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Title: Teletype keyboards
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 17 July 2014, 20:24:12

These are cool and unusual specimens.  Overall, not too pricey for how uncommon they seem to be.  There's a pair of them in this deskthority thread (http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f64/teletype-40k-104-dab-t6594.html) and they should use, as HaaTa calls them, Teletype Capacitive Magnetic Rocker Switches, which he describes as "Clicky, Capacitive, Magnets, Spring-loaded mounting mechanism, Spring loaded case pieces, and something I've never seen before. A double clicker."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Teletype-Model-43-Keyboard-For-Parts-Or-Repair-Only-/111410899880?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item19f09b6ba8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-RARE-TELETYPE-MODEL-43-ELECTRONIC-TELEPRINTER-/321317624162?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad005d962

I don't have the know how for converting them and feel bad having keyboards I can't use, so hopefully someone gets some joy out of them.

Title: Re: Teletype keyboards
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 18 July 2014, 16:12:56

yeah I saw those.

#2 has been on eBay for some time. The seller wasn't wantign to accept my low bids on it.

In theory #2 would be easy to convert to computer. #1 likely difficult.