Re: ID this 31173 NCR keyboard

[qut@netcom.com (Be Good)]

> Does it have any identifying numbers?

There's a bunch of labels and printings inside
the board, the pc board says ELE 2001;
the chip says NCR '82 and 31960;
and a couple labels on the inside of
the case that don't make any sense.

Do I have any chance of getting term
support for this, or getting a new
keyboard like this?  It seems ideal.

> NCR OEMed a line of ADDS Viewpoint terminals for a while,
> and while the numbers no longer come to mind
> (unless they're like 2920), they might look familiar
> if I saw them.  This keyboard sample doesn't look
> quite like them, though.  Most of their keyboards
> like that were for terminals, not for PCs.
> Are the connectors even PC-like?

The connector and cable is standard XT-like.

> Also, if there are function keys through F20, it might very
> well be a 3270-emulator of some sort.
> 
> At 01:52 PM 6/6/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >Oops.  I wrote that just looking at the keyboard.
> >Picked it up at Seattle's Ex-Pc for $3.
> >It's so old, I think it requires a non-PC BIOS.
> >No manual, labels etc.
> >
> >Anyone have a clue as to what this is:
> >
> >NCR
> >
> >F1 F2          [...]               F18 F19 F20/RESET|
> >ESC            [...]     TAB             |[five direction keys]
> >CONTROL Q      [...]     }/] CONTROL     |CLR 7 8 9 /
> >CAPS_LOCK A    [...]      ~/` |NEW       |  - 4 5 6 *
> >[up] |/\ Z     [...]   [upup] |LINE      |  + 1 2 3 |NEW
> >               [space]                   |  0_ 00 . |LINE
> >
> >It was designed for easily customizing your keytable,
> >being an actual flat terminal with square keys easily
> >pulled out and interchanged.
> >
> >The back of the keyboard has three switches for
> >the boolean selection of languages: US English,
> >UK/Int. English, French, German, Swedish/Finnish,
> >Danish/Norwegian, Spanish, Italian.
> >
> >So, where to get a NEW keyboard like this:
> >
> >FLAT, with a full set of SQUARE, EASILY pulled out keys.
> >
> >
> >
> #				Thanks;  Bill
> # Bill Stewart +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
> # http://www.idiom.com/~wcs
> #				Rescind Authority!
> 
> 


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