IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

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Noobmaen

13 Sep 2018, 15:51

Yes: Image

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Chyros

13 Sep 2018, 16:10

I'm also thinking Space Invaders. The board looks a lot like my 725.

risk23

13 Sep 2018, 19:06

Noobmaen wrote:
risk23 wrote: Another fleabay board. Any ideas? I could swear I saw something similar somewhere.. An ADDS terminal maybe?
Keytronic foam and foil, the old tall version.
I wish this forum had the bow-to-overlord emoji. Thank you, sir.

risk23

13 Sep 2018, 19:11

Another one I'm curious about, it's a Miniterm 1203s (late 70s) dumb terminal with dot matrix readout.
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Noobmaen

13 Sep 2018, 19:15

Also tall keytronic foam and foil.

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PlacaFromHell

13 Sep 2018, 21:17

Chyros wrote: I'm also thinking Space Invaders. The board looks a lot like my 725.
AWWWW YESS, white ciclops. Got it for 25 U$D plus 4 U$D shipping.

spongebob1981

14 Sep 2018, 16:57

PlacaFromHell wrote:
Chyros wrote: I'm also thinking Space Invaders. The board looks a lot like my 725.
AWWWW YESS, white ciclops. Got it for 25 U$D plus 4 U$D shipping.
Any chance you leave a vintage mech to me? :mrgreen: You keep sniping them!
You beat me to the beamer, this one, and another one I can't remember now...

Esp: Habría posibilidades de que me dejes alguno que siempre me ganas de mano? :mrgreen:
Ya te me adelantaste con el beamer, este y algún otro que no recuerdo.
Avisá cuando aparezca alguno que ya tengas así le puedo entrar yo =P

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PlacaFromHell

14 Sep 2018, 19:46

spongebob1981 wrote:
PlacaFromHell wrote:
Chyros wrote: I'm also thinking Space Invaders. The board looks a lot like my 725.
AWWWW YESS, white ciclops. Got it for 25 U$D plus 4 U$D shipping.
Any chance you leave a vintage mech to me? :mrgreen: You keep sniping them!
You beat me to the beamer, this one, and another one I can't remember now...

Esp: Habría posibilidades de que me dejes alguno que siempre me ganas de mano? :mrgreen:
Ya te me adelantaste con el beamer, este y algún otro que no recuerdo.
Avisá cuando aparezca alguno que ya tengas así le puedo entrar yo =P
Es pura suerte. Al final cancelé la compra del Unisys porque el vendedor nunca quería coordinar, así que si te interesa está publicado. :) Si tenés tiempo y ganas entrás a ML y buscás "teclado" sin más, filtrando por usados, cada tanto alguna joyita a buen precio aparece. La próxima me fijo si te consigo algo. :lol:

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Keybug

14 Sep 2018, 22:00

Blaise170 wrote: Did space invaders have the same red circle LEDs like Keytronic had? That's usually what tips me off to F&F.
It would seem then that those LED windows in conjunction with yellow on the space bar only is a good indicator for space invaders? I assume Keytronic / foam and foil caps were rarley PBT so yellowing should be equally distributed on those boards?

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BSKUA0

16 Sep 2018, 14:42

Identify please :roll: I can only say that judging by "typewriter" Russian layout sublegends, not more common DOS layout, it may be from ~1987 to ~1992.
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Polecat

16 Sep 2018, 20:08

BSKUA0 wrote: Identify please :roll: I can only say that judging by "typewriter" Russian layout sublegends, not more common DOS layout, it may be from ~1987 to ~1992.
Taiwan buckling spring. I have one that's identical except it has no sublegends. No brand ID. Model TK-M501C. FCC IZITK-105M.

Interesting mechanism because you can change each switch from click to no click by removing and reinstalling the spring and lever the other way. There's a photo here someplace of the instruction sticker for that.

late edit: The keys won't register with the caps installed as "non clicky non tactile"! Bad assumption on my part.
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BSKUA0

16 Sep 2018, 20:29

Polecat, thank you :)

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Polecat

17 Sep 2018, 04:35

BSKUA0 wrote: Polecat, thank you :)
Found more info including the click/no click instructions under Syncam on the wiki:

wiki/Syncan_TK-M501C

spongebob1981

17 Sep 2018, 14:39

PlacaFromHell wrote: Es pura suerte. Al final cancelé la compra del Unisys porque el vendedor nunca quería coordinar, así que si te interesa está publicado. :) Si tenés tiempo y ganas entrás a ML y buscás "teclado" sin más, filtrando por usados, cada tanto alguna joyita a buen precio aparece. La próxima me fijo si te consigo algo. :lol:
Hoy empecé con albañiles en casa, así que el umbral de compra vuelve a subir hasta 'blue ALPS' hasta nuevo aviso =P

EDIT: Tengo algo con SMK linear vintage en casa, por ahí te sirve para tu otro proyecto. Esta noche veo de mandarte foto.

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Keybug

17 Sep 2018, 20:46


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Keybug

17 Sep 2018, 21:10

Any ideas on this beauty?
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Black_Shadow99

18 Sep 2018, 03:01

Help please. I found while rummaging at some goodwill stores around me a Maxi Switch Inc. p/n 2189037-00-003 (there are 2 other parts numbers on it as well p/n 54191305 and p/n 9100862 which is attached to a barcode). It also says Network Computing Devices Inc on it (I did find out the it must be a keyboard for some kind of terminal because it has some some crazy keys on it like help, compose, and 2 diamond keys!). It also has a model number of N-123na but doing a search for that comes up with nothing. It has double shot keycaps and cherry mount stems but I dont know what kind of switches it has. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'll get some pics uploaded in a few. Thanks.

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Gamuholic

18 Sep 2018, 03:23

Black_Shadow99 wrote: Help please. I found while rummaging at some goodwill stores around me a Maxi Switch Inc. p/n 2189037-00-003 (there are 2 other parts numbers on it as well p/n 54191305 and p/n 9100862 which is attached to a barcode). It also says Network Computing Devices Inc on it (I did find out the it must be a keyboard for some kind of terminal because it has some some crazy keys on it like help, compose, and 2 diamond keys!). It also has a model number of N-123na but doing a search for that comes up with nothing. It has double shot keycaps and cherry mount stems but I dont know what kind of switches it has. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'll get some pics uploaded in a few. Thanks.
Sounds like Maxi Switch dome with slider.

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Blaise170
ALPS キーボード

18 Sep 2018, 03:56

Basically anything made after the 90s by Maxi switch is rubber dome of some kind. Maxi Switch actually made... Maxi switches before that but I've heard that they are nothing special.

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Noobmaen

18 Sep 2018, 12:01

Keybug wrote: Any ideas on this beauty?
I think it is cortron foam and foil

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Keybug

18 Sep 2018, 15:22

I see. Thanks!

Here's an undocumented Nixdorf board...

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snufflecat

20 Sep 2018, 15:25

Any guesses which one this is?
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Plus this one? Big black one.
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Blaise170
ALPS キーボード

20 Sep 2018, 16:23

The second one looks like it might be a rubber dome but I have no idea.

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Polecat

20 Sep 2018, 17:24

The Acer would be a KB-084. Possibly blue Alps, but there were also Multitech foam and foil versions (See Chyros' recent Franklin FKB-3 review).

snufflecat wrote: Any guesses which one this is?
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Plus this one? Big black one.
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Leshe

20 Sep 2018, 19:04

Any guess on this one?
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PlacaFromHell

20 Sep 2018, 21:39

Leshe wrote: Any guess on this one?
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Most Compaq keyboards are rubberdomes or foam and foil. Anyway, do you have more pictures?

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Noobmaen

20 Sep 2018, 22:08

Leshe wrote: Any guess on this one?
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NMB dome with slider

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Niko1U

21 Sep 2018, 13:13

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I am confused, what is it?

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TapX

21 Sep 2018, 13:37

Niko1U wrote: I am confused, what is it?
According to the wiki, wiki/IBM_6298389, it's a capacitive rubber dome keyboard, made in Japan. Seems quite interesting.

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Niko1U

21 Sep 2018, 18:15

Solid_Snake wrote:
Niko1U wrote: I am confused, what is it?
According to the wiki, wiki/IBM_6298389, it's a capacitive rubber dome keyboard, made in Japan. Seems quite interesting.
thanks! i googled it, but i didn't find anything. I agree, it looks interesting but the connector is weird

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