Is this a new record?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 4/22/21 5:13 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. What is it with keyboards lately?
> 
> That’s a really good question.  Are they being used for emulators?  If so, I can sort of understand this.
> 
> The reason I have a DEC VT420 sitting next to my desk is so that I can have the appropriate keyboard, when I need it.  It uses LAT to talk to PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX, and Alpha systems (mostly emulated these days).
> 
> I’ve been seriously considering a Honeywell terminal, for accessing my Multics system (I have used the VT420).

As far as I can tell, they're being hacked to use as gaming keyboards.
 At least the IBM beam-spring ones seem to be.

Makes little sense to me.

--Chuck