IBM 6094 Lighted Programmable Function Keypad - bulk buy on eBay

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:00 PM, listmailgoeshere at gmail.com wrote:
>> 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.
> 
>   I'm definitely game...if someone arranges a bulk purchase (I can't 
> right now) please put me down for four.  I'm thinking it might be nice 
> to build a USB interface for these.

A USB interface for this, I believe, would just be a USB->serial adapter 
with a breakout for power.

Peace...  Sridhar