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Product Information

Document ID: VLAR-3Z3SNW

Preferred Keyboard - Product Overview

Applicable to: World-Wide

• Product Publications page.

Warranty: 1 year limited Customer Carry-In Exchange

This product replaces:
*

This product was replaced by:
*

Packaging:
One box containing...

• Keyboard (unique version for each language)
• Palm rest
• Mini-DIN to DIN adapter for AT ports
• User's Guide

Marketing and FRU Part Numbers
Black Keyboard

Geo: Language	Marketing Part Number	FRU Part Number
US: U.S. Enlgish	28L3621	02K0861
LA, CA: French/Canadian Spanish/LatinAmerican Portuguese/Brazilian	28L3622 28L3623 28L3624	02K0863 02K0867 02K0869
EMEA: Danish Dutch French German Italian Norwegian Spanish Swedish/Finnish Swiss U.K. Enlgish U.S. ISO.	28L3631 28L3636 28L3625 28L3626 28L3627 28L3633 28L3628 28L3634 28L3635 28L3629 28L3637	02K0875 02K0876 02K0877 02K0878 02K0883 02K0884 02K0891 02K0892 02K0893 02K0896 02K0898
AP: Japanese	28L3637	02K0899

White Keyboard

Geo: Language	Marketing Part Number	FRU Part Number
US: U.S. English	28L3584	02K0806
LA, CA: French/Canadian Spanish/LatinAmerican Portuguese/Brazilian	28L3585 28L3586 28L3587	02K0808 02K0812 02K0814
EMEA: Arabic Belgium/U.K. Danish Dutch French German Greek Hebrew Icelandic Italian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Cyrillic Slovak Spanish Swedish/Finnish Swiss Turkish 179 Turkish 440 U.K. English U.S. ISO.	28L3588 28L3590 28L3593 28L3594 28L3595 28L3696 28L3597 28L3598 28L3600 28L3601 28L3602 28L3603 28L3604 28L3606 28L3608 28L3609 28L3610 28L3611 28L3612 28L3613 28L3614 28L3616	02K0815 02K0817 02K0820 02K0821 02K0822 02K0823 02K0824 02K0825 02K0827 02K0828 02K0829 02K0830 02K0831 33L1191 02K0835 02K0836 02K0837 02K0838 02K0839 02K0840 02K0841 02K0843
AP: Japanese Taiwan Thai	28L3617 28L3618 28L3620	02K0844 02K0845 02K0847

Additional Part Numbers
Part number(s) for ordering multiple quantities:
None

Associated FRU Part Number(s):
World Wide: Mini-Din to Din Adapter FRU part number-> 25H6643.

Product Dates
Asia Pacific, Canada, Latin America, United States...
Announce Date-> 12/15/1998
Planned Availability Date-> 1/15/1999
Withdrawal Date-> Not Applicable
Effective Withdrawal Date-> Not Applicable

Europe/Middle East/Africa...
Announce Date-> 9/22/1998
Planned Availability Date-> 10/02/1998
Withdrawal Date-> Not Applicable
Effective Withdrawal Date-> Not Applicable

Technical Specifications
Performance Specifications as known at time of announcement:
Ergonomics: The detachable palm rest, adjustable tilt, and two-meter cable provide flexibility and comfort.

Interface type: PS/2 connector (includes PS/2 to PC-AT adapter)

Number of keys: 104 quiet keys, including three Windows keys.

Technology: Standard

Electrical Specifications: - 5 V, 200mA

Physical, Environmental, and Compatibility Specifications as known at time of announcement:
Weight: 2.8 lbs ( kg) <-without palm rest
Height: 1.5 inches (37 mm)
Width: 19.9 inches (454 mm)
Depth: 6.4 inches (162 mm)

Operating Temperature:

• low of 10 degrees Celcius to a high of 40 degrees Celcius
• low of 50 degrees Farenheit to a high of 104 degrees Farenheit

Relative Operating Humidity: low of 8% to a high of 80%

Agency Approvals:

• FCC Part 15, Class B
• UL 1950 (E164844)
• CSA C22.2 #0950-M89 (LR94275)
• Canada ICES-003 Class B; Canada NMB-003, Class B)
• CE (IEC 950, IEC 801-2, Level 3)
• TUV-GS ZH1/618 (R9552884)
• VCCI
• C-Tick
• MOC
• BCIQ
• PC98

ENERGY STAR-Compliant: *. The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.

Hardware Requirements for IBM systems and Non-IBM systems:
The Preferred Keyboard is supported on IBM or IBM-compatible desktop PCs with a PS/2 (mini-din) style mouse or PC-AT (DIN) keyboard ports.

Hardware Requirements for Non-IBM systems:
No information available

Supported Operating Systems:
Compatible with any operating system that works with standard PS/2 style mouse and keyboard drivers.

Limitations: Some configurations may not be supported.

Supported Software: Not Applicable

Other: None

Document Note(s):

1. The symbol * is used to denote that the information is currently unavailable for this product.
2. All dates are represented in the US English format of mm/dd/yyyy (where mm=month, dd=day, yyyy=year).
3. FRU stands for Field Replacement Unit. It is the part number used for ordering service/replacement parts.
4. Effective Withdrawal means that on the given date IBM will have withdrawn the products from marketing. After that date, the product can not be obtained directly from IBM.

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	Document Category	Overview
	Date Created	08-10-98
	Last Updated	08-04-99
	Revision Date	08-04-2000
	Brand	IBM Options
	Product Family	Input Devices
	Machine Type	Keyboards
	Model	28L3584; 28L3621; 28L3585; 28L3622; 28L3586; 28L3623; 28L3587; 28L3624; 28L3588; 28L3590; 28L3593; 28L3631; 28L3594; 28L3636; 28L3595; 28L3625; 28L3596; 28L3626; 28L3597; 28L3601; 28L3627; 28L3602; 28L3633; 28L3603; 28L3604; 28L3606; 28L3609; 28L3610; 28L3634; 28L3611; 28L3635; 28L3612; 28L3613; 28L3614; 28L3629; 28L3616; 28L3617; 28L3618; 28L3620
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