IBM EC742714 3276 Data Entry Keyboard

[HaaTa]

~1979 IBM EC742714 3276 Data Entry Keyboard

Apparently the split spacebar is rare

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Has the full booklet too (see my album for pics of every page).
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The lower shifts sorta work for typing.
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Solenoid goodness
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Only part in bad shape was the dust guard...
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Haven't opened it further than this, mostly due to a bad experience opening my first beamspring...and no real secrets inside...probably

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[Daniel]

What a weird layout. It seems like the designers put in that number block with the big zero key and randomly distributed the keys which were left Nice legends though!

[mr_a500]

Split spacebar always reminds me of the keyboard in Alien:

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[xwhatsit]

I've got that board's brother: http://deskthority.net/post177122.html#p177122

You get used to the lowered shifts quite quickly. Despite having layer functionality in the firmware, I haven't found a nice way to use the embedded numpad yet. The spacebar isn't bothersome at all, at least I find. I have the space-bar 0 mapped to space-bar too (on the default layer), and I occasionally hit it, especially when I'm not centered on the home row. Due to the weird indenting (on J, K and L instead of F and J) I occasionally sit down without looking at the keyboard and start typing garbage. Some might argue I do that regardless of the keyboard or where my hands are.

The solenoid sounds great in this. I think because the mounting is a bit more thorough than in the 5251-style boards.