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IBM Model F 1397950 "Bigfoot"
Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 00:57
by webwit
Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 16:17
by daedalus
For those interested, this is an IBM 5291 terminal keyboard.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhib ... _4018.html
(The Woman's head obscures the keyboard in the picture)
Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 23:38
by Pylon
I have the 21-Nov-85 833677 with pretty much the same layout (right key cluster may be different though) and same case. The three part feet are fun.
Does yours have a 15-pin connector with 1 or 2 pins missing?
Posted: 18 Feb 2011, 02:52
by Crazy9000
Is that a backspace and home right next to each other, that look almost the same (top pic)?
Posted: 18 Feb 2011, 14:27
by daedalus
It's a backspace and a backtab. Technically shift + Tab on a PC keyboard is backtab, but in reality it's never used or implemented.
Posted: 19 Feb 2011, 21:57
by webwit
Pylon wrote:I have the 21-Nov-85 833677 with pretty much the same layout (right key cluster may be different though) and same case. The three part feet are fun.
Does yours have a 15-pin connector with 1 or 2 pins missing?
Yep, big 15-pin connector, 1 pin missing.
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 21:36
by Grond
I may be able to get one of those for cheap. Should I?
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 21:40
by webwit
Not unless you collect IBM or have a wish to make it compatible with a modern computer.
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 21:58
by rodtang
webwit wrote:Not unless you collect IBM or have a wish to make it compatible with a modern computer.
Or just save it for the future.
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 22:02
by 7bit
Going by its optics, layout and hat caps, it looks more like 1984.
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 22:31
by Grond
Maybe I could use it as a coffee table!
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 22:53
by Icarium
Grond wrote:I may be able to get one of those for cheap. Should I?
If you can get one like in the OP I'm interested.
Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 23:04
by Grond
Yes, it's just like that. I'll let you know asap.
By the way, does this sport two-piece keycaps?
Posted: 08 Mar 2012, 16:47
by JBert
It's likely one-piece, just like other model Fs.
I'd love some Qwerty keycaps, but shipping a few kilograms of keyboard around for just the 100 grams of plastic on top of it sounds terribly expensive.
Posted: 08 Mar 2012, 17:05
by Grond
According to the wiki some model Fs have two-pieces keycaps, that's why I asked.
Posted: 08 Mar 2012, 20:33
by xbb
my F terminal has two-pieces keycaps
Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 23:33
by Grond
I can now confirm the Bigfoot has single piece keycaps, though.
Posted: 22 Mar 2012, 20:19
by daedalus
The 122-keys were the first buckling spring board with two piece keycaps (and the only Model F keyboard I can think of that uses two piece keycaps)
