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Keyboard–switch database Futaba First Generation

Details

Manufacturer Futaba

Created by Daniel on 2015-11-03

Timeline

1G simplified: 1 2 1
1G Tall Angled: 1 1
1G Tall Angled Lock: 1
Total: 2 3 1
Year: 1982 1983 1984

Warning: Please note that the timeline must not be trusted until a statistically significant number of data points are present.

Switches

Switch Variants Part number Type Usage
First Generation low profile — — 2
First Generation simplified — — 4
First Generation Tall Angled yellow base — 2
First Generation Tall Angled Lock yellow base — 1

Keyboards

Model Year(s) Switches Serial PCB codes Reference Notes
Acorn BBC Microcomputer keyboard 1982 (IC) Futaba 1G simplified — 83901700 wouter.bbcmicro.net Only one of the four ICs is both visible and readable, and the machine itself is from 1983.
LSI ADM-3A keyboard 1982 (IC) Futaba 1G Tall Angled (yellow base) — vintagecomputer.ca Keyboard is integrated directly into the motherboard.
Acorn Electron keyboard (Electron keyboard) 1983 (product) Futaba 1G low profile — —
Acorn BBC Microcomputer keyboard 1983 (IC) Futaba 1G simplified — 203,001 ISSUE 1, 70135001-02 telcontar.net
Acorn BBC Microcomputer keyboard 1983 (IC) Futaba 1G simplified — 203,001 ISSUE 1, 70135001-02 telcontar.net
STM Pied Piper keyboard 1983 (IC) Futaba 1G Tall Angled (yellow base)
Futaba 1G Tall Angled Lock (yellow base) (lock)		 — vintagecomputer.ca
Acorn BBC Microcomputer keyboard 1984 (IC) Futaba 1G simplified — 203,001 ISSUE 1, 70135001-02 telcontar.net
Acorn BBC Master Series keyboard (Master 128 keyboard) 1986 (product) Futaba 1G low profile — —