In brief: Mechanical keyboard manufacturers have spent years trying to recapture the feel and sound of classic keyboards like IBM's iconic Model M. In 2017, a revival project reproduced the Model M's ...

Remember the good old 1980’s? The days of the IBM Personal System/2 PC when a 20MHz CPU, 2MB of RAM, and a 100MB HDD cost you $10,000? Or the first time you laid hands on the sweet, sweet Model F ...

If you had looked around any office in the 1980’s which had a computer (there wasn’t that many) you would have almost certainly have seen an IBM Model F keyboard. They were so popular in fact that the ...

Want to recreate the feel (and deafening sound) of 1980's computing? Pick up an identical copy of an IBM Model F keyboard for around $350. I’m the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at ...

Only a well-trained ear might be able to hear the difference between a generic keyboard and the IBM Model F keyboard that was popular in the 1980s. The Model F is considered by many people to be the ...

IBM's iconic Model F keyboard is making a comeback. Debuting in 1981, It was the first keyboard to use the buckling spring mechanical switch. Most modern mechanical switches are said to be based on ...

For some people, a keyboard is a keyboard is a keyboard. If the keys don’t stick and the right letters appear on the screen when the keys are pressed, then any keyboard is as good as another. That ...

Even having grown up using Commodore 64s, Apple IIs, and IBM PCs, I have no fondness for mechanical keyboards. I’m most happy with a set of short-travel, chiclet-style laptop keys under my fingers, ...

We know that the Hackaday family includes many enthusiasts for quality keyboards, and thus mention of the fabled ‘boards of yore such as the IBM Model F is sure to set a few pulses racing. Few of us ...

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Gather round, all ye hipsters, retro enthusiasts, and gamers of the old guard - IBM's cult hit keyboard, the Model F, is back. And it looks and sounds as '80s as ever. If you're looking for gaming kit ...

After collecting and refurbishing IBM's Model F keyboards for years, Joe Strandberg decided he wanted to start manufacturing them. (Courtesy of Joe Strandberg) Only a well-trained ear might be able to ...