Keyboard prices
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The following table lists prices of keyboards at the time that they were advertised or sold, either as end user replacement keyboards, or keyboards sold to businesses for use with their own products.
| Product | Switch | Year | Price/unit | Adjusted price (Jan 18) | Price type | Target/customer | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datanetics keyboard × 1 | Datanetics elastic diaphragm array | 1967 | $600 | $4,386 | Business to business | RCA | Datanetics invoice 101 |
| Datanetics keyboard | Datanetics elastic diaphragm array | 1968 | $220 | $1,590 | Business to business | Conrac Corporation | Conversation with Meryl Miller, 2017-01-12 |
| Dragon 32 keyboard (switch grid only) | Hi-Tek High Profile | 1982 | £10 | £35 | Business to business | Dragon Data | archive.worldofdragon.org |
| Key Tronic KB-5150 (for the IBM PC) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1983 | $235 | $590 | Advertised price | End user | ebay.com |
| Key Tronic KB-200 (for the Apple II) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1983 | $298 | $709 | Advertised price | End user | deskthority.net |
| Key Tronic KB 5150 and 5150 jr (for the IBM PC, XT, PCjr) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1984 | $209 | $497 | Suggested retail price | End user | blog.modernmechanix.com |
| Key Tronic KB 5151 and 5151 jr (for the IBM PC, XT, PCjr) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1984 | $255 | $607 | Suggested retail price | End user | blog.modernmechanix.com |
| Key Tronic KB 200 (for the Apple II) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1984 | $298 | $709 | Suggested retail price | End user | blog.modernmechanix.com |
| Key Tronic KB 500 (for the Radio Shack TRS-80) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1984 | $89.95 | $214 | Suggested retail price | End user | blog.modernmechanix.com |
| Key Tronic KB 100 (for the DEC VT-100) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1984 | $379 | $902 | Suggested retail price | End user | blog.modernmechanix.com |
| Key Tronic KB 925 (for the Televideo 925) | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1984 | $324 | $771 | Suggested retail price | End user | blog.modernmechanix.com |
| IBM Alpha Numeric POS Keyboard | IBM membrane buckling spring | 1986 | $490 | $1,099 | Documented price | Business customers? | IBM announcement letter[1] |
| Amtac Keycat | Likely Alps SKCM series | 1989 | $99 | $195 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| Chicony KB-5161 | Unspecified | 1989 | $89 | $175 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| DataDesk Turbo-101 | Alps SKCM series | 1989 | $149.95 | $295 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| Hi-Tek RT-101 | Hi-Tek Series 725, linear | 1989 | $60 | $118 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| IBM 104-Key Data Entry Keyboard (09F4231) | Unclear | 1989 | $295 | $589 | Documented price | Business customers? | IBM announcement letter[4] |
| IBM 104-Key Typewriter Keyboard (09F4230) | Unclear | 1989 | $295 | $589 | Documented price | Business customers? | IBM announcement letter[4] |
| IBM 122-Key Typewriter Keyboard (1394801) | — | 1989 | $295 | $589 | Documented price | Business customers? | IBM announcement letter[4] |
| "IBM Enhanced AT"[Notes 1] | IBM capacitive buckling spring | 1989 | $199 | $392 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| IBM Enhanced Keyboard (1394802) | IBM membrane buckling spring | 1989 | $295 | $589 | Documented price | Business customers? | IBM announcement letter[4] |
| Jameco JE2016 | Likely Alps SKCM series | 1989 | $79.95 | $158 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| KEA PowerStation (VT220) | Mitsumi miniature mechanical | 1989 | $289 | $569 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| KEA PowerStation (VT240) | Mitsumi miniature mechanical | 1989 | $439 | $865 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| Key Tronic KB 101 Plus | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile | 1989 | $149 | $294 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| Key Tronic KB 3270/PC | Unspecified | 1989 | $229 | $451 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| Key Tronic KB 5153 | Key Tronic foam and foil, tactile[5] | 1989 | $249 | $491 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| Key Tronic VA 101 | Unspecified | 1989 | $600–900 | $1,182–1,773 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[2] |
| Maxi-Switch ME 101 | Conductive rubber dome | 1989 | $55-65 | $108–128 | Vendor price range | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| Northgate OmniKey Plus | Alps SKCM series | 1989 | $119 | $234 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| Zeos RS (NTC, likely NTC KB-6251) | Unspecified | 1989 | $89.95 | $177 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[3] |
| Alps MDS101 | Conductive rubber dome | 1992 | $85 | $152 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Cherry G80-1000 | Cherry MX | 1992 | $109.97 | $197 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Cherry G80-3000 | Cherry MX | 1992 | $104.50 | $187 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Cherry G80-3500 | Cherry MX | 1992 | $360 | $644 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.310) |
| Cherry G81-1000 | Cherry MY | 1992 | $99 | $177 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.310) |
| Cherry G81-3000 | Cherry MY | 1992 | $95 | $170 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.310) |
| Chicony KB-5181 | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $49.99 | $89 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Chicony KB-5581 | Unspecified | 1992 | $79.95 | $143 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.314) |
| Datadesk PC-105 | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $195 | $349 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.316) |
| Datadesk Switchboard | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $239 | $428 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Datadesk Turbo-101 | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $99.95 | $179 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Datadesk Turbo-119 | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $129.95 | $233 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.316) |
| Honeywell 101 WN | Buckling rubber sleeve/membrane? | 1992 | $69 | $124 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| IBM Enhanced Keyboard | IBM membrane buckling spring | 1992 | $217 | $388 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| IBM Space Saving Keyboard | IBM membrane buckling spring | 1992 | $156 | $279 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.319) |
| IBM Selectric Touch Keyboard | IBM membrane buckling spring | 1992 | $177 | $317 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.322) |
| Key Tronic MB101 PLUS | Rubber dome over membrane | 1992 | $115 | $206 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Maxi Switch MaxiPRO | Conductive rubber dome | 1992 | $150 | $269 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Maxi Switch Trackball | Unspecified | 1992 | $150 | $269 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.323) |
| Maxi Switch Tucson-101 | Conductive rubber dome | 1992 | $56 | $100 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| NMB RT-101+ Mechanical | Hi-Tek Series 725 | 1992 | $37 | $66 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| NMB RT-101+ Membrane | Rubber dome over membrane | 1992 | $31 | $55 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Northgate OmniKey/101 | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $89 | $159 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Northgate OmniKey/102 | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $99 | $177 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] (p.325) |
| Northgate OmniKey/Ultra-T | Alps SKCM series | 1992 | $129 | $231 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
| Tandy 101-Key Enhanced Keyboard | Uncertain | 1992 | $99.95 | $179 | List price | End user | PC Magazine[6] |
External links
Notes
- ↑ Name as per the magazine; this keyboard is listed in the magazine as capacitive, not membrane.
References
- ↑ IBM — FEATURE AND SERVICE ENHANCEMENT FEATURES FOR IBM 4683 POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL MODELS 1 AND 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Google Books — PC Magazine, December 12, 1989 (Oddball Keyboards, pp. 260–270)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Google Books — PC Magazine, December 12, 1989 (Wanted: More Than Just a Replacement, pp. 225–260)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 IBM — IBM INFOWINDOW 3471 DISPLAY STATION
- ↑ eBay — Key Tronic KB 5153 T PROFESSIONAL,AT 5 PIN, TOUCH PAD/KEYBOARD, CIG8AVKB5153001 [Volatile reference]
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 Google Books — PC Magazine, February 25, 1992 (The Write Stuff, pp. 303–329)
