DECwriters (was Re: Auction Finds)

[Eric Smith]

Tom Ponsford wrote:
> A DECWriter Correspondent which is a somewhat portable printer/terminal.
> This one was the model B which doesn't have the acoustic coupler, but

Is that an LA34 or an LA38?  I get the later DECwriter models confused.
Anyhow, that's a nice find.

Does anyone have any spare keyswitches (or complete keyboard assemblies)
for the DECwriter II, III, or older DEC keyboards?  I need a replacement
keyswitch for an LK40 keyboard for a GT40 terminal, and I think a
DECwriter keyswitch may be the same (or at least interchangeable).  But
I don't want to remove one from an otherwise good DECwriter.

I'm still hoping to find an APL DECwriter II.  The APL character generator
and keycaps were available as a field-installed option to the LA36, or
the DECwriter II could be ordered preconfigured for APL as an LA37.

Eric