Found this absolute unit of a keyboard in a dumpster outside an old abandoned factory. And i need help identifying it!
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- Location: Norway
More pictures: https://imgur.com/gallery/FGFdHtV
Copy & paste comment from the reddit post that lead me here:
I assume its for some sort of terminal. On the note on the side theres no serial or anything, it says "replacement part", some gibberish, and then its dated at the bottom. 3.5.90(european way of writing a date. The correct way :^) )
Any questions? I'd be happy to answer!
Edit: Some words. Also, there is no serial number or anything on the keyboard..
- whiffysole
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: S60-X Custom Build
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
- Favorite switch: Gateron Yellow
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What kind of switches and keycaps? I'm betting those caps are lovely
- SneakyRobb
- THINK
- Location: Canada
- Main keyboard: KB-5161A, F122, Dc2014, Typeheaven, Beamspring FXT
- Main mouse: MX518 Legendary
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Hi,
Not entirely sure. But that connector is interesting and might lead us to the answer with some looking!
It is a CANNON DD 115339-4 50 pin connector mostly (?) used with audio equipment.
https://www.stepp-upsteppersllc.com/ind ... ts_id=9025
Not entirely sure. But that connector is interesting and might lead us to the answer with some looking!
It is a CANNON DD 115339-4 50 pin connector mostly (?) used with audio equipment.
https://www.stepp-upsteppersllc.com/ind ... ts_id=9025
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- Location: Boston Metro
- Main keyboard: 122-key Model F
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Mouse K64325
- Favorite switch: IBM Beam Spring or Capacitive Buckling Spring
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DD50 is actually the "First Alternative" for SCSI (there are nothing but alternatives, oddly enough) but it's rarely used for that. I don't think this keyboard is SCSI, I've never heard of that before. I've seen some pictures of old Perkin-Elmer equipment that used unusually large D-sub connectors for the keyboard, DC37 I think it was.SneakyRobb wrote: ↑06 Aug 2019, 18:55Hi,
Not entirely sure. But that connector is interesting and might lead us to the answer with some looking!
It is a CANNON DD 115339-4 50 pin connector mostly (?) used with audio equipment.
https://www.stepp-upsteppersllc.com/ind ... ts_id=9025
- SneakyRobb
- THINK
- Location: Canada
- Main keyboard: KB-5161A, F122, Dc2014, Typeheaven, Beamspring FXT
- Main mouse: MX518 Legendary
- DT Pro Member: 0242
Hi that is interesting. So the cable then is not necessarily the best to use.Red_October wrote: ↑06 Aug 2019, 20:37DD50 is actually the "First Alternative" for SCSI (there are nothing but alternatives, oddly enough) but it's rarely used for that. I don't think this keyboard is SCSI, I've never heard of that before. I've seen some pictures of old Perkin-Elmer equipment that used unusually large D-sub connectors for the keyboard, DC37 I think it was.SneakyRobb wrote: ↑06 Aug 2019, 18:55Hi,
Not entirely sure. But that connector is interesting and might lead us to the answer with some looking!
It is a CANNON DD 115339-4 50 pin connector mostly (?) used with audio equipment.
https://www.stepp-upsteppersllc.com/ind ... ts_id=9025
I found this
Teleram computer that has keycaps that are very similar.
https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.p ... abubble/81
https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.p ... 1002-4.jpg
Notice the ^~ key for instance. Seems to have the exact same legends.
The only other keyboards I can find these on the wiki are Hi-tek series key switches.
As well a Perkin-Elmer keyboard like you mentioned has the same *: key - Also Hi-Tek
wiki/File:PerkinElmer3700kb-top_view.jpg
- kps
- Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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That's just bit-paired ASCII. All it tells you is that the keyboard is later than 1967.SneakyRobb wrote: ↑06 Aug 2019, 21:53Notice the ^~ key for instance. Seems to have the exact same legends.