Get an IBM model M keyboard or go home!

[dug777]

In all seriousness, i will never, ever, part with my :heart: Model M

It's manufactured by Lexmark for IBM in the US on 21st Sept 1994 Hmm, perhaps i should throw a small party for it every year

Utterly ****** bullet-proof & a dream to type on

 

[OdiN]

I can't stand those stupid keyboards. I use an MS wireless desktop pro keyboard. It's awesome.

 

[Siva]

Its true, they don't make keyboards like they used to. I miss the old clicky noise too.

I bet you've got years of grossness growing underneath those keys. I get endless satisfaction from cleaning out a keyboard.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I have a pet peeve about modern keyboards myself. They're getting ridiculous. Changing key positions, needing an f-lock for function keys, 9126350897164356 multimedia keys I never use, driver requirements to work, etc.

I want a beige, 104 key, standard layout keyboard. Period.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: OdiN
I can't stand those stupid keyboards. I use an MS wireless desktop pro keyboard. It's awesome.

shut up.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

I think I have one of those. Had it since 1996. Been working beautifully since!

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
I have a pet peeve about modern keyboards myself. They're getting ridiculous. Changing key positions, needing an f-lock for function keys, 9126350897164356 multimedia keys I never use, driver requirements to work, etc.

I want a beige, 104 key, standard layout keyboard. Period.

Yup.

Preferably with a hawt, indestructible buckling spring mechanism

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Who gives a fuck about a keyboard? I got a $7 one in 2000 and it still works fine. Nothing more is needed.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: OdiN
I can't stand those stupid keyboards. I use an MS wireless desktop pro keyboard. It's awesome.

shut up.

DIAF

 

[I Saw OJ]

To hell with those IBM click clack keyboards. My 10 dollar el-cheapo microsoft keyboard from Staples works wonders.

 

[SSP]

After using flat keyboards all my life, I moved to a MS natural keyboard. Best $10 bucks I've spent.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Who gives a ****** about a keyboard? I got a $7 one in 2000 and it still works fine. Nothing more is needed.

I have a few el cheapo ones from the mid 90s that still work fine too, but they're crap, rubber dome mechanism junk like every keyboard made these days. Properly weighted keys pwn.

A decent keyboard makes sense to me, since it's the thing i directly use most after my mouse...

 

[LordMorpheus]

I have something similiar to an M keyboard, different brand, old AT style connector (adapter works).

It's for 12 function keys on the left, programmable, and a button on the right that switches the numberpad to a standalone calculator, complete with an LCD for it. 8-way arrow pad, too. It's awesome.

My roommate didn't like it because it was noisy, though.

 

[compuwiz1]

That keyboard, is the sux0r.
Note to OP: You go home.

BTW, I still type from a KeyTronic "clickety clack" keyboard. Hell, I used to make the damn things.

 

[eits]

this???? wtf??? i'll pass.

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: eits
this???? wtf??? i'll pass.

rofl classic

 

[Demon-Xanth]

L shaped enter key FTW!

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
I have a pet peeve about modern keyboards myself. They're getting ridiculous. Changing key positions, needing an f-lock for function keys, 9126350897164356 multimedia keys I never use, driver requirements to work, etc.

I want a beige, 104 key, standard layout keyboard. Period.

plenty of $4.99 keyboards out there.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
I have something similiar to an M keyboard, different brand, old AT style connector (adapter works).

It's for 12 function keys on the left, programmable, and a button on the right that switches the numberpad to a standalone calculator, complete with an LCD for it. 8-way arrow pad, too. It's awesome.

My roommate didn't like it because it was noisy, though.

Focus FK9000. I got a bunch of them, but because of where I was able to get more of them, most are for spare parts

 

[nakedfrog]

No thanks, I actually use my windows key. So if you'll just talk to my boss for me, I'd be more than glad to go home

 

[GeekDrew]

I've been (infrequently) trying to find an IBM Model M keyboard or two for a couple of years now. I just searched eBay for some, and it looks like there are a couple that have the possibility of being decent. Might have to buy one today.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
L shaped enter key FTW!

AHH! AHH! AHHHH! AHHH! *asplode*

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: dug777
In all seriousness, i will never, ever, part with my :heart: Model M

It's manufactured by Lexmark for IBM in the US on 21st Sept 1994 Hmm, perhaps i should throw a small party for it every year

Utterly ****** bullet-proof & a dream to type on

oh god no, they make annoying sounds when typed on.

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: 3cho

Originally posted by: dug777
In all seriousness, i will never, ever, part with my :heart: Model M

It's manufactured by Lexmark for IBM in the US on 21st Sept 1994 Hmm, perhaps i should throw a small party for it every year

Utterly ****** bullet-proof & a dream to type on

oh god no, they make annoying sounds when typed on.

That's the thing. Everyone wants one but nobody wants anyone else to have one.

 

[MaxDepth]

Once, I killed a man in a cafe in Jakarta with a model M.
:thumbsup:

Marty: Hi. I'm, uh, I'm a pet psychiatrist. I sell couch insurance. Mm-hmm, and I - and I test-market positive thinking. I lead a weekend men's group, we specialize in ritual killings. Yeah, you look great! God, yeah! Hi, how are you? Hi, how are you? Hi, I'm Martin Blank, you remember me? I'm not married, I don't have any kids, and I'd blow your head off if someone paid me enough.