SurePOS oddness

[ander]

Don't these IBM SurePOS KBs look odd?:





I mean, they're all over the place. Dr. Seuss could've designed them.

Oh, and you can buy 1000 of them if you want to. They're in Spanish, though.

[tronbeaver]

Point of Sales keyboards are designed for in-store applications.

[SamirD]

Buckling springs?

[davkol]

Mitsumi rubber dome, I think. I have the non-compact ANPOS version.

[ander]

Point of Sales keyboards are designed for in-store applications.

Which, when you think about it, is a very good place for them, as they're used to conduct sales (hence the name).

Here's what baffles me, though: When they made the first POS board, how was anyone able to buy it?

Mitsumi rubber dome, I think. I have the non-compact ANPOS version.

You mean there's something that's "non-compact" compared to this?

[SamirD]

Here's what baffles me, though: When they made the first POS board, how was anyone able to buy it?

What it seems like is that IBM first bundled these as part of a pos unit--system, barcode readers, etc.  Then of course, they need spare parts.  And then the parts are no longer current and end up on ebay, etc.

[davkol]

Mitsumi rubber dome, I think. I have the non-compact ANPOS version.

You mean there's something that's "non-compact" compared to this?

Full-size, as opposed to rack-width. See IBM's site.