There’s a mystique in old keyboard circles around the IBM Model M, the granddaddy of PC keyboards with those famous buckling spring key switches. The original Model M was a substantial affair with a ...

The Model F Ultra Compact is a hardcore buckling spring keyboard for nostalgic enthusiasts. Modern mechanical keyboards hold endless possibilities in design and function, yet one experience remains ...

Gather round, all ye hipsters, retro enthusiasts, and gamers of the old guard - IBM's cult hit keyboard, the Model F, is back. And it looks and sounds as '80s as ever. If you're looking for gaming kit ...

Mechanical keyboards are wildly popular among computing enthusiasts and gamers currently. However, hardcore and old school geeks alike will argue that the venerable IBM Model F, circa 1981 and ...

For the last few decades, the computer keyboard has been seen as just another peripheral. There’s no need to buy a quality keyboard, conventional wisdom goes, because there’s no real difference ...

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What's old is new again can apply to a great many items in life, including 40-year-old electronic gadgets. They just don't make them like they used to.

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 ...

I'm a bit surprised there no talk about the thickness of the various keyboards. That's the main reason I use a membrane/chiclet keyboard - because it's so thin. The older style mechanical keyboards ...

The Buckling Spring keyboard is one of the first keyboards ever released. In fact, it’s responsible for the layout of the modern keyboards we use today. But there are a lot of different opinions about ...

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