DEC VT100 keyboard

snuci · 29 Nov 2015, 20:08

There is another thread with a Digital Equipment Corportion (DEC) VT100 keyboard but it has different key switches. I haven't seen this variation so I thought I'd post some pics.

: DEC VT100 - keyboard top; DEC VT100 - keyboard top.JPG (95.37 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - keyboard mechanism front; DEC VT100 - keyboard mechanism front.JPG (111.41 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - keyboard circuit board back; DEC VT100 - keyboard circuit board back.JPG (132.57 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - keyboard mechanism in bottom; DEC VT100 - keyboard mechanism in bottom.JPG (113.22 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - key switches and key caps; DEC VT100 - key switches and key caps.JPG (93.05 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - key switches side; DEC VT100 - key switches side.JPG (118.65 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - keyboard moulding mark; DEC VT100 - keyboard moulding mark.JPG (98.57 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

: DEC VT100 - keyboard bottom; DEC VT100 - keyboard bottom.jpg (172.01 KiB) Viewed 1481 times

terrycherry · 30 Nov 2015, 12:59

I never seen this variant too. Your collections are great.
Hope to see your keyboard and computer when I have the chance travel to the Canada.

mr_a500 · 30 Dec 2015, 22:28

Maybe this later variant was intended to solve the biggest weakness in the Hi-Tek design: cracked sliders. (?)

Here is my VT100:

I'd never seen another one with similar colours... until I found this:

DEC Datasystem 150.jpg

So it's technically not a VT100 at all, but a Datasystem 150. (Who knew?)