I'm a Teletype collector. I was told of someone who got two machines from an estate. After tracking down and getting a hold of said person, he had behind his garage a pile of the Teletypes and typewriters, on all of them the keytops were ripped off and the machines left for scrap rusting away while awaiting a trip to a scrap yard. -pete
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 11:51 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Yes, I’ve been dealing with the morons who strip the keyboards off of > (now > > rare) IBM 327x terminals, > > cut the connectors off and wire them up to PS/2 or USB. May they burn in > > hell. > > > > I have an IBM 1389194, which is a 122-key model M, apparently for a 3192 G > series terminal, with APL keycaps. I do not have such a terminal; someone > else separated the keyboard from it. I wouldn't mind getting a 3192 > terminal, but I'm not willing to spend much money on one. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/22368471@N04/25859890091/ > > I'm converting it into a USB keyboard, but I'm doing it in a fully > reversible manner. If I burn in hell, I hope it's not because of modifying > this keyboard. > > Eric > > "Why this is hell, nor am I out of it." > - Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor > Faustus > >
