Do you want complete terminals and keyboards? The reason they like the keyboards is because of the feel of the typing. Sometimes they come with the monitors, and they have no use for them, so they get dumpstered. If you look on elecshopper.com I did have about 20 of these heavy old boards, but none at the present time. I do know where some of the monitors are, but not keyboards.
Cindy -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 4:49 PM To: Anthony DeStefano; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Serial keyboards > On Jun 6, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Anthony DeStefano via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> On Jun 6, 2017, at 4:40 PM, dwight via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> If you look on the ebay for a dolch ethernet sniffer, you'll see >> >> many with no keyboard. >> >> Why would someone separate the keyboard from a box when it >> >> is clipped onto it? >> >> These are not just any keyboard. They have custom shaped cases >> >> and connector specifically for that model dolch. >> >> What would anyone want with those keyboards? >> > > Unfortunately, it's because the mechanical keyboard crowd canabalizes old > keyboards for keycaps and very rarely switches. These days you can sell a > set of keycaps for more multiples of what a working, complete system will > fetch. > Yes, I’ve been dealing with the morons who strip the keyboards off of (now rare) IBM 327x terminals, cut the connectors off and wire them up to PS/2 or USB. May they burn in hell. TTFN - Guy
