Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 06:57
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Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 13:57
Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 18:54
Interesting. The owner reports a VT-100, but it's not a normal VT-100 keyboard:
photos-f62/random-keyboards-lovingly-ph ... ml#p139144
It may just be a customer-specific VT-100 keyboard.
photos-f62/random-keyboards-lovingly-ph ... ml#p139144
It may just be a customer-specific VT-100 keyboard.
Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 22:04
beamingrobot wrote: Does anyone know what board this it? It's definitely from DT
resources/image/10470
Isn't that Snuci's goldkey? Or a similar model perhaps?
Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 23:12
It's not the same as his VT-108 keyboard, no.
Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 23:50
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Posted: 22 Mar 2017, 00:03
Looks Alpsish to me. Which would also explain the scratchiness if it was dirty.
Posted: 22 Mar 2017, 00:40
Posted: 22 Mar 2017, 00:53
Daniel Beardsmore wrote: WYSE WYSEpc keyboard, likely green Alps:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56549.0
Yep that looks to be right. Switches likely need some cleaning
Posted: 22 Mar 2017, 00:59
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Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 07:02
Looking at the photos: a set of PC clones completely enclosed within a keyboard case; first generation Pentium or clones, judging by the 586 moniker.
All of this running some sort of proprietary software.
Oh wow! That website (alternatively: Wayback Machine link) looks like it's stuck in the mid-nineties!
Ok. Sure, there might be a viable business to be had supporting this thing, but:
All of this running some sort of proprietary software.
Oh wow! That website (alternatively: Wayback Machine link) looks like it's stuck in the mid-nineties!
Ok. Sure, there might be a viable business to be had supporting this thing, but:
- An old hardware fleet, no matter how reliable, will need parts and replacements. Could the software run on a current gen machine built using COTS parts?
- Speaking of software, what's that source code like to work with?
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 16:24
*Buys business, pulls keycap from one of the boards - finds out it's a rubber dome. Shoots self in face.*
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 16:28
Looks like they were into these Terminal-Data-Entry systems similair to the Nixdorf 8850 system with the BA80 terminals.
They used to have Mainframe/Terminal systems worth tens of thousands of bucks just for highly optimized multi-user data entry!
They used to have Mainframe/Terminal systems worth tens of thousands of bucks just for highly optimized multi-user data entry!
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 17:22
hi everyone, i'm new here !
bought this one today, it should arrive in next few days.
Wondering if anyone knows anything about it.. what switches are those mx knockoffs or leigt ones ? maybe some nice ps2 nkro ? hmhm
never seen case like this
apparently there is 'tipro' writing on switch case
bought this one today, it should arrive in next few days.
Wondering if anyone knows anything about it.. what switches are those mx knockoffs or leigt ones ? maybe some nice ps2 nkro ? hmhm
never seen case like this
apparently there is 'tipro' writing on switch case
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 17:31
That is odd...Looks exactly like a Monterey K103/104 case, but doesn't have any of the switches they are known to have. Looks like a hirose cherry switch almost, but the switch definitely has Tipro lettering? Can you get a clear picture of the switch and labels?
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 17:35
indeed looks like Monterey case O_o, looks like it says 'tipro' to me, not sure
asked seller to send me some if he still has keyboard at his place, i'll take some when it arrives
asked seller to send me some if he still has keyboard at his place, i'll take some when it arrives
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 20:10
That looks like a Model M to me.
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 20:38
I think those are the Tipro MX clones. Don't know much about them though...
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 21:44
seems impossible to find anything about them on internet too
found only this picture on internet, it's actually only thing I managed to find about tipro switch or tipro casing, how does this look to you guys ?
found only this picture on internet, it's actually only thing I managed to find about tipro switch or tipro casing, how does this look to you guys ?
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 21:48
There's a thread about them here on DT: keyboards-f2/tipro-t141a-early-tipro-bo ... o%20switch
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 22:03
just read it, thanks !
nice to know little bit about history .. but not a word about actual switches there. I guess we will just have to find out how good clones are they
nice to know little bit about history .. but not a word about actual switches there. I guess we will just have to find out how good clones are they
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 23:38
Hello, i found something that has cought my eye in the local Craigslist type of website. Looks very old to me, and from the missing key i can assume it could be a buckling spring? Any info would be appreciated. Sorry for the bad quality photos, unfortunately, they are the only ones provided by the seller.
Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 23:41
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Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 23:49
That keyboard appears to use Key Tronic Foam and Foil switches.DankMatter wrote: Hello, i found something that has cought my eye in the local Craigslist type of website. Looks very old to me, and from the missing key i can assume it could be a buckling spring? Any info would be appreciated. Sorry for the bad quality photos, unfortunately, they are the only ones provided by the seller.
Posted: 25 Mar 2017, 00:07
Posted: 25 Mar 2017, 00:45
The pad in the upper left corner looks like a joystick mount. Interesting board, It would be a fun one to dismember and document even if it's full of rotten foam. I'm guessing it may have been part of a security system.
Posted: 25 Mar 2017, 00:53
There are photos somewhere of one with that pad removed, and Alps SKE* integrated dome switches in the four positions. It's not an analogue pad!
Posted: 25 Mar 2017, 01:04
That Compaq board up top is a great board. Very well built for a rubber dome keyboard. I've had a few of them and they are pretty decent boards overall. I'd buy the whole box just for that one myself as I've destroyed most of the ones I had "experimenting".mik wrote: Hello everyone,
Someone took this picture for me in a local thrift store. I think most of them are boring rubber domes, but I wonder about the second one from the bottom (sorry I don't have a better picture). It seems to have two sets of five function keys and the spacebar is unusually large with only one modifier. Also look at the arrow keys that are placed one row from the bottom. I reminds me of an Amiga keyboard, but I know it isn't...