Author Topic: [uk] ibm 5251 (Read 2048 times)

Findecanor · « **on:** Sat, 22 January 2011, 12:52:18 »

vintage ibm 5251 computer and key board on eBay.
It is apparently a working IBM 5251 terminal with a beam spring-switch keyboard.
The keyboard does not work with a modern PC, but there are a few guys on the forum who have been working on converters.

Local pickup only, in Chelmsford, Essex.

I would love to try one of these one day, to feel how they are like.

Soarer · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 22 January 2011, 13:20:30 »

Heh, already on my watch list ;-)

Likewise, I'd like to try one, just to know what they're like.

If I got it, I think the whole thing would end up as an ornament, if I'm honest.

gore · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 22 January 2011, 17:17:15 »

Now this is tempting, that's nice and local to me, I have a 99p place holder bid on it.

Lenny_Nero · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 23 January 2011, 12:42:19 »

You need one of these...

Findecanor · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 23 January 2011, 15:50:35 »

You need more than a simple adapter. From the little that I have been able to discern the signalling protocol is very much different from PS/2. For one thing, the connector is parallel, not serial like the PS/2.

Findecanor · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 31 January 2011, 13:51:28 »

So ... was it anybody from here who won it?

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Author Topic: [uk] ibm 5251 (Read 2048 times)