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Title: IBM anpos keyboard (strange)
Post by: EverythingIBM on Mon, 19 April 2010, 01:21:13

Can anyone tell me what this is:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-ANPOS-WIRED-KEYBOARD-STORM-GRAY-USB-86H1075_W0QQitemZ400110325862QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item5d286f1066 (http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-ANPOS-WIRED-KEYBOARD-STORM-GRAY-USB-86H1075_W0QQitemZ400110325862QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item5d286f1066)
(http://www.compuvest.us/Ebay_Images/451002294-00.jpeg)

I don't see an IBM logo on it either.

What's that weird thing in the top right corner, and I'm guessing it's a rubber dome?

Title: IBM anpos keyboard (strange)
Post by: kohan69 on Mon, 19 April 2010, 02:02:49

http://www-03.ibm.com/products/retail/products/peripherals/keyboards/anpos/index.html

that?

Title: IBM anpos keyboard (strange)
Post by: InSanCen on Mon, 19 April 2010, 03:58:12

Quote from: EverythingIBM;173385

What's that weird thing in the top right corner, and I'm guessing it's a rubber dome?

Fingerprint Scanner I suspect, and it is likely to be a rubber dome.

Title: IBM anpos keyboard (strange)
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 19 April 2010, 04:20:02

I'd say that it's a keylock for POS purposes. It could be some variant of IBM Model M7

Title: IBM anpos keyboard (strange)
Post by: kishy on Mon, 19 April 2010, 04:40:01

Yeah, top right is a lock.

I refuse to call it a keylock, though. Keylock is the keyboard lock seen on older computers. Old terminology dies hard.