Several folks produce custom keytops. I found these:- https://keycapsdirect.worldsecuresystems.com/products/inventory
they might want to produce a retro layout for you... Dave G4UGM > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad > Sent: 13 October 2015 17:04 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: TV Typewriter Cover Unit location? > > Thanks Chuck. I assume being over 40 years it's unlikely we'll ever see these > keytops in the wild. Although I said that about TVT boards and then a set > showed up on ebay and slipped by me for $40. :) > > Here's another shot of the keyboard in the original article: > http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Feb1973/RE_Feb_1973_p > g55.jpg > > Rereading the parts list here: > > http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Feb1973/RE_Feb_1973_p > g88.jpg > > I caught something I didn't before -- Don says 'any reasonable callout'. If > I'm > understanding what a callout is, that's the actual marking that tells you what > that key is. Based on that, maybe Mechanical Enterprises didn't offer a > standard set of keys, but rather custom keytops that could have whatever > you asked for on them? If that's the case, then as long as I could find > someone to produce the correctish dimensions of those keytops, and could > figure out from the bad photos what each key had on it, I could potentially > replicate that and be able to say that's what the hobbyist did back in the day > more or less. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck > Guzis > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:23 AM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: TV Typewriter Cover Unit location? > > Brad, I'm going to say that it will be impossible to identify the keyboard > used > from a photo. The issue is that all sorts of computer equipment used gray > key bodies with white letters. > > For example, here's a Control DD60 console display unit: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6000_series#/media/File:CDC_6600_con > sole.JPG > > GRI (George Risk Industries) probably made a jillion gray-keyed keyboards > for various manufacturers. IBM used gray keys, Univac used gray keys, CDC > used gray keys...it's pretty much impossible to say. > > --Chuck > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6172 / Virus Database: 4447/10805 - Release Date: 10/12/15