deskthority

"It's an old terminal keyboard, non-standard layout etc, […]
Poor old terminal keyboard :(
Mind posting a pic?


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If I could have saved the terminal I would have, it had a lovely monochrome CRT, pin sharp. Unfortunately it was thrown away ...

I have a load of vintage Cherry MX Black switches which are soldered into a PCB. It's an old terminal keyboard, non-standard layout etc, so I want to re-use the keys in a new board.

Where can I get either a complete kit with a PCB that accepts Cherry MX soldered in, or at least a case and the ...

Thanks, that's very interesting. So worth restoring then. I'll see about cleaning it up. I'm not a fan of linear switches myself, but I enjoy repairing and restoring things.

The space bar has three switches under it. I was expecting a stabilizer bar but it's just three switches, one in the middle ...

This was being thrown away by a bank so I saved it. Sadly the terminal is gone.

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It's fairly heavy and the switches feel linear. It has an RJ11 plug. Worth restoring? To be honest it doesn't seem that interesting to me, but I didn't want to ...