If you can find one, the [80286-based IBM] PC/AT keyboard uses a 5-pin DIN connector, which only requires a passive adapter to convert to PS/2 format. "The original ...

The 5-pin DIN keyboard connector used with the first IBM PC (1981) and second-generation IBM AT (1984). It was subsequently replaced with the smaller 6-pin Mini-DIN connector on the IBM PS/2 in 1987.

In 1984, IBM moved on to launch the PC AT (Advanced Technology), which ran faster, looked smarter, had twice the hard drive space and an even better keyboard. It was bliss.

A Keyboard Comedy. Since the IBM PC debuted in 1981, there have been four standard keyboard layouts, each one rearranging commonly used keys that annoy users to this day.

Introduced in 1985 as part of the IBM 3161 terminal, the Model M was initially called the "IBM Enhanced Keyboard." A PC-compatible version appeared the following spring, and it officially became ...

IBM's Model F keyboard was manufactured from 1981 until 1994 and cost hundreds of dollars. Computer aficionados treasure it, but it's hard to find these days. So one man is working to bring it back.

There’s a mystique in old keyboard circles around the IBM Model M, the granddaddy of PC keyboards with those famous buckling spring key switches. The original Model M was a substantial affair… ...

IBM's popular Model F keyboard is making a brief comeback after 30 years of being off the market, ... is that it was originally released in the early 1980s with the IBM PC 5150, ...

In the world of computer keyboards, the commonly held standard for layout and design is based on the 101-key IBM Enhanced AT Keyboard (aka the “Model M”, sometimes known as The World’s ...

I've got one of the old IBM buckled spring keyboards here and was wondering if there was any way ... Several years ago I bought an adapter so that I could plug it into a PS/2 keyboard port on a PC.

The Model F Ultra Compact is a hardcore buckling spring keyboard for nostalgic enthusiasts. For fans of the classic IBM keyboard, it's like reuniting with an old friend.

IBM ON MONDAY released a new wireless mouse and keyboard kit as well as five new models of the desktop NetVista series. The mouse and keyboard are sold together as a kit and come in black. The kit ...