IBM 6094 Lighted Programmable Function Keypad - bulk buy on eBay

[Michael B. Brutman]

listmailgoeshere at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi cctalkers,
> 
> The 6094 LPFK has been discussed on this list before (see thread "IBM
> 6094-020 Lighted Program Function Keys").
> 
> I notice that there's a bulk lot of 19 of them on ePay (see
> 180215874744) - now, I don't want 19, but I'd like one. I'm sure there
> are others on this list who would as well.
> 
> Who else is game? This seller will only ship to the US, so someone
> within the US (I'm not) would need to receive them and reship - I'll
> happily pay a few $ on top of the onward postage for the trouble.
> 
> Any volunteers?
> 
> Ed.
> 
> 

Did anybody purchase one of these?  How about getting it to work on a 
machine with a serial port not running AIX?

I had another frustrating debug session with mine yesterday, and I still 
can't get it to talk.  I'd love to know what the secret is.


Mike