Correction - I did have a CIT-220, and now I remember that the keyboard is not a drop in replacement. So I take back my previous statement. Here is a picture I found but I don't have a picture of it attached to the DEC Workstation it came with. https://www.vintagecomputer.net/pictures/2018/Snyder/CIT_220plus.JPG Bill
On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 8:56 AM Bill Degnan <[email protected]> wrote: > > good question. I have a CIT-101 which is the VT-101 clone. I never > tried swapping keyboards but it sure looks identical to any DEC > keyboard. If I was to bet based on what I have I'd say yes, any DEC > keyboard compatible with a vt-220 would work in the CIT. I think that > was their business model back then, I used to know a guy who bought > used DEC terminals and replaced them with new CIT's (I think it was > CIT), and then sold the used DEC terminals to companies in the used > DEC hardware market. Pretty slick business model IIRC. > > My CIT-101 came from a Commodore employee, I live near there and one > of their engineers used this terminal, but no one "famous". > > I don't have any other CIT terminals. Sark in the vcf forums would know. > > Bill > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM Alan Perry via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I inherited a C. Itoh CIT-220 with no keyboard. Is the keyboard model- > > or C. Itoh-specific or will other keyboards work with it? > > > > alan > > > >
