Model M Wired Keyboard
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3 mentions from real owners
- #1Jun 8, 2025
Once Again, another generational peripheral, my IBM Model M Keyboard. A 32 Year Old Workhorse
I am well aware as an owner of 1988 Model M. Is use it most days for work. Anyone with basic search skills can find a way around this, like https://www.modelfkeyboards.com
View on Redditopen_in_new - #2Jun 7, 2025
What is your most unintentional BIFL item?
Logitech Trackman thumb wired T-BB18: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Logitech_Trackman_Wheel_T-BB18 Norelco 8895XL: https://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/product/philips-philishave-sensotec-hq8894-electric-razor IBM Model M: https://sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=modelm
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Apr 7, 2025
Logitech k400+ Wireless keyboard/Mouse combo
They last around a decade of hard use and abuse, in my experience. If you want actual BIFL, you want an IBM Model M. They were produced starting in 1985 and are still in the wild. They run for $150-300. They will need adapters to plug into modern computers. I knew a lawyer who had one since 1985 and still used it daily. He actually owned three, but once a decade he'd sent it out for maintenance and wanted a spare for his spare in case he had to mail out the backup. [https://www.clickykeyboards.com/product/service-model-m-keyboard-cleaning-and-disassembly-reassembly-repair/](https://www.clickykeyboards.com/product/service-model-m-keyboard-cleaning-and-disassembly-reassembly-repair/) There's a link there to step by step photos of the restoration process. (Not a shill for Big Keyboard, just nerdy.)
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