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Unicomp Inc. (as mentioned in the article) keeps pretty true to the Model M. Despite their old-looking website, they let you customize with a black body or blan
by wyc 12y ago
Unicomp Inc. (as mentioned in the article) keeps pretty true to the Model M. Despite their old-looking website, they let you customize with a black body or blank keyfaces. These things are somewhat loud, but I think they feel great.
- graycat 12y agoSorry, I still prefer beige computer parts -- to my eyes, everything black makes everything too difficult to see without just a huge amount of light. So, I had a tough time at the Unicomp site finding a keyboard with a beige base. They did seem to have one keyboard with a white base. I'd prefer beige. After some looking, and without an easy to find explicit statement, eventually it appeared that the IBM Model M keyboard uses a standard PS/2 connector. Okay. And for people who want to connect such a keyboard to an USB port, apparently there are some simple converters. Yes, I might like the buckling spring keys. A keyboard I did like was from AnyKey shipped by Gateway with a copy of the function keys in two columns on the left. For some years, my left hand was nicely trained to hit those function keys possibly with the control key or the shift key -- I had my favorite text editor programmed to do something good with all 36 or so options. For the function key location above the numeric keys, have to look and reach, and for me that's less good. Gee, I guess I'm the only one who still prefers beige!
- pico 12y agoYou sent me back to the Unicomp site to check. I'm pretty sure that what you call beige, they call white. In fact I'm typing on one--I like beige too.