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IAlwaysReplyLate t1_ixr9eca wrote

I thought it was a Tandberg Data at first - Cherry made some for Tandberg with caps like that, numbered G84-9021 in their model number system, but I think that's the one in u/kanyesutra's comment. Looks like the caps could have been a standard design, perhaps, rather like the DIN standard in (West) Germany.

If it's really made in 1980, it could have some quite rare old switches. I think there are some RAFI or Siemens keyboards with that cap style. But chances of finding a non-intrusive converter are small - if you want to use it you might have to map the matrix and fit a new controller. You might try HaaTa's Kiibohd converters first, just in case he did one for your board.

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leo984 OP t1_ixq3xry wrote

it's from kontron, might be model kbd 1.1a, i think from first half of '80. PS: i'ts mechanical! I would like to know more about it, and if, in any way the parallel port (or kind of) can be converted to ps or usb interface

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leo984 OP t1_ixsboeb wrote

here few more picture: kb galley

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Inebriated_duck t1_ixzhazj wrote

Based on those pictures it looks like the switches are Siemens STB. Not sure if it's STB11 or 21, but either way it's a really cool find!

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kanyesutra t1_ixqggfk wrote

It's a keyboard for terminals from the 80s, I saw one in the Oslo National Museum recently (though I don't know the exact model) https://i.imgur.com/dHLnj07.jpg

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leo984 OP t1_ixqjc2i wrote

it's not the exact same model: brand, layout and case shape are partially different, but is pretty close. probably produced in the same period

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KMS_XYZ t1_ixrxofj wrote

Mechanicus keybordus flatter rounded

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