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Another honeywell hall effect keyboard

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 16:36
by taek
Hello,

Here's another pics of Honeywell Hall effect keyboard. Luckily overall condition is very nice, except cable doesn't exist.
Slightly differ from the previous one, so I post it here.

Switches: 4B3S * 103, 5B3S(latching) * 3 on capslock and 2 keys on the top right, 4B1S+6B1D on BLACK 2U 0 key,
6B1D works as stabilizer, I guess.
Keycaps: thick spherical caps w/o blank one. caps lock is not stepped one unlike other things I've seen.
PCB: SD-16238, CAT. LIST: 108SD 21-1, SER. NO: 04041, I have no idea. :?
Production date: there's 4 digit number 7941 on the PCB, 41 week 1979 I guess. but sticker on the bottom of case says 1-8-82.

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inside pics
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The rightmost switch is 5B3S


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6B1D(gray one) next to 4B1S


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Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 16:49
by seebart
Very nice, looks really clean. Congrats! I wonder what"Material N190" is? Honeywell / Micro Switch keycaps never fail to impress.

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 18:45
by zslane
So nice!

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 19:58
by taek
Thanks guys, I also wonder what it means. I can't find any info. at all.

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 21:23
by paecific.jr
I love looking at Honeywell board! Any hopes on an (external) converter?

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 21:31
by purdobol
Very nice looking board congrats. And that PCB is so organic... love it.

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 22:53
by snuci
Congrats. I bid on that board but got outbid. I also had an opportunity to buy the whole terminal once but it fell through. It is from this Honeywell terminal. Beautiful terminal too.

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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 00:24
by mike52787
if you had posted this a month or so ago you may have won DTA :P

Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 06:44
by JP!
I bid on this too. Nice board.

Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 15:52
by Escareno
miker52787 wrote:
02 Dec 2017, 00:24
if you had posted this a month or so ago you may have won DTA :P
This looks brand new. Can't believe that's almost 30 years old. I may sound like an old fart, but they don't make them like that no more.

Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 15:59
by seebart
mike52787 wrote: if you had posted this a month or so ago you may have won DTA :P
He'd be nominated for sure. :)

Posted: 03 Dec 2017, 10:52
by taek
Thanks all,
I'm currently working on how to convert it. There are lots of good posts here in DT.
I'll update the post, when I succeed in converting it.
seebart wrote:
mike52787 wrote: if you had posted this a month or so ago you may have won DTA :P
He'd be nominated for sure. :)
It would have been nice. But I'm late. :(

Posted: 03 Dec 2017, 17:36
by zslane
Isn't that the same model terminal that Muirium sent keycap samples from to 7bit for Round 5 (and Round 6) HONEYWELL?

Posted: 03 Dec 2017, 17:51
by Nuum
Looks like it is the same model Muirium has.

Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:21
by AMongoose
Is the profile of the keycaps uniform? It seems like it.

Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 15:52
by codemonkeymike
#dta2018

Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 16:03
by gkubed
Such a beautiful, unique keyboard. The Honeywell colorway has to be one of my favorites, and that keyboard is just gorgeous.

You said you don't have a cable for it at the time being - what do you have in mind for replacement? I'm not familiar with keyboards this old at all to tell if that was a common interface at the time.

Posted: 08 Dec 2017, 19:22
by Sangdrax
Boards like this are my weakness. Gorgeous.

Posted: 10 Dec 2017, 07:30
by taek
AMongoose wrote: Is the profile of the keycaps uniform? It seems like it.
Yes it is. Here's side pics.
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codemonkeymike wrote: #dta2018
Thanks for the tag! codemonkeymike :D
gkubed wrote: You said you don't have a cable for it at the time being - what do you have in mind for replacement? I'm not familiar with keyboards this old at all to tell if that was a common interface at the time.
well, I'm also not familiar with that. I'm thinking of using Teensy to convert it. but I'm not sure yet. :?
Sangdrax wrote: Boards like this are my weakness. Gorgeous.
Thanks! Sangdrax :)