Thanks to Halvar, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a wonderful IBM 3278 beam spring in DE layout.
Being a German-layout board, there are some interesting legends.
What's this -- sellotape? It looks like this section can't hold itself together anymore.
Good news - the booklet is still intact!
It's held up surprisingly well!
There are some homemade stickers on the numpad-ish area.
...and some other more official-looking ones in the navigation cluster.
Here's a view from the bottom. I don't have a flat-head screwdriver handy, so this will have to wait...
My favourite: the full name always gets me. Made in Canada. mr_a500 will be pleased!
Here it is, toothless and ready for cleaning. Keycap soup pictured in the background.
IBM 3278 Beam Spring
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
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That's a great score. I'll be eagerly awaiting your first attempts at fusion Irish-German poetry. Or, as Goethe, the most famous of German comedians, would say:
Lieblich ist's, im Frühlingsgarten
Mancher holden Blume warten;
Aber lieblicher, im Segen
Seiner Freunde Namen pflegen:
Denn der Anblick solcher Züge
Tut so Seel als Geist Genüge,
Ja, zu Lieb und Treu bekennt
Sich der Freund, wie er sich nennt.
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
For what it's worth, the various stickers suggest that the keyboard was used in the credit department of a bank until 1984.
The text of the "help" brochure must have been totally incomprehensible to most users back then I assume. It's written like the worst legalese.
The text of the "help" brochure must have been totally incomprehensible to most users back then I assume. It's written like the worst legalese.
- scottc
- ☃
- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
- DT Pro Member: -
Oh grdstg, dat freig...webwit wrote: ↑That's a great score. I'll be eagerly awaiting your first attempts at fusion Irish-German poetry. Or, as Goethe, the most famous of German comedians, would say:Lieblich ist's, im Frühlingsgarten
Mancher holden Blume warten;
Aber lieblicher, im Segen
Seiner Freunde Namen pflegen:
Denn der Anblick solcher Züge
Tut so Seel als Geist Genüge,
Ja, zu Lieb und Treu bekennt
Sich der Freund, wie er sich nennt.
Ooh, that's pretty interesting. The stickers were all but crumbling to dust, unfortunately, so I imagine that they'll be long gone after the dental tab soak.Halvar wrote: ↑For what it's worth, the various stickers suggest that the keyboard was used in the credit department of a bank until 1984.
The text of the "help" brochure must have been totally incomprehensible to most users back then I assume. It's written like the worst legalese.
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Is there anything in the black plastic compartment, underneath? Mine had yet more instructions! Just as inscrutable as the first, to Germans and us alike.
The inside of the case is a good place to spot another date. And beware Greenock, even in "Canadian" boards.
The inside of the case is a good place to spot another date. And beware Greenock, even in "Canadian" boards.
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
The bottom compartment was empty in most of the keyboards that I got, including this one. I can provide a brochure with Goethe poems to put in there though if desired.
- macmakkara
- Location: Finland
- DT Pro Member: -
Mine should arrive today or tomorrow acording to dhl
If you happen to find source for controller drop me pm
If you happen to find source for controller drop me pm
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
The case is full metal, it weights approximately as much as 2 Model Ms or 4 G80-3000s or 10 modern Dell rubberdomes (= 5 kg).benichka wrote: ↑How much does that weight?