Questions about INCOMM

Hi all,

I’m a computer keyboard hobbyist who collects vintage computer keyboards and not a Scientologist or know much about the organization. Recently, I was able to acquire this keyboard from a person in Germany who found it in a barn with a mouse living in it. This peaked my interest due to its strangeness and being made by Cherry, which I collect their stuff. When I purchased the keyboard, I did some research into INCOMM but wasn’t able to find much on who they were.

This past weekend, I did a lot more of a deep dive into it and found this post [https://www.reddit.com/r/scientology/comments/1dewyik/what_ever_happened_to_incomm/](“What ever happened to ‘INCOMM’”) which spurred a wealth of knowledge, research, and information that I never thought would relate to this keyboard.

Before I ask anything, I’d just like to wish my sincerest condolences to all of those people who were affected by the INCOMM security breach and kidnapping by the church.

While doing some research, I came across [https://uspto.report/TM/74022970/SPE20071101172819/](this document) which showed the keyboard being used by INCOMM which confirmed my suspicions that this was the same INCOMM. Since then, I’ve read through countless articles and accounts by members of INCOMM who have since left and it has been fascinating to read and hear the history of what happened.

Currently, I’m still in the research phase but I’d like to make a full post about the history of this keyboard for our community but I’d like to get as much information as possible to compile together to tell the story. If anyone here was a part of INCOMM, do you recall what the “Key Card” (the paper overlay that would go over the little peg keys) would have written on it? What applications would someone using this keyboard be using? Are there any pieces of information or links you think would be good to share with people regarding the history of INCOMM with specific regards to the computers and keyboards that they were using at the time?

Thank you very much for any and all help you guys can provide!