My IBM Model M from 1993
My IBM Model M from 1993
(Additional processing power provided by the Intel i486 DX)
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No Super key would drive me nuts
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I have a IBM Model M from 1984 as my daily driver.
CTRL-ESC works, I actually prefer it.
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So yours is almost 40 years old, nice. It's amazing how far technology has moved in that time and here we are still using these ancient keyboards... they have seen some things we wouldn't believe.
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Cyrix gang rise up!
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I'd have thought it would have yellowed more than that, did you have to treat it to make it look so good?
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Surprisingly not, I don't think I've ever seen a yellowed Model M (or earlier Model F for that matter).
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We have the same exact brief...ehm...keyboard.
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Told you people would love it :D I'm glad she lives!
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the OG keyboard, how is it?
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Amazing, really tactile and loud :D
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Man I wish I had a curled up wire for keyboard and mouse... My wires are way too long and always get in the way.
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Love to see the pen holder in use :P
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I wish more modern keyboards had them as it's actually quite handy. I use it more for decoration purposes most of the time but it can be a real live saver if you keep misplacing smaller tools
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Yeah, I also love the pen holder of my IBM Model M. I don't know about others, but I always keep a pen at my desk. So I may as well use the pen holder built into my keyboard.
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But it's nothing special, those things were built like absolute tanks. You could kill someone with an early model M and then go right back to typing.
IBM Model M's melting point is too low to protect against people that abuse the pen holder as an ashtray tho, and mine got shipped to me without protective packaging lol. It works, but a bolt mod and a destructive deep clean was necessary. Yes, Model M's can get permanent dents and turn yellow if you put enough lit cigarettes on it. Restoration videos don't show Model M's as abused as this one.
It does have a few battle scars but everything still works great and the keys are still very clicky
How do you deal with the multiple keystroke issues? If I remember correctly, it's only able to have a few simultaneous keystrokes before it doesn't recognize it.