Here's a neat thing I got from the Chuck Colby estate sale (one of the things that wasn't sent straight to the archive) KEY CAPS!pic.twitter.com/3zZTsoMhzY
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The oddly shaped small ones are from Keolyn Plastics, '76pic.twitter.com/VfZs4b02Zl
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The Return/Home/Rub Out/XMIT ones are from Leo Tanaka Moldmaker, Inc, also '76.pic.twitter.com/yuFZO6EA7k
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Those are from some company called... "Cherry"? Never heard of them.pic.twitter.com/H3QP3AuwQF
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1976 as well. Oooh, Cherry stationary. I bet r/MechanicalKeyboards wants to lick this.pic.twitter.com/oVPNYA6qkd
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So it turns out this is the 1971 Keyboard designer's Specification Sheet, from Cherry. You fill out all these details on the mechanical design of your keyboard...pic.twitter.com/vD5Y6AeIPn
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Then the electrical stuff, including rolloevr and what encoding to use, like 7bit ascii or EBCDIC or BAUDOTpic.twitter.com/otjspiuxRe
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Then you fill in a HUGE 3-fold of what every key is labeled, what color it is, what it sends when shifted, etc.pic.twitter.com/RskE8aqKz7
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