Accessory IBM Model M - Or the Buckling Spring keyboard

[confusis]

So I learnt something today - back in the mid 90's, a company called Unicomp bought the tech from Lexmark for the IBM model M keyboard, one of the coveted early 'mechanical' keyboards..


http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UNI041A

..yeah. I may need one

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

So I learnt something today - back in the mid 90's, a company called Unicomp bought the tech from Lexmark for the IBM model M keyboard, one of the coveted early 'mechanical' keyboards..


http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UNI041A

..yeah. I may need one

I do have an IBM XT Model F from 1984. This is a capacitive buckling spring and is the Model M big brother.

IBM made the Model M because the Model F costed too much too build , just like they made the Model F because the Beam Spring was too expansive.