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Offline Darkshado

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Mystery "vintage" IBM XT/AT clone board?
« on: Sun, 03 July 2016, 15:16:09 »
Seen this on a classified site, there's this picture and a "Vintage IBM Clone 5 Pin Keyboard with switches for IBM XT / AT." title to the ad. The only other picture is a close-up of the 5 pin DIN connector.

No idea if the thing is even mechanical, no visible branding to try and work out what model this is.

Not sure asking the seller for additional pics or removing a keycap is in Geekhackers' interests at this point.

141340-0

Any ideas?

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Offline Findecanor

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Re: Mystery "vintage" IBM XT/AT clone board?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 03 July 2016, 15:50:23 »
It does remind me a lot of early rubber dome keyboards form Key Tronic.

The tabs around the LED panel are present on their foam-and-foil keyboards. The rest is reminiscent of their rubber dome keyboards.
Both types are very mushy. Key Tronic's better rubber domes came later: in their Ergo Force and Lifetime series.

Edit: It is a Key Tronic E03601Q. Rubber dome. You will find it if you search for that model number on Google or eBay.
BTW. You might see the keyboard advertised as "clicky". Don't trust that. eBay does not care about how that word is used.
It is not worth more than a dollar or two, at most. I had one almost like it that I chose to throw away because it was so mushy to type on.
« Last Edit: Sun, 03 July 2016, 16:03:27 by Findecanor »
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Offline Darkshado

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Re: Mystery "vintage" IBM XT/AT clone board?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 03 July 2016, 19:35:09 »
The ad is asking for 30$CAD, no way it's worth that; plus I'm not going to the trouble and expense of making a DIN to USB adapter for that.

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Offline klennkellon

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Re: Mystery "vintage" IBM XT/AT clone board?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 03 July 2016, 19:45:57 »
The ad is asking for 30$CAD, no way it's worth that; plus I'm not going to the trouble and expense of making a DIN to USB adapter for that.

Thanks!

Darkshado
Yeah it's not worth it, but you can buy a DIN to PS/2 adapter cheap and then daisy chain it to a PS/2 > USB adapter. It works.