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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Special K on Thu, 21 May 2009, 13:06:50

Title: Compaq MX-11800 question
Post by: Special K on Thu, 21 May 2009, 13:06:50

How old are these keyboards, on average?  What computer did they come with?

I'm just curious.

Title: Compaq MX-11800 question
Post by: Special K on Wed, 27 May 2009, 14:22:50

bump

Title: Compaq MX-11800 question
Post by: Manyak on Wed, 27 May 2009, 14:30:40

They were for rackmount servers, and were installed in a pullout keyboard drawer with a flip-open monitor.

But I don't know if they were sold separately or as a bundle with the drawer, or with each server, or whatever.


Something like this:
(http://www.jinco.com/shop/images/1UKBLCD17C.jpg)

Title: Compaq MX-11800 question
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 27 May 2009, 14:35:55

I think they were from the mid-late 90s, and maybe even the early 2000s. They were sold for quite awhile.  They are still a valid Cherry variant as is the MX-11900 (with a trackpad instead of a trackball).