Micro Switch 68SD15-1-E

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MrDuul

29 May 2017, 12:55

Nice man, great find.

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seebart
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29 May 2017, 12:58

MrDuul wrote: Nice man, great find.
Thanks, it was just a regular buy of course. Quite cheap too. Notice the layout, no enter or return key rather it has 1u "repeat" keys of either side of the spacebar. It was for some word processor I believe although I don't know.

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MrDuul

29 May 2017, 13:00

Is it possible to 3D scan a key then 3D print a reproduction?

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seebart
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29 May 2017, 13:03

MrDuul wrote: Is it possible to 3D scan a key then 3D print a reproduction?
Sure, but what makes these so nice is the quality grade of the plastic, not sure how a reproduction would hold up.

codemonkeymike

29 May 2017, 19:39

If you want one you could rob a museum, as I have said before.

Anyway beautiful keyboard, I would love to see the system that ran. In all its 70's glory

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seebart
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29 May 2017, 19:52

codemonkeymike wrote: I would love to see the system that ran. In all its 70's glory
Thanks, I'd like to know myself.

melka

22 Jun 2021, 13:05

Four years later, I can answer that question :)

Just received the Azerty variant of that keyboard
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And it came with a little instruction sheet
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The KDS series were Key to Disk Systems.
Key-to-disk systems were systems that took data entered by users from keypunch-like keyboards and held the information on a hard disk. The information was then transferred from disk to 1/2 inch tape for processing on the user's mainframe equipment.
And here's the only good quality picture I could find of a KDS (sometimes called KDU)
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Link with a bit more infos in French on the system
http://www.histoireinform.com/Histoire/ ... r5inf9.htm

John Doe

22 Jun 2021, 15:33

Damn, what a beauty beast.

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TNT

22 Jun 2021, 15:41

Those caps are pristine. Very nice!

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