IBM Model M

[paws]

Someone had thrown it out. I rescued it... it's a bit dirty. PS/2 connector, so quite useful, too.

 

[iamdigitalman]

nice. I have one of these, a 1995 model. the cord even coiled is about 8 feet long. It's got a couple pins missing though, so it will throw an error on this old dell that refuses to boot and beeps loudly when there is no keyboard, but it works just fine, and I have used it with a USB to PS/2 adapter on my mac. I just wish it had some windows/modifier keys, but these old board are very useful and very durable. I expect it to continue working long after I do. It is the panzer of keyboard.

Enjoy.

-digital

 

[coius]

I got two of these keyboard types. One has a switch on the bottom of it that has "AT/XT" that allows you to use it with either an older XT system, or the newer x86 (286/386/486/Pentium) systems.

Truly rock'n keyboards. REALLY congrats on the score. Although these keyboards are plentiful, they really rock and will soon become obsolete as the newer stuff is plain junk.

Mechanical keys FOREVER!!!

 

[dpatten]

Other than the great clicky sound the buckling key springs make, another great thing about the Model M is that you can just pop the keycovers off and toss them in warm soapy or bleach water to clean it up.

A downside is that you need a special driver to disassemble the thing.

 

[paws]

Other than the great clicky sound the buckling key springs make, another great thing about the Model M is that you can just pop the keycovers off and toss them in warm soapy or bleach water to clean it up.

Just use a butter knife or screw driver, liek? That is a great feature..

 

[dpatten]

Other than the great clicky sound the buckling key springs make, another great thing about the Model M is that you can just pop the keycovers off and toss them in warm soapy or bleach water to clean it up.

Just use a butter knife or screw driver, liek? That is a great feature..

It depends on the Keyboard. Generally the ones with a grey IBM logo have two piece keys, you can just pull the cap covers off of the key.

On the Blue IBM logo models, made by Lexmark in the early to mid 90's, there are one piece keys that require a bit more effort to remove, but still pretty easy.