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ThePipersSon13 wrote: ↑

27 Nov 2022, 12:21

Hey all really struggling to figure out what this is. https://imgur.com/a/yk9pz7B
My only thought is I don't think I have ever seen a keycap with a Spade on it.
Cheers in advance.

I have only found one similar keyboard. But some of the buttons are different.
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Aha! Indian.

ThePipersSon13 wrote: ↑

27 Nov 2022, 12:21

Hey all really struggling to figure out what this is. https://imgur.com/a/yk9pz7B
My only thought is I don't think I have ever seen a keycap with a Spade on it.
Cheers in advance.

the font screams foam and foil to me but i might be wrong

Good morning people of the keebs, I have come across a Unicomp 122-key terminal keyboard (no lock lights) with PS/2 connector from 1999, no info from the seller until now, no luck in searching part number on the label.
Any clue if this could be a BS board? Or just a big rubber dome?

Muirium wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 21:11

Back on topic:



Yes, Empire of the Sun, but what about that tape console system he’s so not playing the monitor isn’t even on?

Whoa! Christian Bale was the raddest kid on the block.

Man from Mars wrote: ↑

30 Nov 2022, 09:26

Good morning people of the keebs, I have come across a Unicomp 122-key terminal keyboard (no lock lights) with PS/2 connector from 1999, no info from the seller until now, no luck in searching part number on the label.
Any clue if this could be a BS board? Or just a big rubber dome?
pic2022-11-30 091636.jpg

Got some info back from the seller, it doesn't click (I mean, the keyboard, not the seller him/herself )

Any idea what this may be? Doesnt seem to have any identifiers what so ever.

ProfTroutington wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 03:30

Any idea what this may be? Doesnt seem to have any identifiers what so ever.

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Maybe its this.

ProfTroutington wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 03:30

Any idea what this may be? Doesnt seem to have any identifiers what so ever.

1805766517.jpg

^^^
looks like a falco 5220 keyboard, the only indication of the make / model on mine are on the pcb

that certainly seems to be the one, cheers!

ProfTroutington wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 03:30

Any idea what this may be? Doesnt seem to have any identifiers what so ever.

Looks a lot like this Board i've found a while ago.
Someone said its probably a monterey K9 , but i didnt find out more.

Correction: Its probably the Keyboard of a dec vt220

DEC had Ceefax? ALL RIGHT!

I thought it was at first but the line feed key below the arrow cluster and the stepped keys made me pause. It definately looks like the aforementioned falco board, I bought it any way so I guess we will find out in a few days.

I can confirm it is a Falco board with Hosiden linear switches, unfortunately a couple of the switches got broken in transport.

guidemetothelight wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 12:42

ProfTroutington wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 03:30

Any idea what this may be? Doesnt seem to have any identifiers what so ever.

Looks a lot like this Board i've found a while ago.
Someone said its probably a monterey K9 , but i didnt find out more.
839347E3-5DC2-4016-81C3-0A695E693AF8.jpeg

A sys req key and a Line Feed key? I thought Sys Req was for PC's and Line Feed was for mainframe terminals, like EBCDIC, where line feed and carriage return are separate codes.

\n and \r remain different codes, on non-Microsoft platforms.

justin4232000 wrote: ↑

13 Dec 2022, 16:46

guidemetothelight wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 12:42

ProfTroutington wrote: ↑

10 Dec 2022, 03:30

Any idea what this may be? Doesnt seem to have any identifiers what so ever.

Looks a lot like this Board i've found a while ago.
Someone said its probably a monterey K9 , but i didnt find out more.
839347E3-5DC2-4016-81C3-0A695E693AF8.jpeg

A sys req key and a Line Feed key? I thought Sys Req was for PC's and Line Feed was for mainframe terminals, like EBCDIC, where line feed and carriage return are separate codes.

How about a PC used as a mainframe terminal? Here's a photo of the other Monterey K9 on my list (not mine). The "AX" in the model number is almost certainly for "AT/XT", in other words for a PC, but with a DEC layout to be used as a terminal. K9 is the model number, which was apparently part of Monterey's earlier numbering system before the Kxxx numbers came out.

Second photo is to tie the gray serial/model number label (different model, same label style) to Monterey.

Keyboard on EBay. Looks like there had been a trackball installed in it.
The pink switch looks like Rafi RS 76 M.
Keycaps remind a little bit of the Rafi DT01/02.

I'm having a hard time finding info on the WYSE 724 keyboard, does anyone have any info for a newbie, like myself? I have several of these and I'm wondering what something like this would be worth. How can they be tested to see if they work or not?

Thanks in advance,
scottd

JSDSocHill wrote: ↑

02 Jan 2023, 01:25

I'm having a hard time finding info on the WYSE 724 keyboard, does anyone have any info for a newbie, like myself? I have several of these and I'm wondering what something like this would be worth. How can they be tested to see if they work or not?

They're rubberdomes. Pretty much worthless, I'm sorry to say.

Or you can do what this guy did on Ebay, by putting this as the auction title...
Where is the facepalm emoji?

"Wyse 901867-01 Vintage Mechanical Keyboard - NICE"

justin4232000 wrote: ↑

02 Jan 2023, 22:12

Or you can do what this guy did on Ebay, by putting this as the auction title...
Where is the facepalm emoji?

"Wyse 901867-01 Vintage Mechanical Keyboard - NICE"

"Mechanical"?

The “NICE” may be the even more egregious lie.

If it really is the same guy selling this on ebay, he’s got a brass neck for sure. Smart choice omitting those switch pics! Maybe someone can request them on eBay for a ruse?

Oy vey...
Another one.. (and this guy is a recycler)...with this description..... And deliberately didn't post a picture of the underside... I wonder why...

"Wyse Terminal Mechanical Keyboard | Cherry Blacks | 840358-01 / 901865-01 |"

We need a Bad Finds / Dodgy Sellers thread.

surprising response from the seller...
"It has a Vecmar sticker on it. On their site it shows both numbers so I put both up. The keyboard came from a box that has nothing else but 840358-01"

is it a 840358-01? I vaguely remember the yellow arrow keys meaning something.

justin4232000 wrote: ↑

06 Jan 2023, 17:20

is it a 840358-01? I vaguely remember the yellow arrow keys meaning something.

It has MX switches, I can tell you that much. Does the specific P/N matter to you?

There were so many of the Wyse keyboards, I can't keep the combinations straight. I was more concerned it was a dome 9 series instead of a mechanical 8-series..

DEC rebranded?
Has that big "do" key.