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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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Help identifying strange Cherry keyboard
« on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 02:02:01 »
Hello, I've been collecting old computer keyboards for a few months now, and I thought that I was the only weird one...  Anyway, I just found my first Cherry brand board, and I was hoping you could tell me something about it.  I've now posted pictures.

- 2 IR leds on the front
- A RJ-45 jack on the left front side
- A panel for 4 AA batteries on the bottom
- The key arrangement is the same as a model F
- Black metal bottom - feels solid, yet not as heavy as a model M
- The indicator lights for the lock keys are on the keys themselves, except for scroll lock, which has no indicator light
- it has a mode select switch on the bottom that is labeled "Sr." on one side and "Jr." on the other, whatever that means.

MODEL#: KXN3-8451
SER.NO: 13995
FCC ID: DE67DAKXN38451


When I Google the model #, I don't get any hits, so I'm pretty much stumped.  I did go to the FCC website and search the FCC license #, but I'm not sure if that helps, since I don't know whether a new license is issued to a company for each separate product, or if it is just a one time thing.  According to the FCC, the license was issued in 1984, but I have a hard time believing it's that old, since this is the most spotlessly clean keyboard I have ever seen.





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Offline Nonmouse

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 02:35:38 »
Well, telling us the model number might help, as would pictures....
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Offline Brodie337

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 02:36:22 »
Pictures would help immeasurably
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Offline Infinite north

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 03:43:20 »
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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 11:08:39 »
MODEL#: KXN3-8451
SER.NO: 13995
FCC ID: DE67DAKXN38451

I forgot to mention, it has a mode select switch on the bottom that is labeled "Sr." on one side and "Jr." on the other, whatever that means.

A friend borrowed my camera, and I won't get it back until Friday.  You can see the pictures then.
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black cherry, blue cherry, brown cherry, clear cherry, cherry M84, white alps, black alps, cream alps, Monterey blue alps, Fujitsu Peerless, Gateway2000 rubber dome, Keytronic rubber dome, Model M buckling spring, Model F buckling spring, futaba, black space invader

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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 11:21:41 »
Quote from: ripster;186700
Starting to sound like a PC Jr.  It has batteries and IR.
Show Image

Feel and utility aside, I actually think that's a pretty cool looking 'board.
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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 11:29:07 »
I guess I'll have to get those pictures up on Friday.  It looks nothing like that.  The closest thing I have seen to it would be an old model F.  Also, I thought IBM and Cherry were competing companies in the keyboard business.  I did say that the label on the bottom says Cherry. How could the keyboard be both Cherry and IBM?
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black cherry, blue cherry, brown cherry, clear cherry, cherry M84, white alps, black alps, cream alps, Monterey blue alps, Fujitsu Peerless, Gateway2000 rubber dome, Keytronic rubber dome, Model M buckling spring, Model F buckling spring, futaba, black space invader

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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 11:38:10 »
Quote from: 8_INCH_FLOPPY;186711
I guess I'll have to get those pictures up on Friday.  It looks nothing like that.  The closest thing I have seen to it would be an old model F.  Also, I thought IBM and Cherry were competing companies in the keyboard business.  I did say that the label on the bottom says Cherry. How could the keyboard be both Cherry and IBM?


Clone.

Remember kids - no IBM logo, no IBM.
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Offline Nonmouse

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 25 May 2010, 13:28:13 »
Quote from: 8_INCH_FLOPPY;186591

MODEL#: KXN3-8451

Well, KXN3-8459 was apparently an auxiliary keyboard for a Perkins-Elmer 1600 Series IR spectrophotometer (see pp. 8 & 377-382).  It seems reasonable to assume that the -8451 was something similar.
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 26 May 2010, 01:19:01 »
Quote from: ripster;186715
A mini with arrow keys.  Beats the HHKB!


More keys != better.
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Offline Infinite north

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 26 May 2010, 01:27:20 »
If you say that you must have missed this then.

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Offline iMav

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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 26 May 2010, 01:31:32 »
Quote from: Infinite north;186973
If you say that you must have missed this then.

My point exactly. :)
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Offline Nonmouse

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« Reply #12 on: Wed, 26 May 2010, 01:36:33 »
Quote from: Infinite north;186973
If you say that you must have missed this then.

!= != =
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« Reply #13 on: Wed, 26 May 2010, 01:57:46 »
Moar keys = automatically better, every time.
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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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« Reply #14 on: Thu, 27 May 2010, 18:22:25 »




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black cherry, blue cherry, brown cherry, clear cherry, cherry M84, white alps, black alps, cream alps, Monterey blue alps, Fujitsu Peerless, Gateway2000 rubber dome, Keytronic rubber dome, Model M buckling spring, Model F buckling spring, futaba, black space invader

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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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« Reply #15 on: Thu, 27 May 2010, 18:25:54 »
Pictures don't do it justice.  The keys are a really wonderful white color in reality.
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Notable Switches I have tried:
black cherry, blue cherry, brown cherry, clear cherry, cherry M84, white alps, black alps, cream alps, Monterey blue alps, Fujitsu Peerless, Gateway2000 rubber dome, Keytronic rubber dome, Model M buckling spring, Model F buckling spring, futaba, black space invader

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Offline kriminal

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« Reply #16 on: Thu, 27 May 2010, 18:35:50 »
wow thats a great find!
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Offline Mental Hobbit

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« Reply #17 on: Thu, 27 May 2010, 18:44:45 »
Man, I'd kill for that board... and a way to make it work with a PC.
Is the "Sr." position of the dip switch for XT?
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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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« Reply #18 on: Thu, 27 May 2010, 19:03:21 »
It's kind of strange to think that keyboards were being made with both an RJ-45 jack and wireless capability at the same time.

I did find a infrared USB device that could have been used with a wireless keyboard.  Does anyone know if all wireless infrared keyboards use the same interface?
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Notable Switches I have tried:
black cherry, blue cherry, brown cherry, clear cherry, cherry M84, white alps, black alps, cream alps, Monterey blue alps, Fujitsu Peerless, Gateway2000 rubber dome, Keytronic rubber dome, Model M buckling spring, Model F buckling spring, futaba, black space invader

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Offline 8_INCH_FLOPPY

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« Reply #19 on: Thu, 27 May 2010, 19:25:49 »
If you think that I could get much money for it, I'll sell it after I get it working.  It might take a year, but I do intend to get it working.  I'm planning on learning a couple of programming languages this year, so if I can't get it working with the wireless device I have now, maybe I could write my own drivers for it.
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Notable Switches I have tried:
black cherry, blue cherry, brown cherry, clear cherry, cherry M84, white alps, black alps, cream alps, Monterey blue alps, Fujitsu Peerless, Gateway2000 rubber dome, Keytronic rubber dome, Model M buckling spring, Model F buckling spring, futaba, black space invader

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