Click to expand... I recently bought a keyboard with blue switches thinking it was going to be similar to the old buckling spring keyboards like an IBM or Northgate that I used to use. You really ...

Ten years ago I put my first PC, an IBM XT-286 into the closet and forgot about it. I was on to 386s and 486s and Mac Power PCs. But I always missed typing on my original IBM 101-key keyboard. To this ...

Mechanical keyboards are wildly popular among computing enthusiasts and gamers currently. However, hardcore and old school geeks alike will argue that the venerable IBM Model F, circa 1981 and ...

For the last few decades, the computer keyboard has been seen as just another peripheral. There’s no need to buy a quality keyboard, conventional wisdom goes, because there’s no real difference ...

IBM's iconic Model F keyboard is making a comeback. Debuting in 1981, It was the first keyboard to use the buckling spring mechanical switch. Most modern mechanical switches are said to be based on ...

If you're like me, you probably spend hours typing on your keyboard - working, reading, googling. So, take note. NPR's Martin Kaste reports that a tiny company is making what some fans call the one ...

Only a well-trained ear might be able to hear the difference between a generic keyboard and the IBM Model F keyboard that was popular in the 1980s. The Model F is considered by many people to be the ...

I've built up a nice little collection of keyboards over the years and figured I'd share some of my favorites...<BR><BR>CVT Avant Stellar- mechanical keyboard with a ...

I’m an old school typist having learned on a mechanical typewriter. It would be many years before I owned a computer. My first real computer was an IBM XT which had the well-known 101 key mechanical ...