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Old-School Keyboard Makes Comeback of Sorts
CharlotteShma writes "Some old writer once said that in order to keep going, he needed to hear the scratch of the pen on the page. Some self-proclaimed keyboard aficionados would make the same argument for computer keyboards. Is it possible that the old 'clicky' keyboards are making a comeback? Now that we've replaced the old buckling springs with rubber domes, our keyboards are only getting quieter and quieter. According to the people at Unicomp Inc., all keyboards made since the early 1990s are, frankly, no good. They still use and produce vintage IBM Model M keyboards in their small factory in Lexington, Kentucky. The IBM Model M keyboards are ugly, built like tanks, and, most importantly, have a spring under each key which clicks when you press it." Not sure what's ugly about them — most other keyboards are ugly, when you shut your eyes.
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Some posters have expressed confusion as to why this kind of article was even posted on /., but I have my own theory. The editors sometimes like to force memes down the readership's collective throats and this is one of those times, although the meme in question here is a little obscure.
People here in the past have tried to argue that Kentucky in general is stuck a decade or two behind the rest of the country... And pointing out the fact that old-school IBM keyboards are still manufactured here (just a few blocks away from a large and progressive research university, which I currently attend) is trying to stoke that stupid preconception.
How many times do we need to explain to the rest of you that we are wearing shoes and we can read and are using the latest technology at the same time.