(Additional processing power provided by the Intel i486 DX)
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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.
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Mind posting a picture of it as well? I’m kinda curious as to how it looks and what you’ve done to save it.
But seriously, who the fuck would not only smoke around their computer but put out the cigarette on their keyboard?
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Thanks. I’m hosestly amazed that the case isn’t cracked at all from being shipped like that.
It does have a few battle scars but everything still works great and the keys are still very clicky
How do you deal with the multiple keystroke issues? If I remember correctly, it’s only able to have a few simultaneous keystrokes before it doesn’t recognize it.
You mean the lack of n-key rollover? To be honest, that’s never been an issue for me and I do a fair bit of gaming.
Oh good. I remembered having that issue in the 90s when using these keyboards.
I ran into it using a PS2-USB adapter with mine. I can’t remember which game but I want to say some kind of FPS where I was hitting a lot, and even then it wasn’t terrible but enough to notice. For day to day typing I never had an issue.
I love how Intel stopped using numbers because they couldn’t be trademarked and a competitor kept making their own 486. Intel named their next processor Pentium instead, and Cyrix just named theirs the 586.
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!
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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
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the OG keyboard, how is it?
Amazing, really tactile and loud :D
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.
