On 4/22/21 5:13 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: >> >> Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food >> bank of his choice. What is it with keyboards lately? > > That’s a really good question. Are they being used for emulators? If so, I > can sort of understand this. > > The reason I have a DEC VT420 sitting next to my desk is so that I can have > the appropriate keyboard, when I need it. It uses LAT to talk to PDP-10, > PDP-11, VAX, and Alpha systems (mostly emulated these days). > > I’ve been seriously considering a Honeywell terminal, for accessing my > Multics system (I have used the VT420).
As far as I can tell, they're being hacked to use as gaming keyboards. At least the IBM beam-spring ones seem to be. Makes little sense to me. --Chuck
