Hi Ed,
This particular keyboard uses beam spring key switches. These are
considered ultra luxury old-school key switches with really good key caps.
IBM spared no expense. The IBM 3101 is the thinnest beam spring keyboard
and looks closest to the IBM Model M (sort of) in terms of keys. While the
key caps don't match up, someone created a converter that makes these
keyboards work via USB (replacing the controller board) which also maps out
easily to a usable PC keyboard. It is likely to go higher.
I have one of these keyboards that is in serious need of restoration but
when I restore it I will acquire a 3101 terminal for it to mate with (as I
have done with other keyboards and terminals).
Hope this helps.
Santo
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 12:15 PM ED SHARPE via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
OK I am sorry I do not understand why the
keyboard went this high?
Please... Please... someone explain?