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Offline howarddj

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can you identify this keyoard?
« on: Thu, 27 December 2018, 17:17:29 »

Hermes H120 keyboard.






Rebranded Olivetti keyboard manufactured in april 1987 according to the pcb!

i can find nothing on hermes as a company and nothing by olivetti that resembles this on google.

any advice on where to start?

thanks!
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Re: can you identify this keyoard?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 27 December 2018, 19:16:37 »
It looked fun until the third picture  :))
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Offline howarddj

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Re: can you identify this keyoard?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 28 December 2018, 03:01:09 »
Is it that bad?
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Re: can you identify this keyoard?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 28 December 2018, 03:50:12 »
I suppose he referred to it being a rubber-dome keyboard.
Does it feel good to type on? There are those that think that Olivetti rubber-domes are some of the better rubber-domes.
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Offline howarddj

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Re: can you identify this keyoard?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 28 December 2018, 07:32:40 »
Ah I see. Yes it is a shame about the domes.

It is old and has just come out of storage, so the keys feel a bit "sticky" when pressed, like they need a bit of lube or something.
But it is surprisingly tactile to type on, I actually thought they were switches till I took it apart.

Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to make it communicate with the pc. So trying to work out what protocol it uses etc.

The domes I can live with for now!
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Offline howarddj

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Re: can you identify this keyoard?
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 02 January 2019, 05:43:57 »
So I've made some progress on identifying this.

The system it came from is a hermes rebranding of an olivetti m28 machine in an olivetti xp1076 case.

It uses an olivetti connector on the cable to the machine and the pcb is stamped kb008.

Anyone know anything about old olivetti machines/keyboards?
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