12 Jul
2014
12 Jul
'14
7:55 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
I'm sure someone's mentioned it already but
you can still get the IBM Model
M brand-new, in USB variants, even!!
http://pckeyboard.com/
I keep feeling tempted to requisition one at work but haven't worked up the
gumption to ask for a $100 keyboard yet, LOL.
The Model M is still my all-time favorite as far as keyboards go...
although I might go so far as to say I like the tactile feedback of the old
PC/XT keyboard even just a bit more (not very useful on anything made after
1986 or so, though... I guess there's another microcontrol project for me
after I get done with my DEC mouse serial->USB, LOL)
I couldn't agree more about the 5150/5160 keyboards being superior to
the Model M.
As we all know, they don't use similar signaling at all. But I found a solution:
http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_xtusb.html