Monday 28 October 2019

The early PC keyboard

An interesting look at the development of the IBM PC keyboard up to the PS/2 in the 1980s when the key layout we often still use today on PC desktops was largely finalised. I've always liked IBM PC keyboards (and I'm not alone, they have a cult following), i remember fondly using XTs at university, pounding away for hours typing Pascal, COBOL and less serious stuff while connected to a minicomputer. Keyboards today are less interesting and certainly quieter! I do have an IBM PS/2 but have no idea what happened to the keyboard...