Base Keyboard

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Provided by the ASK Keyboard Dictionary

Category: Form-factors Origin: Official See more info

"Base Keyboard" was IBM's official name for a 75-key or 87-key IBM 3270 family terminal keyboard. They were originally introduced in 1977 as Model B keyboards (for IBM 3276, 3279 and late 3279) and reintroduced in 1982 as Model F keyboards (for IBM 3104 and 3178) and were perhaps the closest analog IBM had to a full-sized keyboard before Converged and Enhanced Keyboards. They all have two sets of two-column 10-key areas flanking the sides of the main keyboard, and may also have a 12-key keypad for program-function keys, numeric keys or both at once.

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