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Offline Blaise170

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Old AT&T terminal, looks like a model F clone
« on: Mon, 18 May 2015, 22:27:55 »
Anyone know anything about this? Looks really interesting but no way would I pay the current asking price.

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Re: Old AT&T terminal, looks like a model F clone
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 19 May 2015, 07:25:41 »
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Olivetti_dome_with_slider

Note that a lot of old keyboards mimicked the layout of an XT, AT or M.  Some down to small details in cosmetics but not mechanicals ( Keytronics today still mimic the M look).  But the internals are very different.
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Re: Old AT&T terminal, looks like a model F clone
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 19 May 2015, 08:05:44 »
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Olivetti_dome_with_slider

Note that a lot of old keyboards mimicked the layout of an XT, AT or M.  Some down to small details in cosmetics but not mechanicals ( Keytronics today still mimic the M look).  But the internals are very different.
In other words worth nowhere near what the seller is asking
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Re: Old AT&T terminal, looks like a model F clone
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 19 May 2015, 08:07:30 »
And it's the XT layout. Even if it was an F it would be way overpriced for this layout.
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Re: Old AT&T terminal, looks like a model F clone
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 19 May 2015, 09:10:57 »
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Olivetti_dome_with_slider

Note that a lot of old keyboards mimicked the layout of an XT, AT or M.  Some down to small details in cosmetics but not mechanicals ( Keytronics today still mimic the M look).  But the internals are very different.
In other words worth nowhere near what the seller is asking

Yeah. I'd pay like $15-20 for it, but $75? No way.
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