Nabu Personal Computer Keyboard

snuci · 06 Dec 2015, 19:49

Here's a keyboard I found that is from a Nabu Personal Computer. This was a Canadian network terminal that was not something I ever used but given it's Canadian history, I'd love to find the rest of it. For now, this is the keyboard that I was able to find.

This keyboard has some interesting double-shot key caps that would have been very interesting if an LED or bulb was put behind them but they never had any lighting.

Here are some pics:

: Nabu PC Keyboard - top; Nabu PC Keyboard - top.jpg (201.85 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - back; Nabu PC Keyboard - back.jpg (199 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - profile; Nabu PC Keyboard - profile.jpg (167.86 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - interfaces on back; Nabu PC Keyboard - interfaces on back.jpg (196.2 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - back of mechanism; Nabu PC Keyboard - back of mechanism.jpg (404 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - top of keyboard mechanism; Nabu PC Keyboard - top of keyboard mechanism.jpg (194.83 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - key caps removed; Nabu PC Keyboard - key caps removed.jpg (235.96 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - profile with no key caps; Nabu PC Keyboard - profile with no key caps.jpg (194.13 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - key switches; Nabu PC Keyboard - key switches.jpg (330.04 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - top of key caps; Nabu PC Keyboard - top of key caps.jpg (203.86 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

: Nabu PC Keyboard - underside of key caps; Nabu PC Keyboard - underside of key caps.jpg (243.67 KiB) Viewed 2338 times

Mattr567 · 07 Dec 2015, 04:22

Alps SKCC, nice.

terrycherry · 07 Dec 2015, 11:40

Very beauty keyboard. Rare to see the Alps SKCC with black keycaps and other colors double-shot keycap!
Your photo quality takes more better now.

snuci · 07 Dec 2015, 12:40

terrycherry wrote: Your photo quality takes more better now.

Thanks Terrycherry. I am using a tripod now and a remote for the camera shutter. I still need a macro lens for close up shots.

zslane · 07 Dec 2015, 19:37

I've noticed that a lot of these older keyboards did not provide keys for \ or |. When did those symbols come into common usage? I imagine "\" was mostly an IBM PC thing since only PC-DOS (and MS-DOS) used it as a directory delimiter. And "|" may not have become highly necessary until C became the predominant programming language.

shreebles · 08 Dec 2015, 07:58

Gorgeous board, and nice pictures.

Dat profile though

Steep as a mountainside!