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Offline jacksonh22

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Does anyone know what computer this keyboard comes from?
« on: Wed, 11 March 2020, 19:22:59 »
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-4-Vintage-80s-Cherry-B4VE-A302-Mainframe-Terminal-Keyboard-w-Springs/233507535820

Ignore the absolutely ridiculous price, but does anyone know the actual name of this keyboard or where it comes from?
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Offline Leslieann

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Re: Does anyone know what computer this keyboard comes from?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 11 March 2020, 20:31:52 »
Just a guess and it's a wild one, but most likely military or aerospace.

Being Wisconsin I'd guess the Oshkosh corp. but considering the age, they could have come from just about anywhere.
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Offline Maledicted

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Re: Does anyone know what computer this keyboard comes from?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 12 March 2020, 08:23:07 »
Going by the part number listed in the auction, this suggests that they are the "CDC 721 keyboard" made by Cherry Corporation around 1984:

CDC 721 keyboard - Telcontar.net

This leads me to a Deskthority wikia page on the "Control Data 721":

Control Data 721

Which finally leads me to the manual for the Control Data Corporation CDC 721 operator's manual:

Control Data Corporation CDC 721 Operator's Manual

The manual itself refers to it as the CDC® 721 Enhanced Display Terminal, and the keyboard in the product image does seem to match.
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Offline Leslieann

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Re: Does anyone know what computer this keyboard comes from?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 12 March 2020, 08:33:54 »
Oops, I was thinking OP was asking where they were used/who they were made for as people often wonder about why they would be ordered with certain keys or have certain labels.
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Offline Maledicted

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Re: Does anyone know what computer this keyboard comes from?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 12 March 2020, 08:59:55 »
It happens. I find it funny that that they think they can get $2,799.99 for them. This really should be in the "not so great finds" thread.
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