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Title: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: Philister on Sat, 22 April 2017, 15:59:45
Mother (http://www.ebay.de/itm/222484610628)

 :thumb: :)) :eek:
Title: Re: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: chyros on Sat, 22 April 2017, 17:27:40
Wow, fockstha? Oo
Title: Re: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: Aer Fixus on Sat, 22 April 2017, 22:21:15
I'd bet on early homebrew for a really early do-it-yourself kind of computer enthusiast.

The original Apple computer didn't come standard with a case or keyboard. And things like the Altair 8800 were so bare bones you'd have to make the interface to connect it and the program to use it with.

Certainly a cool beast.

[Edit:] I saw K155 on the chip  (the last two characters appear to be A3, but I can't quite tell. The character before the 3 might be Cyrillic).
Looks to be a Russian equivalent to a 74 series logic chip.
http://vicgain.sdot.ru/spmikro/smikr1.eng.htm (http://vicgain.sdot.ru/spmikro/smikr1.eng.htm)
https://ganswijk.home.xs4all.nl/chipdir/soviet/ttl.htm (https://ganswijk.home.xs4all.nl/chipdir/soviet/ttl.htm)

[Edit 2:] There appears to be some markings on the PCB. It appears to be duplicated and stamped. Although IDing it likely won't help very much especially if it's homebrew/low production custom. That said it seems to be "K85" or "K35" with a logo above it separated by a line.
Title: Re: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: gazza341 on Wed, 26 April 2017, 17:52:43
Mother (http://www.ebay.de/itm/222484610628)

 :thumb: :)) :eek:
Looks like something fallen off a church organ - the type you'd play with your feet


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Title: Re: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: ander on Wed, 26 April 2017, 20:30:58
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LOL! If Bach had owned a computer keyboard, that's what it would've looked like.

Hmm, it is in Germany, isn't it? You don't think...?
Title: Re: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: 1391406 on Thu, 27 April 2017, 20:38:33
You can't find wooden doubleshots like that anywhere. Amazing.
Title: Re: Holy smoke! If this isn't the Mother of all keyboards...
Post by: ander on Tue, 02 May 2017, 02:14:02
You can't find wooden doubleshots like that anywhere. Amazing.

Ha ha ha