24 Jan
2018
24 Jan
'18
11:06 a.m.
Well, let me know if you find another one. Or, if anyone else has one
they'd be willing to part with for reasonable money. The regular 3278
type keyboards won't work on an IBM 3101 - and those are a lot more
common. The one I need looks like this:
https://i.imgur.com/1Cz8hMi.jpg
It has the configuration switches to set the baud rate and such under
that panel at the top.
Without this particular keyboard, the terminal I have is useless - you
can't even have it just receive/display data, since the configuration
switches are in the keyboard.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Electronics Plus <sales at elecplus.com> wrote:
I had no idea you wanted one! I just sold 1 in superb
shape, but yes, the fellow did pay a fortune for them. He is in Canada.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:40 PM
To: Guy Sotomayor; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Keyboard "enthusiasts"
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
?are the bane of my existence and should all rot
in hell.
Sorry, I just received an email from a ?keyboard enthusiast? who was
looking for various IBM 327x keyboards and wanted to know if I could
help him and I needed to vent a little.
Ugh. Don't get me started. I collect terminals. Missing keyboards is a perennial
problem, but it's gotten WAY worse in recent years. I have two terminals here that are
missing the keyboards because some "enthusiast" bought them out from under me
during an eBay transaction.
So, now I have an Infoton and an IBM 3101 here that are completely worthless because the
keyboards are missing.
And I have no hope of ever finding replacements - especially for the IBM 3101, because
that's one of the ones the keyboard jerks really seem to love because it's the
older beam spring kind.
Grr.....
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24 Jan
24 Jan
11:50 a.m.
Hi Ian,
I have a keyboard that looks similar but it's in several pieces because I
am currently in the process of restoring it. The barrel plate (the plate
that holds the beam spring switches in place) and exterior needs paint.
This was very rusty and in rough shape when I got it but I'd love to see it
in use (if I can't find a 3101 terminal). I also took the beam spring
switches apart and cleaned them up. It is in need of final restoration but
I can't paint until summer now (or get it sent out).
Send me a message off-list and I'll take some pics. Are there variations
to the 3101 terminal? I'm not sure this particular keyboard is the right
one you need but if you have the IBM part number, I can check.
I am not the Canadian guy that Cindy sold those keyboards to but I can only
imagine what they went for. I now tend to buy these IBM keyboards first
(when they happen to come up) and match up the terminal later. Doing it
the other way around just doesn't work any more. I think this particular
model is sought after because it has the beam spring key switches and is
"slim line" compared to most other beam spring keyboards. It also has
enough keys to have a decent PC layout, unfortunately.
Santo
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Ian Primus via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Well, let me know if you find another one. Or, if
anyone else has one
they'd be willing to part with for reasonable money. The regular 3278
type keyboards won't work on an IBM 3101 - and those are a lot more
common. The one I need looks like this:
https://i.imgur.com/1Cz8hMi.jpg
It has the configuration switches to set the baud rate and such under
that panel at the top.
Without this particular keyboard, the terminal I have is useless - you
can't even have it just receive/display data, since the configuration
switches are in the keyboard.
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