Wyse PCE INT'L #840362-01
Posted: 15 Jul 2018, 14:34
Recently acquired my first vintage keyboard, a Wyse PCE with ISO-SE/ISO-FI layout.
It was given to me by my cousin, who's been collecting old tech servers and terminals, as a thank you for introducing him to keyboard science (he had an extra UK-ISO Wyse WY85 Gate Array he'd rather keep and now intends to restore). It actually has a bit of backstory too. It used to be hooked up to a terminal connected to the mainframe at a large, international company where my cousin works as an engineer. As such, it was in use for a very long time while at the same time not being accessed very often. The keycaps only took a little cleaning to look pristine. I actually wanted it for the keycaps at first, especially because it has the rarer Swedish/Finnish layout with ÅÄÖ as well as the ISO Enter key, the split LShift and the Alt Gr key. However, it just looks too good to be harvested. I think I'll rather look into Soarer's firmware and modding the terminal connector to USB.
It was given to me by my cousin, who's been collecting old tech servers and terminals, as a thank you for introducing him to keyboard science (he had an extra UK-ISO Wyse WY85 Gate Array he'd rather keep and now intends to restore). It actually has a bit of backstory too. It used to be hooked up to a terminal connected to the mainframe at a large, international company where my cousin works as an engineer. As such, it was in use for a very long time while at the same time not being accessed very often. The keycaps only took a little cleaning to look pristine. I actually wanted it for the keycaps at first, especially because it has the rarer Swedish/Finnish layout with ÅÄÖ as well as the ISO Enter key, the split LShift and the Alt Gr key. However, it just looks too good to be harvested. I think I'll rather look into Soarer's firmware and modding the terminal connector to USB.
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