We may earn a commission from links on this page. In 1984 IBM introduced the legendary Model M, a beast of a mechanical keyboard that utilized a unique buckling spring key switch to make sweet love to ...

Few tech products can truly be called legendary, but the original IBM Model M keyboard unquestionably qualifies. Developed and released in 1985, it's been held up by many (including yours truly) as ...

Back in 2004, Adam reported the tale of his relentless search for a keyboard that would meet his all-text, all-typing, all-the-time needs as perfectly as did the nostalgically recalled Apple Extended ...

When was the last time you really thought about your keyboard? Maybe never — it came with your computer, perhaps, or was waiting for you in your cubicle, and you’ve been happily clicking and clacking ...

Almost all keyboards made since the early 1990s are, frankly, no good. A tiny group of writers and hackers know better. They use vintage IBM keyboards. Ugly, built like tanks, and, most importantly, ...

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 ...

[Steve M. Potter] loves and respects a good, solid keyboard as much as we do and wanted to build an heirloom-level battleship to grace their home office. Well, you couldn’t ask for a better donor keeb ...

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 ...

I may be one of those young hipster kids, but I have had a fair share of time on an IBM clicky keyboard. Everyone remembers the sound of the constant clacking that was made from IBM’s buckling spring ...

Is anyone aware of a travel case that is large enough to handle a 104-key Unicomp Model M keyboard? A soft case would be preferred, but I am open to a hard case if it is not too bulky. I have found ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. For the hardest of hard-core typists, the Unicomp Ultra ...