[Tfug] Looking for: IBM clicky keyboard

[Bexley Hall]

--- Stephen Hooper <stephen.hooper at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does it have to be model M?
> 
> If you are just looking for feel/look:  I have an
> old (no Windows key,
> DIN adapter old) Verxion , that you are welcome to.
> 
> It does feel different from modern keyboards (kind
> of clicky), and I
> believe it was a clone of one of the early M
> keyboards (same look),
> but has an unmarked key between the left Ctrl, and
> Alt keys.
> 
> It also has a three way "A X S" switch on the back,
> would love to know
> what that is ...

I suspect the "A" and "X" may tell the keyboard to
use "AT" and "XT" scan codes (they differ).  I have
a keyboard with just such a switch.

I'll *guess* that the "S" may tell it to generate
"Sun" style (EIA-232-D-ish) signalling -- though
that would require a different connector, etc.

--don


 
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