Mystery mid-70's keyboards

[Bill Degnan]

My initial thought is a clone dec terminal printer keyboard.
Bill

On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 9:41 AM Jules Richardson via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

>
> Hey all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows what system either of these two keyboards
> came from:
>
> 1) APL keyboard made by Maxi-switch, IC date codes in 1976, p/n 2129-009,
> keyboard encoder has "NKBD-452 03-004-05":
>    http://www.classiccmp.org/acornia/tmp/maxi.jpg
>
> 2) Keyboard branded as Licon 55-500129, IC date codes in 1973 and '74. Has
> three blank white keys, one blank gray key, and one blank black key, also
> "home mem", "marg set" and "video rvs":
>    http://www.classiccmp.org/acornia/tmp/licon.jpg
>
> I picked up both hoping that at least one would be simple parallel output
> and so useful for homebrew stuff, but I am curious about what they
> originally came from.
>
> cheers
>
> Jules
>