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On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:52:40 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Michael Chare wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:

An old IBM Model M. I have two, both in use daily, one of which is 23
years old, and the other is a 19 year youngster.

I was thinking that I was the only person to keep a keyboard that
long!

I just hope that they don't stop making motherboards with the little
PS/2 keyboard/mouse sockets.

there are USB adapters for that.


Several of which struggle to provide enough power for a Model M.


But this is a DIY group, so....

http://mg8.org/rump/




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