HP 9830a keyboard – Cherry key switches
These are pictures of Cherry switches from an HP 9380a calculator/computer.
Category: Keyboard
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...