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Title: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: ianxblog on Mon, 17 February 2014, 19:46:42
I found this on sale.

It has the most awful keycaps (At least aesthetically) I've ever seen.

It's a terminal keyboard. If some keyboard guru knows what it is, please tell us :thumb:

(http://mla-s2-p.mlstatic.com/teclado-antiguo-para-terminal-11253-MLA20040833927_012014-F.jpg)
(http://mla-s2-p.mlstatic.com/teclado-antiguo-para-terminal-11242-MLA20040833930_012014-F.jpg)
(http://mla-s1-p.mlstatic.com/teclado-antiguo-para-terminal-11247-MLA20040833378_012014-F.jpg)
That Tab keycap tho :eek:
(http://mla-s2-p.mlstatic.com/teclado-antiguo-para-terminal-11198-MLA20040833936_012014-F.jpg)
(http://mla-s2-p.mlstatic.com/teclado-antiguo-para-terminal-11285-MLA20040833942_012014-F.jpg)
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 17 February 2014, 19:48:58
Any info on the back?
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: ianxblog on Mon, 17 February 2014, 19:52:41
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Mon, 17 February 2014, 19:48:58
Any info on the back?

The owner said that there's absolutely no info. Maybe removed, I believe.
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 18 February 2014, 09:01:46
The keycap profile and the connector reminds me of Hewlett Packard. The connector looks like that of  HP's "HIL" protocol, but also of IBM's SDL.
I had a HP/HIL keyboard that I sold last week. Only the numeric keypad has "island keys", the others were sculpted, but with spherical face.
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: tricheboars on Tue, 18 February 2014, 15:24:41
with caps like that i imagine it is rubber dome. damn that thing looks awful to type on.  wtf is with that tab?  i love tab as much as the next guy but i dont have to go all "ISO NUTSO" with it.
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: luis911 on Tue, 18 February 2014, 15:43:31
Quote from: tricheboars on Tue, 18 February 2014, 15:24:41
with caps like that i imagine it is rubber dome. damn that thing looks awful to type on.  wtf is with that tab?  i love tab as much as the next guy but i dont have to go all "ISO NUTSO" with it.
Actually, it may be the grandfather of Chiclet-Keyboards  :p
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: tricheboars on Wed, 19 February 2014, 11:07:35
Quote from: luis911 on Tue, 18 February 2014, 15:43:31
Quote from: tricheboars on Tue, 18 February 2014, 15:24:41
with caps like that i imagine it is rubber dome. damn that thing looks awful to type on.  wtf is with that tab?  i love tab as much as the next guy but i dont have to go all "ISO NUTSO" with it.
Actually, it may be the grandfather of Chiclet-Keyboards  :p

oh good call. i have seen laptop keyboards that have a similar style to this. either way this keyboard is ugly as **** and awful to type on i imagine.
Title: Re: Weirdest KB/caps
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 19 February 2014, 19:29:15
Quote from: tricheboars on Tue, 18 February 2014, 15:24:41
with caps like that i imagine it is rubber dome. damn that thing looks awful to type on.  wtf is with that tab?  i love tab as much as the next guy but i dont have to go all "ISO NUTSO" with it.

Tab is as important as "enter" (or "field exit" or whatever they called the key that's there) for many terminals and the programs that run in them.