My IBM Model M from 1993 : mechanicalkeyboards

[+] Shameless@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

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[-] nottheengineer@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

It does have a few battle scars but everything still works great and the keys are still very clicky

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You mean the lack of n-key rollover? To be honest, that's never been an issue for me and I do a fair bit of gaming.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Oh good. I remembered having that issue in the 90s when using these keyboards.

[-] funkajunk@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

No Super key would drive me nuts

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Some people map the caps lock key to super.

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

thats what im doing and its great

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No need. CTRL-ESC.

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

too complicated for my smooth brain

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I have a IBM Model M from 1984 as my daily driver.

CTRL-ESC works, I actually prefer it.

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] thorcik@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Cyrix gang rise up!

[-] gnuplusmatt@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago

I'd have thought it would have yellowed more than that, did you have to treat it to make it look so good?

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Surprisingly not, I don't think I've ever seen a yellowed Model M (or earlier Model F for that matter).

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Told you people would love it :D I'm glad she lives!

[-] lorez@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

We have the same exact brief...ehm...keyboard.

[-] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

the OG keyboard, how is it?

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Amazing, really tactile and loud :D

[+] lukas@lemmy.haigner.me 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] 257m@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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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