Atex Newspaper Editing Terminal Keyboard Model DIN-40
Posted: 19 Apr 2019, 22:53
I received two of these interesting Atex newspaper editing terminal keyboards from PDP_11 and figured I would post a quick teardown. From the two I would eventually like to restore one into the best condition as I can.
Atex Model DIN-40: Old news: The teardown:
Haata also has a similar keyboard but his is quite a bit different and is older than mine: viewtopic.php?t=15026
Atex Model DIN-40: Old news: The teardown:
Spoiler:
Some sort of foam and foil switch I've never seen before:
A big problem in the 1980's