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|    Dave Drum to Sean Dennis    |
|    IBM PS/2    |
|    29 Apr 19 07:05:02    |
      MSGID: 1:261/38.0 f3116dea       REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet 562f9fd2       TZUTC: -0500       CHARSET: LATIN-1       -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-               KW> Best keyboard ever made - I still have a Model M from that company        KW> that I use.               SD> You know that Model Ms are still being made though they're not called        SD> that anymore?               SD> Check out https://www.pckeyboard.com/ -- they own the original IBM        SD> technology. I learned to type on a Model M and once I start working        SD> again (I've been cleared to return to work now), I want to buy a USB        SD> version.              A good substitute in feel and durability is Keytronics. I scored a PS2 model       on eBay and plugged it into my PS2 to USB adapter. Looks sorta funky with the       purple and green PS2 female ends hanging out there for all to see. But it       works a treat.              AFAIK the Model M keyboard is still produced in Lexington, KY - more-       or-less just down the street from the (former?) IBM R&D facility.              ... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels & leather              --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4        * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 2 18/200 19/36 34/999 90/1 104/57 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 120/331 123/140 128/2 153/7715 218/700 222/2 226/16 17 229/354       SEEN-BY: 229/426 452 728 981 1014 230/150 152 240/1120 5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155 275/100 282/1031       SEEN-BY: 282/1056 291/1 111 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13       SEEN-BY: 342/200 393/68 396/45 633/0 267 280 281 408 410 412 640/1384       SEEN-BY: 712/620 848 886 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105 3634/12 5020/1042       SEEN-BY: 5053/58       PATH: 261/38 712/848 633/280 229/426           |
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