Paul Hartman wrote:
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:47 PM,<[email protected]> wrote:
By the way (the same way! ;))
I am in search of such an "model m" IBM-keyboard. A colleque
yesterday calls me and said, that he found one for me in the
PC-junk at the basement of the building he is working in.
Hopefully it is one which is 1.) fully working and 2.)
with german keyboard layout. Fingers crossed.
Unicomp owns the patent from the original IBM/Lexmark Model M
keyboards, they still make& sell modern versions (with USB and
Windows keys, if you want, also versions with PS/2 or without windows
keys are available). And you can buy it with German configuration. You
can even buy it with quiet keys, but what is the point of that?? ;)
They are made in the USA but can be shipped worldwide.
This is the model I have (in black with grey keys):
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html
It is the same size and weight like the old keyboards, very heavy,
each key cap can be removed, it is loud& clicks nicely and is very
awesome. For USD$69 I think it is a bargain, I type on the computer
every day and this keyboard is simply perfect to me. After using cheap
$5 and $10 keyboards for so many years, now I will never go back to
those.
Their website is http://www.pckeyboard.com and they have other
keyboard variations such as a Linux keyboard.
I highly recommend it for anyone who likes a huge and loud keyboard
that feels incredible. :)
I think I got a old IBM AT/XT keyboard out in my shop. It has the wrong
connector tho. Those things are pretty loud. You are right, they are
heavy tho. Hmmm, could buy a adapter I guess.
Oh, I threw out the old 14" hard drives a while back. I had two of
those too. o_O
Dale
:-) :-)
