finally getting rid of my age old IBM keyboard

[ShowdOWN]

i just replace my IBM keyboard that i have been using since god knows when. it has served me very well but finally hit the junk pile. is anyone else holding on to that piece of hardware that they cant seem to part with?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Is it a type-M?

 

[amdskip]

Sell it on ebay, it'll bring a decent amount actually.

 

[ShowdOWN]

im not sure what type it is. its a black very basic keyboard with the softest keys that i have ever used.

 

[MrYAK]

:camera:'s!!!

 

[NutBucket]

Its not a type-M if it has soft keys😉

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN
im not sure what type it is. its a black very basic keyboard with the softest keys that i have ever used.

I loved those keyboards back in the day. They actually are one of the highest quality keyboards out there... even when they are 5+ years old...

 

[Maetryx]

I'm using my IBM M2 right now. It predates Windows 95 (no Windows keys... YAY!)

 

[Garion]

I had an old IBM keyboard with a GREAT feel, but it was loud. Incredibly loud. So loud that people working around me kept hiding it. They called it the machine gun (I type at about 70 WPM when I get rolling). This thing was so old that it had a full-sized DIN plug, but man it had a great feel.

My boss got so annoyed at me typing during conference calls that he told me to go out and buy ANY other keyboard I wanted and expense it.

Now that I think about it, it's still in my lab and I do have a new boss and cube neighbors. Maybe it's time to get it back out again!

-G

 

[NutBucket]

Heh. I've got one in the closet. Best $1 I ever spent and its new. At least its PS/2😉

 

[CrackRabbit]

I still have an old IBM Tactile feedback keyboard in my closet, never gonna get rid of it.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
I'm using my IBM M2 right now. It predates Windows 95 (no Windows keys... YAY!)

I've actually grown to like the windows keys.

 

[xEDIT409]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Maetryx
I'm using my IBM M2 right now. It predates Windows 95 (no Windows keys... YAY!)

I've actually grown to like the windows keys.

Gotta love the WIN+M, WIN+L, and WIN+D!

 

[BurnItDwn]

You have no keyboard for your computer? How did you type that?

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Garion
I had an old IBM keyboard with a GREAT feel, but it was loud. Incredibly loud. So loud that people working around me kept hiding it. They called it the machine gun (I type at about 70 WPM when I get rolling). This thing was so old that it had a full-sized DIN plug, but man it had a great feel.

My boss got so annoyed at me typing during conference calls that he told me to go out and buy ANY other keyboard I wanted and expense it.

Now that I think about it, it's still in my lab and I do have a new boss and cube neighbors. Maybe it's time to get it back out again!

-G

Wooah I have one of those,its almost as loud as a typewriter,non electric.LOL

AT board plug right?hahah

 

[Ornery]

I went through all of mine. They were all vintage DEC keyboards with the best "touch" ever. One by one they started to fail. I'm pretty happy with the feel of the current membrane keyboards, and the low prices help cushion the migration.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
You have no keyboard for your computer? How did you type that?

I had a friend who was without a keyboard for a couple of days, and he had to copy and paste from Character Map.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: sm8000

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
You have no keyboard for your computer? How did you type that?

I had a friend who was without a keyboard for a couple of days, and he had to copy and paste from Character Map.

On screen keyboard is easier.