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Article #624575Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Chris
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:41
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:41
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On 07/02/18 00:47, Bob Eager wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:26:56 +0100, Chris wrote: > >> On 07/01/18 23:55, Bob Eager wrote: >> >> >>> I bought an IBM one in 1989, and it was in daily use. Still is - I'm >>> typing this on it! >>> >>> >> No concept of *design life* or planned obsolescence back then. Still >> have a nos IBM keyboard, says TPE on the front badge, but has a 9 pin D >> on the cable and a sheet saying only for use on the IBM PC-AT. >> From memory, the AT keyboards had a din plug on the cable, but >> maybe mistaken... > > No, you are correct. The AT (as with the XT and the PC) had a 5 pin DIN > plug. I still have some DIN to PS/2 adaptors. > > The keyboard cost £130, but that's less than 50p a year... So wonder what the keyboard I have was used on ?. Part number is 100A519, Date: 09 Jul 1987, FSCM: 1GZ84. The IBM Badge on the front says "TPC Keyboard IV" and has a 9 pin D at the cable end, 4 pins used, but the enclosed sheet says "for use only on IBM PC-AT". Perhaps a special for some system or other, but not quite standard. Don't even remember where I got these from. Decades worth of collection in store, which i'm trying to clear out this year, just keeping the best to restore and experiment with... Chris
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