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IBM Model M Mechanical Keyboard - It's a Pixel THING - Ep.#50
Finally I
got my hands on one of these beauties! The IBM
Model M mechanical keyboard is the forefather of modern keyboard design and the
most enjoyable typing experience ever!
The
Model M is considered the best keyboard ever manufactured. This particular one that I’ve
managed to grab is from 1989 and features those awesome key caps and PS/2
detachable cable, not mentioning that amazing key stroke sounds produced by the
buckling-spring mechanisms so particular to the Model M keyboard.
This beast
weighs around 2 kilos, and, as you can see, it’s really dirty and was most
likely been on a dark storage room in the past 15 years or so.. Poor thing!
Disassembly
and cleaning the Model M is quite easy and a task not to be done under pressure.
Just take your time and enjoy while you’re doing it!
So, let’s get to work!
....
(a couple hours later)
What a
beauty! It feels like new and I can’t wait to try it out with my IBM PS/1 486
DX2!
The Model M
was bundled with 8086 and 80286 IBM PS/2 computers from around 1987, but was originally
introduced in 1985 as part of the IBM 3161 terminal, and it’s so durable and
well-made that it will most likely be usable today, even after 30 years and
probably half of that of use and abuse.
Tell me: do
you know the exact date of manufacture of your actual keyboard? Well, this one
was put together on the 12th of August of 1989! It can’t be more accurate than
this! Every Model M keyboard comes with an ID and production date printed on a
sticker on its back case and also on the inside.
The Model M
is able to transmit that tactile feeling of the user-keyboard connection; it’s like
driving a car and be able to feel the road surface all through the steering wheel.
You know, that kind of feeling!
Just look
at that proper full-sized space bar and long backspace key! Everything looks
just right, with no windows or shut down keys that can accidently be pressed
and ruin something that you’re working on.
This exact
Model M was manufactured by IBM UK and I believe that these ones are the best
Model Ms. Later, from 1993 onwards, Lexmark got the license to manufacture the
Model M which features a blue IBM logo and fixed keyboard lead.
This is
simply one of those pieces of hardware that are really “hard” to break and will
certainly live longer than all of us! The only item that I think will be
necessary to grab in the future is a Model M’s PS/2 to USB converter so that I
can continue to play this awesome music!
So, guys,
have you tried one of these? Do you own one? Just post below your thoughts and
typing experiences you’ve had, or have, with IBM’s Model M mechanical keyboards.
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