I was recently rummaging around in the attic earlier last week when I came across a classic piece of computing history. Still sealed in the plastic shrink wrap I glimpsed at an original IBM Model M Part # 1391401 keyboard. Date of manufacture is June 9, 1989. I bought this keyboard a number of years ago at a regional Ham Fest for only $4.00. Not bad, not bad at all. Delighted, I took it downstairs and hooked it up to my desktop machine.
This is truly the best keyboard I've ever used; the tactile feel/response is unlike no other keyboard I've ever used. Sure, it is not wireless, but so what? Let's put it this way, this keyboard was manufactured in the U.S.A, is rock solid, and is a testament to quality being it is nearly 20 years old. Below is a photograph of this rock solid, elegant keyboard in all its glory:
As you can see, the keyboard is in remarkable shape for its age, and it functions perfectly. What a remarkable keyboard this is, especially considering its age and was designed to work with the older IBM computers of the time. Who would of known that a computer peripheral nearly 20 years old would still function perfectly with modern computers of today? Just damn.
The keyboards manufactured today are such sorry pieces of trash. With smaller keys, not to mention all of the useless "mail," "www," and volume buttons, I find today's keyboards to be extremely difficult to type on; not to mention they break extremely easily.
I can honestly say this keyboard will not get replaced anytime soon. It outperforms all others (and I've gone through quite a bit of keyboards, always searching for the model which feels best), and easily achieves the rank of being *the one*.
Who said older items are obsolete?