[Techtoolslist] 9100FT Programmer’s Keyboard

[Ian Eure]

On Oct 3, 2017, at 5:21 PM, John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2017/10/03 5:05 PM, Ian Eure wrote:
>> I finally tracked down a Programmer’s Keyboard for my 9100.  I don’t
>> know how widely it’s known, but there were two different versions
>> of the keyboard.  The only photos I’ve seen are the earlier model,
>> which meant that I almost let this one slip away.  It was on eBay, new
>> old stock, for $36 shipped!
>> 
>> All the info is in the manuals, if you look.  I had always wondered
>> why the keyboard illustrations in the Programmer’s Manual didn’t match
>> the photos of the keyboard I’d seen.  It’s because I read scans of a
>> later (1991) printing, which has illustrations of the later revision
>> of the keyboard.  I haven’t seen a 1988 printing, but I bet it shows
>> the earlier keyboard layout.
>> 
>> The various 9100 service manuals list different part numbers:
>> 
>> 9100A Supplemental Parts List (May 1988), fig. 5-21, p. 5-53
>> ----
>> Lists p/n 5-64995-131.  This seems to be the more common version of
>> the keyboard.  It has a block of (mostly) 2u keys on the far right,
>> angled RETURN key, and arrows by the SHIFT and RETURN keys.
>> 
>> Photo: https://i.imgur.com/undefined.png
> Broken link.

Here’s what I was trying to share: http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6456.0;attach=11160

I’d be interested to know what’s inside one of these, maybe it uses normal switches and could be used to reproduce one.