Editing IBM 5576-002 Keyboard

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{{infobox dkeyboard
| name = IBM 5576-002
| pn = 94-X1110, 34F4590 (3479-JA2 variant)
| branding = IBM
| manufacturer = [[Alps]]
| switch = [[Alps plate spring | Alps SKCP (plate spring)]]
| layouts = 106-key Japanese
| interface = PS/2
| weight = 1.5kg
| fcc = 
| years = 1987 - 1997<ref name="ibmdoc" />(5576 variants), 2002<ref name="ibmdoc2" />(3479 variants)
| price = ¥38,000 JPY (1988)<ref name="diarywind" />, ¥33,000 JPY (1994)<ref name="ide" />
}}

The '''IBM 5576-002''' was a keyboard for IBM Japan's PS/55 line of computers. It used a 106-key JP ISO layout similar to the OADG106 JIS layout used on the [[IBM 5576-A01 Keyboard|IBM 5576-A01]]. It used the [[Alps plate spring]] switches, and had a terminal emulator variant. The scancode it used was different from standard JIS keyboards.

==Design==
As with [[IBM 5576-001 Keyboard | 5576-001]], it used Alps plate spring switches, with two-piece dye-sublimated keycaps (incompatible with the two-piece keycaps used on the Model M and Model F). The keyboard is attached to the PS/55 with a detachable PS/2 cable that uses an SDL connector different to the ones used on the Model M. The keyboard also features an integrated beep speaker and volume slider.

==Variants==
===3479-JA2===
This was a 106-key 3270 terminal emulation board. It was identical to the 5576-002 except for different key legends.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:5576-002.jpg                       | IBM 5576-002 keyboard.
File:Alps two-piece dye-sub keycaps.jpg | Alps US ANSI two-piece keycaps similar to those in the 5576-002 keyboards
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="ibmdoc">[https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/760/OPT97017/index.html IBM — Announcement of some 5576 keyboards discontinue]</ref>
<ref name="ibmdoc2">[https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/760/OPT02165/index.html IBM — Announcement of some 3479 keyboards discontinue]</ref>
<ref name="ide">[https://ide-research.net/keyboard/prehistory/a-brief-histry-of-ibm-5576-series/ Idesan — Prices of 5576 Keyboards in 1994]</ref>
<ref name="diarywind">[https://diarywind.com/blog/e/ibm-5576002-keyboard-info.html Diary on wind — Specification of 5576-002]</ref>
</references>

==External links==
* (Wayback machine) Sandy55 — [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120034704/http://homepage3.nifty.com/sandy55/5576/5576.html The 5576-002]
* Idesan — [https://ide-research.net/keyboard/keyboard-review/ibm5576/5576-002/ The 5576-002] (Japanese only)
* Idesan — [https://ide-research.net/keyboard/pc-xt-at-topics/transparent-keytops/ Information about 5576 transparent relegendable keycaps and the 3479-JA2 variant] (Japanese only)

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