Dismantling an AT keyboard entirely

From: Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com <(Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com)>
Date: Thu Nov 26 06:02:31 1998

>> A lot of people don't like key clicks. I do. When I worked at IBM I
>> received a lot of dirty looks for typing on a 3279 terminal, in an open
>
> Not half as bad as the looks _I_ got for using a Flexowriter to punch a
> tape in a public terminal room at Cambridge University about 10 years ago
> (everybody else was using _silent_ video terminals, mostly BBC micros).
Was I there? I don't recall the incident.

>> plan office, without turning off the key clicker. Now that really was
>> loud!
>
> I have a keyboard somewhere with a little solenoid in it that hits the
> metal baseplate for a keyclick. Now that is loud!

3278 and 3279 were similar, except that it wasn't the metal base plate. I
never dismantled one, but it sounded like one of those plastic resonators
you get in some toy guns.

Philip.
Received on Thu Nov 26 1998 - 06:02:31 GMT