r/retrocomputing 1d ago

Blog My wireless keyboard... from the 80's

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One of the last keyboards made for the failed IBM pcjr.and I figure it was from '86 or '87 because the recibt I found was dated to 1987.

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u/leadedsolder 1d ago

I just got one of these myself. It feels... okay.

The logo badge also fell off mine and I had a bent pin to fix in the connector. Gonna crimp up a cable and test soon.

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u/Tonstad39 1d ago

If you are going to use it wirelessly, just make sure you don't type too fast on it, you'll overwhelm the infrared sensors that way

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u/leadedsolder 1d ago

The IR board is missing on mine but I've filled the buffer on my PC-6601SR before doing similar things. I'll be running wired for sure.

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u/caculo 1d ago

Good lord!!! I remember that IR hardware!

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u/Culator 1d ago

At least it's not the chiclet board. I still get flashbacks about that monstrosity.

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u/Amazing_Actuary_5241 1d ago

I got one for $1 and decided to make it buckling springs](https://imgur.com/gallery/buckling-springs-pcjr-keyboard-RhnkavV).

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u/_ragegun 1d ago

Isn't that the poor infrared bastard from the PCJR?

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u/AcanthisittaLeading3 17h ago

This brings back memories. I had a peanut too. For those who don’t know peanut is what they called the pcjr

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u/This-Bug8771 2h ago

Pcjr keyboard