Mechanical Keyboards

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Non-Mechanical Keyboards (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by Icecreamface@lemmy.ml to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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We all love mechanical keyboards, but are there any normal keyboards that hold a special place in your heart?

I for one love the keyboard on the old IBM thinkpads.

I also have a special place in my heart for the old Dell membrain keyboards that used to be in every school library in the 90's

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I was also thinking old Thinkpad keyboards, and Dell membraine keyboards. Those were both widespread enough that nearly everyone back then had used them, and some of us still remember them lol

[–] Icecreamface@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I bet someone has taken the original thinkpad keyboards and put it in a housing to use like an external keyboard, just haven't looked into it. I have the shinobi which is a mechanical interpretation of the thinkpad keyboard. It's OK but I prefer the original.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Someone certainly has... IBM and Lenovo themselves! Both have sold external ThinkPad keyboards over the years that are (in some cases) literally laptop keyboards, with a TrackPoint, in housing.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I hadn't heard of the shinobi, I might have to check that out! Cheers.