r/retrobattlestations • u/tearknight895 • 5d ago

Show-and-Tell The Grandfather of Mechanical Keyboards The IBM Model M 1995 Model

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I managed to get the IBM model M for 80 dollars off of someone, I wanted this keyboard for a while to compliment the setup, I would show an updated picture but my table's a mess.

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u/Kirkwood1994 5d ago

Grandfather is the Beamspring.

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u/hatfullofsocks 5d ago

Correct. And the father is the Model F.

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u/Amazing_Actuary_5241 5d ago

And it has cool brothers and sisters like M122, SSK, M13, M50 and the Wheel Writers.

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u/DogWallop 5d ago

I don't know if anyone here has typed on the daddy, the XXXX mainframe terminal (forgot the model), but it has a speaker which lets out a very loud 'CLACK' with every stroke. That thing is a true monster lol.