Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Wyatt Epp<wyatt.epp@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> IBM system M keyboard ... best keyboard ever made.
>
> Truer words are rarely spoken.  And you can pick them up on eBay for about
> USD $20 (or rummage sales for next to nothing).

The Unicomp customizer and edurapro keyboards are direct descendants
of the Model M, using the patented IBM buckling spring technology, and
also including modern features such as USB and windows keys... well,
whether the latter is actually a feature or not is up to you :)

I've read that the voltages on those old AT-style model M keyboards
are not the same as newer PS/2 keyboards, so some people have to do
mods to the keyboard to make it behave the way newer computers expect.