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Offline j_r

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AT&T Public Phone 2000
« on: Sun, 20 February 2011, 22:33:59 »
I was at the Chicago Auto Show, and on my way to use the bathroom, I saw this AT&T public phone; I did not have an adequate camera so these are borrowed from the web.  The reason I post this is that a few key caps were "removed" exposing that they were Cherry Blacks... so consequently, I finally got to feel a linear switch.  By the way, the Pay Phone 2000s are tenkeyless which is amusing.  The layout is interesting.  I like the layout of the function keys.





This is a "newer" version (2000i)
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Offline Mr. Perfect

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 10:24:43 »
Ha! The name strikes me as funny for some reason. When reading it, I hear it like a movie trailer announcer from an old sci-fi movie. ITS! THE! PUBLIC PHONE 2000!:pound:

On a more serious note, those are some nice looking boards. How does a freaking payphone get a better keyboard then the PC using public?
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Offline sixty

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 10:59:08 »
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ha! The name strikes me as funny for some reason. When reading it, i hear it like a movie trailer announcer from an old sci-fi movie.


in a world where everyone uses mobile phones. One phone strives to be different...
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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 11:15:44 »
Those keyboards almost remind me of the Compaq MX18000's.
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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 11:26:26 »
That is because in fact they are the Cherry MX11900, which kinda is the retail model of the 18000, with a touchpad instead of the trackball.
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Offline kps

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 11:35:29 »
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How does a freaking payphone get a better keyboard then the PC using public?


People buying payphones want high MTBF, because F costs them real money.
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Offline cgoldberg

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 12:09:37 »
hmm.. key puller and you coulda walked out with full pockets :)
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Offline j_r

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 21 February 2011, 23:38:42 »
People already had.
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Offline joemillerftw

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Re: AT&T Public Phone 2000
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 17 February 2013, 00:19:12 »
I just wanted to say, i just went to the 2013 Chicago Auto Show this weekend and saw the same phones on my way to the bathroom. They still work amazingly enough. One is still missing key caps and the other across from it is intact. They're a quite beautiful relic of 90's tech for sure.
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Re: AT&T Public Phone 2000
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 17 February 2013, 00:21:13 »
Woah necrobump. LOL!
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