I'm surprised there aren't a boatload of arduino projects to create a PC keyboard to each of the classics...
Warner On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 6:00 PM Ian Primus via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Ugh - this is super frustrating to see. Especially since I have a 3101 > here with no keyboard. And the reason *why* it has no keyboard? It got > bought out from under me. I bought this terminal, complete, on eBay. > It arrives... with no keyboard. I complained to the seller, he > refunded all my money and just said, basically "Sorry, someone gave me > a whole lot of money for the keyboard alone, you can keep the > terminal".... Great. So, now I have a useless terminal on my shelf > waiting for me to get extremely lucky and find the missing keyboard. > > What's even worse is this wasn't even the first time this happened to > me. I have an Infoton here that's missing it's keyboard for the exact > same reason. > > Collecting computer terminals has gotten horribly frustrating, and > really, these keyboard scalpers have sucked a lot of the fun out of > the hobby for me. > > -Ian > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:34 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Here is a great example of why the keyboards and terminals are getting > > separated > > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3101-beam-spring-keyboard-purchased-new-in-1982/123422383512?hash=item1cbc8c1d98:g:sCkAAOSwfbhbwQvU > > > > Note the price $2000 so far. How could one blame the seller. I wonder > if > > this is the terminal I sold to a buyer in California years ago when I > sold > > my Series/1 computer. All he wanted was the terminal, I donated the rest > > to what was the MARCH museum. At the time I remember having a few words > > with the buyer who would not also take the Series/1 system (2 racks) or > the > > manuals. > > > > There is a naked terminal up for grabs if you're out his way. > > > > Bill >
