We've got the same favorite KBD, the DataDesk MAC 101/101e, IIRC, they advertised it as the first 101/UNIX style KBD for the Mac. I detested the puny KBD that came with my SE. My 101 died after years of faithful service and I got another one , the 101e, used and then used that one up too. I intended to fix one, but never got around to it.
Here's some you might get a kick out of from my IRS Refund Madness thread.
I think that I remember seeing the KBDs above in one of the boxes I haven't finished unpacking yet, I sure hope they didn't disappear during my move this summer! :-/
Here's some you might get a kick out of from my IRS Refund Madness thread.
As it turns out, one of my present co-workers had a job at the company that made the Nimitz Class KBD, in this pic, in nearby Raleigh.Clock-wise starting at the:* KeyTronic w/Spherically Correct Pointing Device/Controller that is ripe for hacking! }
*The DEC KBD was a "gottahaveit" purple match for the DECstation Shell that almost became the basis for my ubuntuGIMPbox hack.
* The KBD above that has Alps Mechanical Key Switches in a matrix for which I have very special plans! :rambo:
* Next to that is a GRID "gottahaveit" just because I've always loved their Macho-Machines.)
* Under the GRID is an HP with a daisy-chainable phone type connector I've never seen before, that just may fit a certain 128k+++ . . .. . . or probably not . . . :-/
* The best-for-last is a TELEX w/a bunch of DIP switches under a plexi/plastic panel on the bottom. It was manufactured right on the edge of the Bermuda Triangle here in Raleigh, NC! I'm guessing it's a configurable ASCII outputtin', BEAST of a KBD so naturally, it was in the "REALLYgottahaveit" category along with my 1.9 Sun KBDs in the other piccie. [
I think that I remember seeing the KBDs above in one of the boxes I haven't finished unpacking yet, I sure hope they didn't disappear during my move this summer! :-/