[Info-vax] LK-style USB keyboard, anyone got a spare for sale?
Marc Van Dyck
marc.gr.vandyck at invalid.skynet.be
Tue Aug 28 15:33:45 EDT 2012
Ken Fairfield formulated the question :
> On Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:08:03 AM UTC-7, sampsa wrote:
>> So I noticed there's a DEC-layout (with PF+gold keys etc) LK46-
>> something with a USB port available but they're CRAZY expensive
>> (several hundred dollars) from suppliers that I managed to Google.
>
> Five or six years ago, these were somewhere between $50 to $75
> direct from HP. Normal LK key layout. I think black was popular
> at the time...not my favorite although I'm using one of these at
> home.
>
> As someone else commented, I'd expect to pay more if it's a "kit"
> which includes a 3-button mouse, but not "several hundred dollars".
>
> -Ken
If you still have an old one, white body and serial cord, you can
de-assemble it, de-assemble your new black one too, and re-combine
the black bottom (for usb) with the white top. We've done it, it
works.
--
Marc Van Dyck
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