IBM 3278/3279 Display Console 75-key Operator Console Keyboard with Num. Lock

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D. Fischer (CC BY-SA 3.0)
D. Fischer (CC BY-SA 3.0)
1979 Q3Model B 3276/3278/3279 75-key Operator Console KeyboardIBM beam springsMore info on this keyboard

IBM 308X w/ SCCP

eg, P/N 4942247

IBM-made 75-key (most) or 76-key (Japanese) operator console keyboard for the IBM 3270 lineage IBM 3278 Model 2A Display Console and 3279 Model 2C Color Display Console, both possible consoles for the System/370 compatible IBM 3081 Processor Complex. The keyboard notably had a green "START" key and a red "STOP" key. This version has an operator control panel one blank grey switch and blue "Lamp Test" and "IML" switches, and "PC Power" is prominently titled above 3 LEDs. The keyboard was additionally designated as a typewriter-style keyboard with "SCCP" (presumed to stand for "system console control panel", referring to this panel arrangement).

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