It should be noted that nice mechanical keyboards are anything but cheap (after all, we're talking a lot more moving parts than a standard clacker). The Matias model I got runs about $200, which ...

With older keyboards such as the IBM Model M the limitation is simply that a keyboard matrix, without any additional measures, can only guarantee 2KRO. A third key on the same row or same column ...

Few things in the computing world are as viscerally satisfying as typing on an old-school mechanical keyboard. That signature click-clack—probably louder than it should be in polite office ...

That said, I still have a handful of my older peripherals and devices that I use to this day. Most of them are part of my main PC setup, while some make themselves useful occasionally. From my ...

Heh, how curious! I’m currently restoring my old Amiga 1200 and wondered about a mechanical keyboard. I got stuck at how I’d best “interface” the original keycaps to MX switches.

Instead, it's the longtime work of a historian in love with the retro keyboard's unparalleled sound and feel, but frustrated by the limitations of actual decades-old tech. The Model F Keyboards ...

There are a few things about the New Model M that are inferior to the old Model Ms I used in high school. There is a slight creak when I squeeze either side of the keyboard. The original Model Ms were ...

Unicomp’s New Model M is a $104 mechanical keyboard with a design that dates back to IBM’s legendary Model M. Its buckling spring key switches feel amazing to type on, but their stiffness and ...

But IBM’s ’80s keyboard didn’t use modern mechanical switches. It used buckling springs over a membrane sheet that made keys feel heavier to push than the keys on the preceding Model F ...

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 ...

The new Razer DeathStalker V2, V2 Pro, and V2 Pro Tenkeyless feature low-profile optical mechanical switches. The first is releasing on July 26th, while the other two will follow later in the year.