Does anyone have any information on what type of key switches this keyboard uses? I can't seem to find anything on, I can't even find the identification of the keyboard. I believe it is what attached to the ts-1605, but even then I can't find anything helpful about it or the computer.
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TS-1605 keyboard
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
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Switches are Futaba MD (Futaba MA on the TPC versions). Scan codes are XT. Runs on 12 volts. Bypass the internal regulator to use on 5 volts. No idea if it will work on a Soarers or other converter as I haven't tried it yet. More info here:
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- spinnylights
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If you look up '"tele-pc" terminal', it's pretty easy to figure out that it's for a TeleVideo terminal, and you can kind of just go from there. Looks like Polecat has direct experience with these though.
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
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Back in the good ol' days there was no "research", at least not as we know it today. I had customers with Televideo computers and failing or missing keyboards, and piles of XT keyboards, so I wired up an adapter with an internal voltage regulator and plugged it in. A local Televideo dealer wanted some of the adapters, so I threw a few together and made a buck or two for my efforts. I had several of the Televideo computers over the years including a couple 1605s, and still have a TPC-II (currently not working).
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
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- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
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Actually the Televideo terminal keyboards, which were much more common, are not compatible. Televideo computers were oddballs even when new.spinnylights wrote: ↑23 Mar 2020, 01:11If you look up '"tele-pc" terminal', it's pretty easy to figure out that it's for a TeleVideo terminal, and you can kind of just go from there. Looks like Polecat has direct experience with these though.
- spinnylights
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