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Title: HP 46021A Keyboard, anyone know the switch type?
Post by: chimera15 on Fri, 27 November 2009, 20:03:21

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-46021A-Keyboard-for-HP-35721A-terminal_W0QQitemZ350205000110QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5189d839ae (http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-46021A-Keyboard-for-HP-35721A-terminal_W0QQitemZ350205000110QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5189d839ae)

This would be a perfect keyboard to hack apart and make a mini out of if it's got a good keyswitch.  Can't quite see what it is.

Title: HP 46021A Keyboard, anyone know the switch type?
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 28 November 2009, 16:08:06

It probably uses some sort of linear switches.

Title: HP 46021A Keyboard, anyone know the switch type?
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 28 November 2009, 16:13:31

It's interesting to note that these old HP keyboards use SDL cables. There also appears to be a pass through, probably for a mouse.

Title: HP 46021A Keyboard, anyone know the switch type?
Post by: microsoft windows on Sun, 29 November 2009, 10:00:53

I wonder if those SDL cables have the same pin-out as a model M.