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Title: IBM Beamspring Keyboard
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 23 July 2014, 19:57:47
They say it's a 3278, but it doesn't seem to mesh with the pictures from Deskthority, but that doesn't mean it's wrong. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Ibm-3278-Keyboard-From-1977-Clicky-/111416593839?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19f0f24daf

And a 3276 (that looks the same to me at a glance):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-3276-Data-Entry-Keyboard-1977-Canada-with-Book-1980-RARE-Clean-/261541442586?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3ce515b41a
Title: Re: IBM Beamspring Keyboard
Post by: 1391406 on Wed, 23 July 2014, 20:11:30
I believe this is from an IBM 3279 Colour Display Station (http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/uk/en/stories/hursley_innovations.html):

(http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/images/icp/A579670S95311P77/en_UK_en_The_IBM_3279_Colour_Display_Station_620x350.jpg)



Title: Re: IBM Beamspring Keyboard
Post by: Daspartic on Wed, 23 July 2014, 20:27:38
It looks like it could be for either the 3278 or the 3279.

(http://i57.tinypic.com/jakjrm.jpg)

(http://i61.tinypic.com/2lnjs4g.jpg)

I guess this one is for touch typists only lol.
Title: Re: IBM Beamspring Keyboard
Post by: 1391406 on Wed, 23 July 2014, 20:39:29
Then there's this (http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-3276-data-entry-keyboard-t1113.html):

(http://i.imgur.com/AvSli.jpg)
Title: Re: IBM Beamspring Keyboard
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 23 July 2014, 21:33:20
It does appear to have the tripleshots, and that's surely a data-entry layout. (just like Daedalus's that 1391406 posted above)

It's from a 3278: you can see it says so in the pictures. I have one on my shelf in the closet that needs painting.
It also looks just like my 3278
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281321368009

note the split spacebar on the 3276: the last one of these I have seen the controller is on the matrix PCB so it is not compatible with xwhatsit's controller.

see parak's photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13176014@N03/14193147393/