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Title: Honeywell Micro-Switch KB—what are these?
Post by: ander on Fri, 15 January 2016, 17:33:03

This just appeared on eBay:

HONEYWELL MICRO SWITCH KEYBOARD SW - 12534 CPS - USA MADE /// NEW!!! (http://www.ebay.com/itm/HONEYWELL-MICRO-SWITCH-KEYBOARD-SW-12534-CPS-USA-MADE-NEW-/251528164049)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eNkAAOxyeglTb12t/s-l1600.jpg)


I'm not posting it in Great Finds, as it's $200 OBO (which may be a great find, but I don't know). I was wondering: Are those Hall Effect switches, or what? And are a bunch of caps missing, even though it's being offered as "new"?

Title: Re: Honeywell Micro-Switch KB—what are these?
Post by: chyros on Fri, 15 January 2016, 17:38:01

They look very much like Honeywell dual magnet Hall effect to me. Supposedly they're the best of the best :) .

Title: Re: Honeywell Micro-Switch KB—what are these?
Post by: ander on Fri, 15 January 2016, 17:40:21

Here's another ($450 OBO):

NEW Honeywell 101SW1-4-H Keyboard PLC Board 101SW14 101SW14H SW-12559 SW12559 2 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Honeywell-101SW1-4-H-Keyboard-PLC-Board-101SW14-101SW14H-SW-12559-SW12559-2/330732972326)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/a/(KGrHqV,!isE-lFk,JkyBPsR(5v-Rw~~/s-l1600.jpg)

Title: Re: Honeywell Micro-Switch KB—what are these?
Post by: ander on Fri, 15 January 2016, 17:48:25

Whereas I believe this one ($50) would be RD (though still nice looking!):

Honeywell Engineer Keyboard 51196712-200 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honeywell-Engineer-Keyboard-51196712-200/281477008436)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DZYAAOSw6EhUSolq/s-l1600.jpg)



And here's one more interesting one ($589 OBO—so you can see why I'm not doing this is Great Finds):

Honeywell Operator Keyboard 51400989-400 L 51400821-100 Engineers KYBD (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honeywell-Operator-Keyboard-51400989-400-L-51400821-100-Engineers-KYBD/281844550661)


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(I've rotated and re-angled the seller's photo)

Title: Re: Honeywell Micro-Switch KB—what are these?
Post by: jd29 on Fri, 05 February 2016, 18:31:19

I've got one of these on the way. New, $120 shipped.

I worried a lot about if they were legitimate old school HE (I did't see this thread until just now) - in my search for information, I found a supplier that still had one lying around, they wanted $2100 :eek: Really makes me wonder what these switches went for back in the day.

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Title: Re: Honeywell Micro-Switch KB—what are these?
Post by: dgreekstallion on Wed, 10 February 2016, 09:53:49

Wonder if anyone's got a HE keyboard to work on a modern computer.