On Sun, 2024-02-04 at 09:43 -0500, songbird wrote: > hw wrote: > > On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:09 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > [...] > > > I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in > > > the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB > > > adapter so I gave up on them. > > > > They might work with a so-called active adapter. IIRC it has > > something to do with the adpater suppling power. With some research > > and an investment of like $5, you can probably still use your > > keyboards. > > > > Unicomp[1] still makes these keyboards, and you can get them for USB. > > > > I'm using one right now (with 122 keys), and among all the different > > keyboards I used over the last 40 years, I've never found anything > > better than these buckling spring ones. > > if they made them with a metal base mine would probably > still be working, but the plastic base is too flexible for > me. i have two dead ones. :( the pressure fitted ribbon > cable connection is a really bad design and those plastic > tabs break off. > > otherwise the feel is good. very loud when i'm writing...
IIRC IBM omitted the metal plate long time ago. What are you doing that it's too wobbly for you?
