Hi Walt,
As I understand, these are the later versions, which, as you say, are
still heavy duty but not asw heavy as the original PC ones. I don't
have one of these (I found this site looking for someone else who
wanted one), but I still have a keyboard from a PS/2 and love it!
On Aug 13, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Walt Smith wrote:
> Buddy -
>
> Are these the _original_ IBM keyboards as supplied with the very
> first IBM
> PC models or the later, less heavy-duty IBM keyboard? The later
> ones had a
> metal outside case, but it was sort of rough to the touch, whereas the
> originals were smooth to the touch and weighed considerably more.
> It sounds
> from your message like these may be the original design. I well
> remember
> that original model--it weighed a ton (especially compared to today's
> all-plastic keyboards) and the only plastic on it was in the key
> caps. I've
> often wished I'd have saved mine when I sold my original IBM PC
> (the one
> with no hard drive, 2 5.25-inch floppy drives, and a whopping 512 K of
> memory*).
>
> * And it took some very specialized customization by someone who
> knew the
> mother board to even get _that_ much memory. From the factory, the
> max you
> could get was, as I remember, 480 K!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Fast Long Lasting Keyboard
>
>
> I'll also note (in the vein of nice keyboards) that one can still get
> keyboards in the style of the old school IBM keyboards (think clicky
> PS/2 keyboards...you know...the ones that weight like five or six
> pounds.) They can be had in either PS/2 style connector or USB.
>
> Of course, they're not done by IBM anymore, but the design was sold
> to another company. They can be had at:
>> http://store.yahoo.com/pckeyboards/customizer.html
> (assuming that I pulled the right Email...LOL)
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