Started by Marco Bianchi (@keebs_and_coffee) ·
the IBM Model M still works after 40 years
Buckling springs, a steel backplate, weighs as much as a small dumbbell. People still pull them out of e-waste and they work fine.
4 sources · 25 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “ibm model m buckling spring”
- Ended at
- Unicomp
The Trail
- “ibm model m buckling spring” (google.com)
- Model M keyboard (en.wikipedia.org)
- Buckling spring (en.wikipedia.org)
- Unicomp (en.wikipedia.org)
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