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British Telecom "Leopard" Keyboard
Posted: 11 Aug 2020, 10:48
by shallot
I just bought this on eBay on a bit of a whim:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Tele ... true&rt=nc
Does anyone know anything about it? The thing is literally ungoogleable as far as I can tell, but those caps look doubleshot so I figure it's not cheap junk.
If not, of course I'll report back when I've got the thing in hand
Re: British Telecom "Leopard" Keyboard
Posted: 11 Aug 2020, 18:54
by Coeus
That looks like a telex terminal, not just a keyboard.
Re: British Telecom "Leopard" Keyboard
Posted: 11 Aug 2020, 19:16
by mode1ace
Looks like two of those caps are tripleshot, 3 and 5!
Re: British Telecom "Leopard" Keyboard
Posted: 11 Aug 2020, 19:18
by shallot
Coeus wrote: 11 Aug 2020, 18:54
That looks like a telex terminal, not just a keyboard.
Correct! I turned up a bit of info earlier today confirming similar, still not much info out there about this model unfortunately.
Re: British Telecom "Leopard" Keyboard
Posted: 14 Aug 2020, 12:42
by shallot
It's linear Alphameric foam and foil (thought it was keytronic but just had it apart) - now I just need to get some replacement pads for it and clean it the hell up
Edit: properly disassembled just now, inside it's in beaut condition, very few dust bunnies. pads look a bit off-color, am hoping i can find some easy replacements for those. this thing has a *hefty* steel plate giving it most of the weight, and the case and caps have cleaned up pretty nice with denture tabs and magic erasers