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So the M-keyboard does not rust? I like the dishwasher idea but I have neither a M-keyboard nor a dishwasher ;-)

• fogus 14y ago
  It appears not too, but I've not opened it up. In any case the keys function as well as the day I got it (and it was probably 10 years old then).
  • agscala 14y ago
    Cool advice, I'm gonna try tossing my Model M in the dishwasher this weekend. Also I totally get your Model M love, I think it'll always be my preferred keyboard. What a great piece of hardware.
    • wiredfool 14y ago
      I've opened mine up, (M13s) and there's enough electronics in it that I didn't want to put in the dishwasher. I need to debug the trackpoint on one of them (it's simply not working, might be the cable, might be the driver circuit) and the ujm keys on the other one. I found washing the switches with alcohol worked for a while, but I'm still getting miskeys on m j and u, where m -> m, u->ui, and j->jk.
• gtani 14y ago
  There's other keyboards that have (similar, I think) mechanical switches http://www.reddit.com/r/keyboards http://www.reddit.com/r/keyboards
• larrywright 14y ago
  I don't have a Model M, but I've hand washed a pair of Apple Extended Keyboard IIs that I bought off of eBay (even used a scrub brush), and they've worked well for years. I shook as much water as I could out of them, and let them dry outside before plugging them in.