Author: Paul
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Spring Forward with the Alps SM-101: Exploring a Rare and Uncommon Buckling Spring Keyboard
Did you know Alps designed, patented, and produced their own variant of a Buckling Spring keyboard? In 1988, 2 patents were filed by Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in Japan, detailing their design and implementation of their own Buckling Spring variant of Key Switches. However, it was not a widely adopted design, and as such there…
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This Apple M0110A has seen better days…
I’ve recently got hold of a 1986 Apple M0110A Keyboard, and I’ve been wanting one of these for quite some time now, so to finally get one has really made my day! Introduced with the Macintosh Plus in 1986, these were manufactured until 1990 when the Mac Plus was then discontinued. There are a few…
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Typing Test on my IBM Model F/AT Keyboard
Here is a quick typing test on my IBM Model F/AT Keyboard.
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Separating the case of the IBM Model F/AT
There is always a common opinion that separating the case of the Model F/AT Keyboard is never an easy, and always feels like something is going to break! So I did a small video of me splitting the case which hopefully you will find useful. There are a few other videos on Youtube where the…
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Well this was a nice surprise! (1986 IBM Model F/AT)
For a while now I’ve always wanted to get hold of an IBM Model M Keyboard, purely to experience the tactility of the Buckling Spring switches. However, I’ve never really found one which ticked all the boxes, or wasn’t ridiculously overpriced for what it is (they fetch quite a premium still), so it was more…