Category: Keyboard
Cherry B70 “Pro” keyboard with Cherry housing
Below is a Cherry B70 Pro keyboard. The keyboard mechanism model number is B70-05AB. According to the 1979 Cherry Catalog, the clear anodized aluminum and walnut keyboard housing is model number B99-18AF. The description...
Commodore C64x Extreme
After looking for quite awhile, I finally managed to acquire a 2011 Commodore USA C64x Extreme computer. While it looks like a Commodore 64 from 1983 at first glance, it’s actually a 2011 era...
IBM PC Model F keyboard – Type 1 vs Type 2
Here are some pictures of an early IBM PC 83 key keyboard known as the Model F. This was the keyboard used with the IBM 5150 PC and the IBM 5160 PC XT computers. ...
Cherry Solid-state Capacitive keyboard – T mount
Pictured here is a Cherry based terminal keyboard from Control Data Corporation that was part of the CDC 721 Terminal also known as the CDC 721 Viking terminal. It is one an example of a pre-PC...
Netronics Professional ASCII keyboard with a surprise inside
This is a Netronics Research and Development Limited Professional ASCII keyboard. It was originally found in a Times Sinclair lot on eBay and it had a cutout of a ZX81 keyboard advertisement taped to...
Honeywell Micro Switch keyboard
Here’s an interesting keyboard with a ghostly white colour scheme. I’m not exactly sure what terminal this goes with but it is a Honeywell keyboard. The original owner modified it to work with a...
IBM 3277 Terminal
Here are some pictures of my IBM 3277 terminal. I got it recently and cleaned it up including disassembling and cleaning up the keyboard. This is the 3277 Model 2 that has an 80...
Bendix Keyboard/Control Panel from NASA
This is a Bendix keyboard/control panel that was originally purchased from from a surplus auction at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It looks like it’s from NASA and it is!...
ITT ETL18 Key Switch
Here are some pics of the ITT ETL18 key switch. I am actually very impressed by the key feel. Because of the nature of the spring, it collapses and snaps back much like an...
HP 9830a keyboard – Cherry key switches
These are pictures of Cherry switches from an HP 9380a calculator/computer.
Vintage IBM 3277 keyboard with internal Micro Switch keyboard assembly
I recently acquired an IBM keyboard that was pretty dirty but I felt I could clean it up and refurbish it quite nicely. I knew this to be an old IBM keyboard but there...
IBM PC Model F keyboards
Keyboard 1 (small scratch on back, one foot missing. Front looks awesome. Cord is almost excellent) Keyboard 2 (small abrasion on back, two feet missing. Front looks awesome. Cord has expanded coils) Keyboard...
Vintage Cherry Solid-State Capacitive keyboard – KFN3-8358
This keyboard was purchased at the same time as a Cherry model KFN3-8351 keyboard that looks almost exactly like this Cherry Solid State capacitive keyboard except for the model number. Once the key caps...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Vintage Homemade terminal keyboard
I love finding vintage “home brew” hardware and this is one of the most impressive terminal/keyboards in my collection to me. It’s construction is crude but it was quite usable as this keyboard contains...