9 Jul
2014
9 Jul
'14
10:22 a.m.
> a model M keyboard with working shift and enter
keys
On Tue, 8 Jul 2014, Philip Belben wrote:
Are you sure? The keyboard I know as the "Model
M" was the AT enhanced
keyboard (and with a different plug and slightly different trim, the
PS/2 keyboard). It is a total anachronism for the 5150. I'm not sure
it would even work with it!
You are absolutely right. Good catch.
The model M was available with several different connectors. Most of the
original AT (5170) had a 5 pin DIN connector that looked the same as the
5150/5160 keyboard connector, but they are elctrically very different.
I don't remember the name/model number of the 84? key 5150/5160 keyboard.
It had a model M like feel (buckling springs), but different circuitry.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com