Wed May 6 01:09:49 CEST 2020
Good keyboards never die...
Good keyboards do not die. They just get a bit dirty.
Here's a quick run through the marshlabs, hunting for all those Cherry G80ies with their original DIN plugs still in active use. For the youngsters: we are talking about these:
G80-DIN PS/2-adaptered into the IGEL thin client / host
susan.marshlabs.gaertner.de:
G80-DIN PS/2-adaptered into the NCD X terminal
fz.marshlabs.gaertner.de:
G80-DIN straight into into the i486-DX66
miles.marshlabs.gaertner.de:
Front side: 3 * Pentium1 (133 Mhz), backside: 3 DIN kbd sockets:
Nerds move with boxes dedicated to gear. Let's home in into the bottom one:
(The small adaptor there is for a PS/2 keyboard and a DIN
computer socket. Allowing you to take modern kbd and adaptor USB to
PS/2 to DIN to miles.)
Update in the evening: a quick tally in our office rooms (tech and sales = 14 people) yields five DIN-plugged keyboards still in active use in the company.
The highlights there:
