Even having grown up using Commodore 64s, Apple IIs, and IBM PCs, I have no fondness for mechanical keyboards. I’m most happy with a set of short-travel, chiclet-style laptop keys under my fingers, ...
In brief: Mechanical keyboard manufacturers have spent years trying to recapture the feel and sound of classic keyboards like IBM's iconic Model M. In 2017, a revival project reproduced the Model M's ...
When Bill Buxton worked at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center in the early 1990s, he examined the classic children’s homemade telephones: two cups connected by a taut string. He wondered why that same ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Are you old enough to remember the sort of keyboard that ...
The IBM Model F keyboard should need no introduction. Famed for its buckling spring key mechanisms, the Model F is lusted over for its satisfying typing experience and Armageddon-proof build quality.
Yes, this is crazy. I have a wonderful, heavy, clunky, clacking IBM buckled-spring keyboard (PS/2) that I want to run off Bluetooth. Nobody on the entire internet seems to have done this.<BR><BR>One ...
Sad, sad day. My M-series died today - what an awesome keyboard. This is the second IBM keyboard that I have owned, but not the best. <BR><BR>I was wondering if someone could point me to the model ...
It's a little ironic, but when it comes to keyboards, we seem to have come full circle. People were all too happy to move on from clunky mechanical keyboards like the IBM Model M for cheaper, lighter, ...