[Info-vax] LK-style USB keyboard, anyone got a spare for sale?

[Ken Fairfield]

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:33:45 PM UTC-7, Marc Van Dyck wrote:
> 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.

I actually have a stash of white (well, beige) LK46x.
That's not the problem.  The problem is my workstation
is in a cubby in our living room and the white stands 
out (draws attention) too much. ;-}  It'll teach you to
touch-type really quickly in dim light...otherwise, the
hunt-and-peck habit is hard to break. ;-) :-)

   -Ken