A review of the original IBM Model M clicky keyboard with buckling springs on a current computer. Current models include Customizer 104 and 101. See more (including pictures and a link to an NPR radio program on the Model M ) here - tristantom.com
This is my very first keyboard with mechanical key switches. I have to say that, coming from a rubber dome keyboard, the sound and feel of the Model M is infinitely better quality. I agree that it greatly resembles a typewriter. This particular keyboard is the 1993 model, which I purchased at www.clickykeyboards.com Since the original Model M's are limited in stock, you should grab yours now before they all run out! Alternatively, you can buy a Customizer keyboard (the clone of the Model M's) at pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net I hear they are almost, if not just, as good. Hope you enjoy the video :D
How did this get 27000 views? Don't you all have something better to do? :-D (Results screen at the end) Sorry about the cruddy accuracy! I take my new keyboard for a spin on Typingtest.com. Plenty of errors and not my best result (I made 133 earlier today), but I'm still thankful for what I got. My 3 ingredients to successful typing: 1--Prayer-to keep in perspective 2--The DVORAK key layout; with the vowels on one side and the consonants on the other, it makes typing much easier (and safer, even!) 3--A buckling spring "Unicomp Spacesaver" keyboard. The spring-loaded keys rebound much faster than do modern "rubber dome" keyboards, a great asset in speed typing. 4-Practice. I spend a lot of time at the computer desk. Again--my typing might not be on par with some of the Youtube elites, but at least you get to see a nifty keyboard.
