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echo: classic_computer
to: Sean Dennis
from: Dave Drum
date: 2019-04-29 07:05:02
subject: IBM PS/2

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

 KW> Best keyboard ever made - I still have a Model M from that company
 KW> that I use.

 SD> You know that Model Ms are still being made though they're not called
 SD> that anymore?

 SD> Check out https://www.pckeyboard.com/ -- they own the original IBM
 SD> technology.  I learned to type on a Model M and once I start working
 SD> again (I've been cleared to return to work now), I want to buy a USB
 SD> version.

A good substitute in feel and durability is Keytronics. I scored a PS2
model on eBay and plugged it into my PS2 to USB adapter. Looks sorta funky
with the purple and green PS2 female ends hanging out there for all to see.
But it works a treat.

AFAIK the Model M keyboard is still produced in Lexington, KY - more-
or-less just down the street from the (former?) IBM R&D facility.

... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels & leather

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