Vintage Cherry Solid-State Capacitive keyboard – KFN3-8351
I was able to acquire two interesting Cherry keyboards that were a bit of a mystery. One keyboard had a broken key switch (shown here) that caused days of research and theories… The other...
Author: Santo Nucifora
IBM 5161 Expansion Unit
Some time back, I acquired an IBM 5161 expansion unit that adds extra capacity to the original IBM PC model 5150. The 5150 only had 5 expansion slots and two full-height 5.25″ floppy drives...
Lear Siegler ADM 3A terminal
I recently acquired a Lear Siegler ADM 3A terminal and I was thrilled. This is one of the quintessential terminals of it’s day and if one ever mentions “terminal” to someone who’s been around...
IBM Model M SSK Upper/Lower Case Key Cap set
I found an IBM Model M key cap set on eBay that looked rather interesting. It included both uppercase characters (as is the norm) but it also included lower case characters on the same...
STM Pied Piper computer
This is another Canadian computer from Semi-Tech Microelectronics Corporation (STM) called the Pied Piper that looks a little worse for wear but the paint wearing down actually exposes a metallic finish underneath. This is ...
Vintage Alps AKB-3420 Keyboard
The Alps AKB-3420 keyboard was built for early 80’s S-100 computers as these generally had toggle switches for data entry and led blinking lights for output. If someone wanted a monitor and keyboard, one...
MOS Commodore KIM-1
I was very happy to find a blue PCB version of a KIM-1 computer some time ago. I have a couple of different versions but this KIM-1 is Revision E. More information is available...
IBM vs Apple: A display of vintage juxtaposition
This is a combination of two items that sits on the mantel of my fireplace. One item is an old 1950s IBM 701 vacuum tube component that I wanted to display but couldn’t quite...
Vintage Cray Research keyboard (made by Ampex)
This Cray Research keyboard that was manufactured by Ampex is the first keyboard I bought for historical interest sake and is NOT a keyboard for which I have the matching terminal. I’d love to...
Univac 1701 Keypunch Keyboard
In the last few weeks, I happened on a vintage Univac keyboard from a 1701 Kyepunch. I had seen one in my travels at Deskthority.net, a keyboard enthusiasts web community and it did pique...