Gregory's Serverit's my keyboard's 30th birthday today, give him booosts! :toot:
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 @babe I remember those keyboards, they were awesome. Does yours have the DIN plug? If so how do you connect it in the world of USB? @jrsofty PS/2 for this one. You can get converters for them (has to be a converter though, not just an adapter) @babe I learned computer repair in the late 80's and early 90's and at that time the PS/2 was just starting to become popular. Most of the IBMs we worked on were still using the DIN. Aw for the days when the computer hanged you could simply kill the power and it would reboot after like nothing happened 🤣   @Sapristiki Yep, I am! by definition, for all humans except newborn I guess 🤣 "You do know how a button works, don't you?"  @babe oh no I just missed my keyboards birthday! We’ll have to throw a party next year. @th oooh Spacesaver ... would love to have one of those, but decided on a Beamspring due to budget limits. @th  @kestral It's so satisfying to type on. Annoys the ever living fuck out of everyone as a handy little side bonus @babe @kestral strange, it even smaller and quieter than this one: I don't know how old mine is, the badge is missing. I once had a second one as backup. After a few years I realized that the first one will probably live longer than I, so I just sold the backup on eBay.   @babe Happy birthday! I also once had one of these IBM clickety-click things (German layout though)… @babe try to switch keyboards frequently, @kompaktkiste I've had this one since I was a kid. I always really liked it, no one else in the family really did so I just kept it as everyone else in the house went for the softer ones instead. I do have a Royal Kludge for when I'm in the house, this one has sadly now been banished to my office in the garden which, well, it doesn't seem that unfair when you hear it 😬 @babe harhar fair enough CLONKITY CLONK BONK (says one 🐺 who went for a mouse with less clicknoise)   @babe Mine has a few years to go, yet. But they are still the best. happy Birthday to yours... @babe Awww ... blue label Model M <3        @babe I own one, too and it's in great shape. Yours could need a little love (means cleaning) ... ;-) @babe @babe You look way too young to have used it back in 1993. 🤔🧐 Anyway, I liked these type of keyboards a lot. Cherry used to produce similar models. But typing was very loud. And you could beat someone to a bloody pulp with it and still use it as if nothing happened. @realbloginista It was rescued from a skip around 95 and put on the home computer, which is how I ended up with it! They are so horrendously loud, it's amazing  @babe Congrats to the keyboard youngster! @jwalzer moire? It's a mastodon t-shirt, just a bit stretched as it's tied at the back @babe But I could be totally off ... Sorry @Reb I make my own ice cream at home! Gives so many options for flavours that you can't easily get in shops @babe I have a book by Ben and Jerry that teaches how to make ice cream, but every recipe feels like it'll cost £420 and cause some sort of catastrophic failure of my body from sugar alone! Cake on the other hand, I like making cake. I used to have a reputation at work for making cakes that looked like boring old loafs but were the most moist and rich cakes going. @babe New Buttons? Usualy the Letters disapear through use. Also the space Button Shows Signs of usage. Whats your Secret? @babe Wow. You are a human of culture. The British IBM Model M is perhaps the finest keyboard ever made.   @babe those things are built to last, and occasionally to be used to kill someone 😳😅 How do you connect it, via some USB converter? @peteriskrisjanis Yep. It has to be a PS/2 to USB *converter* specifically though, simple USB adapters won't work @babe nice 😊 I have used these quite a lot - showing my age here 🫣 - is it ok to use it? I remember them being quite wide  Happy birthday to the great keyboard. Or, as a buckling-spring keyed keyboard might say: *TANG* *TANG* *TANG* *TANG* Looks good for an old board. Probably built better than even some new keyboards out there now.  It's a keyboard party in the replies to end out keyboard week, and everyone's invited :bananadance:  @babe I miss these real keyboards so much. Wishing your clacky wonder many more years! Reminds me I need to post some of my retro gubbins on here. I keep meaning to fire up the PET, but it requires moving the PET. @babe Loved the feel on those, but the ctrl key location killed me. Heavy emacs user back then and ended up with severe pain as a result. Thankfully not lasting. For daily use I need an ergo keyboard now, still searching for the right one. @babe My keyboard is much younger, and dream of becoming as big as yours when it grow up. (I get errors when I try and add alt text to the picture. :flan_despair: Sorry.)   @babe Remember Depeche Mode? "You're indestructible-hel". That was about this keyboard. Not many people know this.  @babe I can't think of one technological item I still own from 30 years ago except MAYBE some CDs, but since I don't play them anymore I probably shouldn't count them anyway. I'm impressed! @babe mine hasn't been plugged in for quite some time but I still have him around for sentimental value. It's birthday is next Valentines Day!  @babe And in other news... 1993 was *30 years ago* Aaaaiiiiiiiiiiiyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeéeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!    @babe Wait a moment, that sticker reminds me of ... let's compare with my old #IBM #keyboard from https://karl-voit.at/2021/01/30/keyboards/ Oh yes, most probably the same production line and even a bit older. 🤓  @babe Happy birthday keyboard, and many more!  @babe ah, good old Greenock! my goodness, that was back in the days when IBM made things! funny, the keyboard on my laptop has just as many keys! somewhat more smallerer, though! |
@babe happy birthday mr keyboard!