dreddnott
Experienced Member
IBM XT keyboard
IBM XT keyboard
It's a 5150-style 83-key keyboard.
I actually encountered the keyboard separately from the rest of the system on Friday, thanks to a practical joke played by the other guys in the department (I'm the new supervisor).
I have an IBM Model M 101-key on my desk, because they're so much fun to type on, and one of the guys hid it behind my monitor and swapped in the old PC/XT keyboard in its place! I didn't notice at the very first because the IBM keyboards do look similar. I thought it was the AT keyboard I had been refurbishing at first, but then I looked at the layout and the cord (not stretched at all, perfectly coiled) and realised they'd happened upon quite a treasure.
I asked them where it came from and they pointed to a new customer drop-off pallet on the floor. Unfortunately it had already been spray-painted but I was still very excited to see something like that.
IBM XT keyboard
It's a 5150-style 83-key keyboard.
I actually encountered the keyboard separately from the rest of the system on Friday, thanks to a practical joke played by the other guys in the department (I'm the new supervisor).
I have an IBM Model M 101-key on my desk, because they're so much fun to type on, and one of the guys hid it behind my monitor and swapped in the old PC/XT keyboard in its place! I didn't notice at the very first because the IBM keyboards do look similar. I thought it was the AT keyboard I had been refurbishing at first, but then I looked at the layout and the cord (not stretched at all, perfectly coiled) and realised they'd happened upon quite a treasure.
I asked them where it came from and they pointed to a new customer drop-off pallet on the floor. Unfortunately it had already been spray-painted but I was still very excited to see something like that.