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Wow, what a relic!! Truly amazing that it is still going strong
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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.
IBM Model M's melting point is too low to protect against people that abuse the pen holder as an ashtray tho, and mine got shipped to me without protective packaging lol. It works, but a bolt mod and a destructive deep clean was necessary. Yes, Model M's can get permanent dents and turn yellow if you put enough lit cigarettes on it. Restoration videos don't show Model M's as abused as this one.
No Super key would drive me nuts
Some people map the caps lock key to super.
I've also just mapped it to Ctrl+Alt or something as well. But ultimately for a daily driver I just got a Unicomp with the super key and use my old one with my retro rig now.
Nice. How does it compare with the IBM, aside from the super key?
Unless you are super nitpicky practically identical other than the branding. Former Lexmark and IBM people bought the actual stuff used to make them over the years and formed Unicomp after it was shut down so they are not cheap knockoffs.
I did read that the molds used in some models were starting to wear out, but they have new ones that seem to be getting good reviews.
thats what im doing and its great
No need. CTRL-ESC.
too complicated for my smooth brain
I have a IBM Model M from 1984 as my daily driver.
CTRL-ESC works, I actually prefer it.
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.
I'd have thought it would have yellowed more than that, did you have to treat it to make it look so good?
Surprisingly not, I don't think I've ever seen a yellowed Model M (or earlier Model F for that matter).
Cyrix gang rise up!
We have the same exact brief...ehm...keyboard.
Told you people would love it :D I'm glad she lives!
the OG keyboard, how is it?
Amazing, really tactile and loud :D
Love to see the pen holder in use :P
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
Yeah, I also love the pen holder of my IBM Model M. I don't know about others, but I always keep a pen at my desk. So I may as well use the pen holder built into my keyboard.
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.