Identity area
Reference code
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-IT-117
Title
IBM model M keyboard
Date(s)
- 1985 (Creation)
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Item
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Object
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Scope and content
In 1985, the IBM Model M keyboard was created. This timeless classic was a hit. IBM came out with several varients of the model M. They had the space saver 104 key which is the one most seen today and many international versions of that as well. The second type, and rarest is the 122 key model M which has 24 extra keys at the very top, dubbed the “programmers keyboard”. IBM manufactured these keyboards until 1991. The model M features “caps” over the actual keys that can be taken off separately one at a time for cleaning or to replace them with colored keys or keys of another language, that was a very cost effective way of shipping out internationally the keyboards.
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Public
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Existence and location of originals
Available, 282.
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CDS number
2279960
