Time to dig out some of my DEC XX2247 keys

Pete Turnbull pete at dunnington.plus.com
Wed Jul 15 19:51:01 CDT 2015


On 16/07/2015 00:13, Jay Jaeger wrote:
> One size fits very many, but not all.  I know for sure that the PDP-8/L,
> PDP-8/m, PDP-12, PDP-11/20, PDP-11/40, PDP-11/45 and VAX-11/780 all use
> the same xx2247 key.  My PDP-11/24 has a silly plastic "anti static"
> key, but the xx2247 works there, too.  But my PDP-11/05 and GT40 use a
> different kind of more "normal looking" key.

To the best of my knowledge, there are only three keys: the tubular 
XX2247 which is used on most -8s and -11s including my 8/es and 11/34, 
the one that looks like a filing cabinet key used on just a few machines 
(all keyed alike), and the plastic "key" used on later Vaxen as well as 
the 11/24 - albeit in a variety of colours of plastic.

-- 
Pete

Pete Turnbull


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