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Latest revision as of 21:05, 1 May 2024

Writing this down here should be more convenient than piling up tabs in Firefox until I run out of RAM.

The remaining alien content in Category:Cherry terminal keyboards should be copied elsewhere or turned into a template. The latter is more elegant but requires deciding on a new template category.
Commodore Amiga is still a mess.
Maybe track down (WM) and adapt ripster's guides. He gave his permission already.^[1]
Reorganize the Category:Pointing devices tree to mimic Category:Keyboards.
Document the rest of popular 8-bit computer keyboards.
No more unlicensed pictures floating around underway

This is as good a start as any, and sharktastica provides inspiration too.

DATE DDMMMYY PT•NO•nnnnnnn
 ID NO•iiiii EC•NO•eeeee
 PLT•NO•pp MODEL M
       (barcode)
* I B M ff nnnnnnn gg iiiii *

where

To be (much) expanded.

Updated wiki entry for FK-2001 (though this is a 2002 but entry for 2002 is incomplete).^[2]: Keybug

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 * Document the rest of popular 8-bit computer keyboards.
 * No more unlicensed pictures floating around '''''underway'''''
+==Tidbits==
+===Format of Model M/F barcode-style labels===
+[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=519478#p519478 This] is as good a start as any, and [https://sharktastica.co.uk/topics/kb_birth_certs sharktastica] provides inspiration too.
+<pre>
+DATE DDMMMYY PT•NO•nnnnnnn
+ ID NO•iiiii EC•NO•eeeee
+ PLT•NO•pp MODEL M
+       (barcode)
+* I B M ff nnnnnnn gg iiiii *</pre>
+where
+* <code>nnnnnnn</code> = P/N
+* <code>iiiii</code> = S/N
+* <code>eeeee</code> = enhancement/tech number
+* <code>pp</code> = plate ID
+* <code>ff</code> = unknown (factory ID?)
+* <code>gg</code> = unknown, maybe a S/N complement
+To be (much) expanded.
 ==Quote of the day==