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Title: [de] ICL keyboard NIB
Post by: Mental Hobbit on Tue, 02 February 2010, 10:20:53

Does anybody know what this (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180463851661&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT) is? I only found out that ICL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computers_Limited) used to be the British computer industry. Looks kinda interesting, but I've no clue what's inside, or if it can communicate with a PC.

Title: [de] ICL keyboard NIB
Post by: sethstorm on Wed, 03 February 2010, 00:54:26

Looks like a compact terminal tenkeyless board + the tenkey part.  I'd want to think rubber dome, but I'll not presume it.

As for ICL's machines, I can't say other than that some of them were PC-like (such as a UNIX server built around a 486) but may/may not have been actual PC's.

My disappointment is the lack of international shipping.  I can get all the junk from China in 2 weeks time, but going between Western countries for things seems to be like pulling wisdom teeth.