For some people, a keyboard is a keyboard is a keyboard. If the keys don’t stick and the right letters appear on the screen when the keys are pressed, then any keyboard is as good as another. That ...

The TECK Model 207's keys are arranged in the standard QWERTY fashion but, because of the symmetrical layout, some keys are located in different positions compared with conventional keyboards. This is ...

IBM's iconic Model F keyboard is making a comeback. Debuting in 1981, It was the first keyboard to use the buckling spring mechanical switch. Most modern mechanical switches are said to be based on ...

I've got one of the old IBM buckled spring keyboards here and was wondering if there was any way I could get it to work with my mac. It is one of the older model Ms with the huge connector plug.

After experimenting with virtually every keyswitch type over the last couple of years, I have settled on the Cherry MX Brown as my preferred keyswitch, with Topre Capacitives coming in a very close ...

If you had looked around any office in the 1980’s which had a computer (there wasn’t that many) you would have almost certainly have seen an IBM Model F keyboard. They were so popular in fact that the ...

Remember the good old 1980’s? The days of the IBM Personal System/2 PC when a 20MHz CPU, 2MB of RAM, and a 100MB HDD cost you $10,000? Or the first time you laid hands on the sweet, sweet Model F ...

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A MacFixIt reader reports on the noticeable differences in keyboard quality between older 14" iBooks and the newly revised models introduced last month: "I recently ordered a 14" iBook in favor of the ...

After giving it some thought, I decided to ditch my number pad computer keyboard for good (and I don't regret my decision in ...

I tend to think about carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in much the same way that I regard mad cow disease or getting struck by lightning. Sure, I know it exists and that it's theoretically harmful but, at ...

I have a keyboard from the late 1980's or very early 90's that I'd like to use with my Mini. It was brand new-never opened and looks like an IBM Model M. It has the huge connector, not the purple or ...