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Offline Hubbert

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AT&T Keyboard: looks like XT Model F: Coincidence
« on: Fri, 05 March 2010, 19:12:20 »
« Last Edit: Fri, 05 March 2010, 19:14:58 by Hubbert »
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Offline ch_123

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AT&T Keyboard: looks like XT Model F: Coincidence
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 06 March 2010, 03:40:44 »
Co-incidence, if you look a picture of both side by side you'd see that they're completely different.

Many manufacturers copied IBM's original PC and AT layout but used inferior keyswitches.
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Offline Half-Saint

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 06 March 2010, 05:58:15 »
Indeed, these are two completely different keyboards.
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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 06 March 2010, 20:30:19 »
Quote from: Hubbert;162066
This looks like an XT layout. Buckling spring, or coincidence?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATT-AT-T-PC6300-Personal-Computer-Keyboard-6300_W0QQitemZ400105081128QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5d281f0928


Whatever the Olivetti equivalent used is what this keyboard uses.  It's only coincidence that it looks like a XT Model F.
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Offline Hubbert

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AT&T Keyboard: looks like XT Model F: Coincidence
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 06 March 2010, 22:21:16 »
Good, but sad, article, ripster.

And thanks for all the replies. The IBM Wiki says that it would be pointless to list the rebranded Model M's, but I think it would be very useful, as shown by listings like this.
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