Dismantling an AT keyboard entirely

From: jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net <(jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net)>
Date: Tue Nov 24 16:47:26 1998

> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 03:22:57 +0000 (GMT)
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Dismantling an AT keyboard entirely

Tony scribbled:

> There is an _official_ 101/102 key XT keyboard from IBM, BTW. It looks
> like the AT one, but it doesn't have the 3 LEDs at the top right.
> Otherwise it's identical. The manual implies that these keyboards
> autodetect which machine they're plugged into and send either XT or AT
> codes. The 83/84 key keyboards don't - they have to be used with the
> right machine.

Tony! Missed the PS/1 type keyboards!? They use exactly same
bowing spring technologies. I had stolen springs from 84 key ones to
fix PS/1 and PS/2 keyboards. Those springs get mangled rather easily
and get lost sometimes.

One telltale is you can twist PS/1 lengthwise and light.

Jason D.

>
> -tony
 
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