from the "vintage" round stems to the "modern" ones in 1981 or so. The vectra came out in 1985 which is when microswitch keyboards started to become more rare. There are tons of examples from the mid 1980's (symbolics, etc) but by the mid-to-late 1980's most companies (including symbolics) had switched to something else. The vectra came about in late 1985 when hall effect keyboards were starting to be phased out. I haven't seen a vectra with spherical keycaps yet in my searching, and I'm sure they didn't design a new keycap for it. The older HP's have a better chance with their tall spherical ones, but on many of the ones I see, the font is a little different, meaning those (at least) aren't hall effect. Now, I haven't seen a good picture of this keyboard, but I suspect they have waterproofed it some other way or gone with a different switch design. Perhaps another solid state switch (like a fancy IMS maybe) or have another method of waterproofing, or maybe they ignored waterproofing altogether. Sadly, millitary stuff is difficult to find information about.
So, as I said, I don't know much about HP, but I haven't seen anything like what you are posting about. I'd like to learn more, but I couldn't find any information online.