Jason,
if you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I have a 3278 keyboard you can
have. It would cost a fortune ship the thing as much as it weighs.
Ellis
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
  My insatiable terminal collecting habit has cost me
another couple
 square feet of space.  By way of a well-spotted Craigslist ad, I have
 acquired an IBM 3278-5 terminal:
 
https://picasaweb.google.com/102190732096693814506/IBM3278Terminal
 I'll need a terminal controller, so it'll be a long time before this
 term sees a mainframe session again.  But it does power up and I'd
 like to at least test the local mode, so I'll need a keyboard, too.
 A few have appeared on eBay recently and sold for much more than I
 expected.  Apparently there are a lot of 'boardless terminals out
 there.  Aside from waiting patiently for one to come along cheap, what
 are my options here?  The keyboard connector is a 25 pin and I believe
 it uses a serial protocol.  Are there other IBM keyboards that may
 work?  Any that can be adapted?  For terminals, I have a 3178 keyboard
 (p/n 6052141) with the 15-pin connector.
 I know there is a 3278 -> PS/2 adapter project out there but it was
 intended to go the other direction, to use the 3278 keyboard on a PC.
 Perhaps it can be adapted to go my way?
 -j