Selling keyboards without the terminal

[ED SHARPE]

well i  have  some  clicky  keyboards and   yea  love the   feedback  clak  when I type  but the   usual off the rack  frys    usb  thing is  problematic 


 
so  by thinner  bean  it  clacks  but  has   a lighter  motion?
 
 
then  I have  this   ibm  clacky  keyboard  with   several rows  of  function  keys...  as  i  remember   2  or  3  rows?  wonder what the hell it  was  used  for?
 
Gave  my  wife and  Envey  hp all in  one   body  I  got  and  put  a  keyboard  with it  that  had  decals on the  keys...  she  was  not  happy...  seems  all keys  wear  off  now....  
 
In a message dated 10/19/2018 9:45:13 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at classiccmp.org writes:

 


On 10/19/18 8:41 AM, js--- via cctalk wrote:
> Why is the keyboard being sold alone, when the terminal is right there?

Keyboard collectors.
https://deskthority.net/ etc.
Any 70's or 80's mechanical switch or hall-effect keyboard is going for big bucks now.

This has been discussed here and on the VCF forum before.

I am in the process of trying to draw out the schematics for the IBM Displaywriter,
and it is impossible to find a 'reasonably priced' (as in less than $300 dollar)
keyboard for the system I've pieced together.

There are people making USB adapters for most of the old IBM mechanical keyboards now.

I'm also working on documenting IBM CU 'Control Unit' (coax..) Terminals
You can find terminals, but not keyboards.