[External] [ebay.it] Beautiful Olivetti

I don't know anything technical about this 1987 Olivetti keyboard, but it sure looks good to me.

http://www.ebay.it/itm/TASTIERA-OLIVETTI-ANK-25-102-retrocomputer-Olivetti-PC-Keyboard-/160710981336?pt=Retrocomputer&hash=item256b1ef6d8#ht_11432wt_1189

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EDIT: It also features a noticeably weird Return. I't basically a straight vertical 2x key, with an oblong + key.
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Those key caps are very nice looking.
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From what I remember from various threads, the Olivetti keyboards were all rubber dome keyboards, but supposedly quite nice. Sturdy construction.
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I've seen at least a Cherry-based Olivetti on this forum.

EDIT: Check this thread: http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1098&hilit=olivetti

This MAY even be cherry blacks with dye-subs!
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Grond wrote:I've seen at least a Cherry-based Olivetti on this forum.

EDIT: Check this thread: http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1098&hilit=olivetti

This MAY even be cherry blacks with dye-subs!

That were black my switches (g81-3000)
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Well, this is certainly not the same board but the keycaps do show some resemblance. Anyway, I asked the seller to send me a pic of what's underneath a key.
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Gilgam wrote:nice looking, but serial connector.
It looks like it is hard to connect on a modern PC.
I found no news on the switches.

http://www.heise.de/foren/S-Olivetti-AN ... 1549/read/
http://it.narkive.com/2008/10/13/328360 ... riale.html
http://forum.wda-fr.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1500


Multi lingual mode on :mrgreen:
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Here it says that the keyboard is silent and non-clicky, unlike the IBM... :(

http://sienadgt.blogspot.com/2007/09/olivetti-m280.html
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It's not Cherry for sure, I think it's some special rubber dome
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I doubt switches would have built into such a thin keyboard in 1987.
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Rubber dome indeed.

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