Keyboard
- Object Name:
- Keyboard
- Object ID:
- 2003.003.02 a-c
- Creator:
- IBM Corporation
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Singapore
- Date:
- 1983
- Description:
- Computer keyboard and cover. Rectangular light khaki plastic with 83 khaki and white keys, including ten function keys arranged in two vertical rows on the left and number pad on the right. Silver metal square with black lettering in upper left corner: "IBM / PERSONAL / COMPUTER". Khaki-colored plastic tabs 0.5 x 1 inch extend from each back corner, they release plastic feet that raise back edge of keyboard 1 inch. four circular cork feet on bottom and two metal screws. Paper label with black dot-matrix printing: "PN 1801449 / NB EC192 / CC9". Black rubber six foot coiled cord with black plastic socket end, "IBM" in raised, molded letters. Round metal socket with five small, round prongs. Cover is rectangular, greenish-brown opaque plastic and fits over the keys on the keyboard. In original cardboard box, white with light blue printing, white molded styrofoam padding.
- Material:
- Plastic
Metal
Composition
Composition - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-19.5 D-7.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by donors at their home in Manchester, NH, from 1984 until it stopped working in 1999 or 2000.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William E. and June M. Vander Haegen
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