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FWIW, the IBM part numbers are 92G7453 with PS/2 connector and 92G7454 with
AT connector--plugging one of those into the search engine on www.ibm.com
will get you eventually to a list of online dealers.  I note that
www.necx.com has stock on the AT version at about $75.00.

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--John

Reply to jclarke at eye bee em dot net
Keith R. Williams wrote in message ...
>On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 02:37:53, bobb@nospam.net (Bob Beaver) wrote:
>
>> In article <368ad909.0@news3.ibm.net>, "J. Clarke" <nospam@nospam.nospam>
>> wrote:
>> >I'm kicking myself.  One of the local stores had dozens of the good IBM
>> >keyboards, not only that, they were _black_ keyboards, for $25 a pop.
>> >Should have gotten a few.  Next time I went in, they were all gone.
>>
>> I tried those.  They were not as good as the older designs.  More mushy
feel.
>> Not all IBM keyboards are created equal.  The best keyboard I find for
less
>> than $50 is the KeyTronic Lifetime series.  Not as clicky as the old
IBM's but
>> for less than $30 they are pretty hard to beat.
>
>The IBM keyboards come in two flavors.  The older (like the Model
>M) keyboards have a so-called "buckeling spring" technology.  If
>you pry a key-cap off (not the spacebar please) you'll see a
>little spring sticking up.  When you push down on the spring it
>bucles and gives the tactile feedback as well as the click.  The
>newer ones (though I believe buckeling spring keyboards are still
>being made in the UK) use rubber domes.  They're mushier but
>nicer than most keyboards.
>
>The buckeling spring keyboards do last a while.  This one has a
>Sept. 89 date on it.  The one on my game machine has an August 90
>date.  Both have been through several systems and upgrades.
>
>Now if I could just fix the loose nut behind the keyboard...  ;-)
>
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>  Keith R. Willims
>  krw@ibm.net