Ahhhh... Scary thing is that I bought mine with a matching PS/2 Model 30-286.. As a replacement Item they were worth around $600. Probably one of the best keyboards ever made, and certainly the best IBM ones.
It's a good feeling knowing that you can bludgeon a co-worker to death in one shot with your keyboard. (it's not light) The 'switch' mechanism was taken from the IBM golf ball typewriters, which were designed to get old mechanical typists happy with using electronic ones, so the action is very positive, and has the loud clicky sound to keep the typists happy. An almost useless fact is that they are a 'non contact' keyboard. They use a capacitive sensing system which means they don't fail over time like a lot of modern keyboards do, it also gives them their distinctive 'clicky' sound. That click seem awfully loud right now in a quite house.... (not a creature was stirring, not even the mouse). The Model M will also survive minor fluid spills, as the PCB is protected by a 'cap over tube' design (Take a key-cap and the underlying cap off to see what I mean Carl..) For those without one, just imagine it.. I suspect that if IBM were still making keyboards like that they would cost more than an entire clone PC to make. Long live the Model M. :-). For those who have no idea what we're on about, get yourselves out on the junk computer trail and find a model M today! Cheers, Chris H. On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 14:10, Carl Cerecke wrote: > After hearing the Slashdot geeks rave about the IBM Model M keyboard, > when I saw one today for sale for $5, I couldn't resist buying it to try > out.
