[Techtoolslist] 9100FT Programmer’s Keyboard

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The link is to a JFIF file, not a jpeg file
Thanks


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian Eure <ian at retrospec.tv>
>Sent: Oct 4, 2017 1:07 AM
>To: jrr at flippers.com, Technical Tools Mail List <techtoolslist at flippers.com>
>Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist]  9100FT Programmer’s Keyboard
>
>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.
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