In brief: Mechanical keyboard manufacturers have spent years trying to recapture the feel and sound of classic keyboards like IBM's iconic Model M. In 2017, a revival project reproduced the Model M's ...

Even having grown up using Commodore 64s, Apple IIs, and IBM PCs, I have no fondness for mechanical keyboards. I’m most happy with a set of short-travel, chiclet-style laptop keys under my fingers, ...

Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens in a new window) Share on Hacker News (opens in a new window) Share on Flipboard (opens in a new ...

Want to recreate the feel (and deafening sound) of 1980's computing? Pick up an identical copy of an IBM Model F keyboard for around $350. I’m the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at ...

Look closely at this beauty. No, that’s not a chopped IBM Model M or anything — it’s a custom 40% capacitive buckling spring keyboard with an ortholinear layout made by [durken]. Makes it easy to ...

The keyboard that gave us the standardised layout on both sides of the Atlantic, with its quintessential 100% form factor and classic buckling spring mechanical keys (in most instances), is about to ...

Whether you remember the 1980s Model F keyboard or not, the sight and sound of one will send you hurtling decades into the past. Built by IBM, the all-metal Model F is so hefty and substantial, you ...

The IBM Model F keyboard should need no introduction. Famed for its buckling spring key mechanisms, the Model F is lusted over for its satisfying typing experience and Armageddon-proof build quality.

A physical keyboard that uses an individual spring and switch for each key. Today, only premium keyboards are built with key switches; however, they were also used in the past, such as in the Model M ...

Yes, this is about a Model M's death, now that I've totally dismounted an IBM model M (including the contacts films), I wanted to let you know that it's certainly not the best keyboard ever made. I ...