The world's best keyboard

Large, heavy and extremely noisy. In addition, soon enters the third to x. Nevertheless, there are still adherents who used to date because it's the world's best keyboard.

The IBM Model M 

There are few stable elements of computers, such as keyboard: still the most important input device, even if multiple devices - such as tablet-smart phones - it is replaced by a virtual counterpart. The Verge extensive article devoted to the keyboard, which is a kind of new standard: all the Model M keyboards made ​​today was followed by a key location, even if the button has been expanded to also offer the first Model M release.

But how does one become a cult keyboard? First of all, due to its durability and the other with a keyboard unmistakable voice. Article presented at The Verge Brandon Ermita, Princeton University, one of the IT manager, who sell exclusively online trading antiques input devices, especially for Model-M. Anyone interested in the topic, it is worth a visit is the clickykeyboards.com, where we will find detailed technical descriptions.

Small keyboard history 

The traditional QWERTY keyboard, or the manner in which the various characters are located relative to each other, not IBM invention. The assignment of a legendary typewriter, every journalist wanted a basic tool, manufactured by E. Remington & Sons, Remington No. 1 world-famous. You're also more widely in the company's refining purchased a patent made ​​it to the final assignment is still used in practice.

In 1981, IBM released the first keyboard. This has been tried to solve the problem that the computer was not quite the traditional character set (lowercase letters, uppercase letters, digits, special characters), but was a need for a special letter keys, allowing the user to the machine could communicate.

The team have created a separate company at the beginning of the 80s, which was responsible for the development of the keyboard. The team worked not only in the lab, but from novice user set up a test team, who tested the layout and mechanical solutions.

The Model M is one of the characteristics of the so-called. buckling spring mechanism already existed in the previous generation, 83-key PC / XT keyboard as well. The mechanism is to work with a mechanical coupling spring during the detachable keyboard (see picture). This was typical of the Model M, typewriter voice.

The sound is clear, however, did not result in success. The machine operator was a great help to the clarity of the keyboard, that is physically and voice feedback is given to the machine operator, making it more accurate typing. However, this typewriter imitation drawback was the environment obviously very troubled by the distinctive, loud clack. Public spaces, therefore, later spread to the rubber bellows, more quiet-action keyboard.

Since 1987 the IBM PS / 2 PC has of the Model M is given, which certainly ensured the spread of the allocation it worked.