24 Nov
1998
24 Nov
'98
8:47 a.m.
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 03:22:57 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Dismantling an AT keyboard entirely
Tony scribbled:
There is an _official_ 101/102 key XT keyboard from
IBM, BTW. It looks
like the AT one, but it doesn't have the 3 LEDs at the top right.
Otherwise it's identical. The manual implies that these keyboards
autodetect which machine they're plugged into and send either XT or AT
codes. The 83/84 key keyboards don't - they have to be used with the
right machine.
Tony! Missed the PS/1 type keyboards!? They use exactly same
bowing spring technologies. I had stolen springs from 84 key ones to
fix PS/1 and PS/2 keyboards. Those springs get mangled rather easily
and get lost sometimes.
One telltale is you can twist PS/1 lengthwise and light.
Jason D.
-tony
email: jpero(a)cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.