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November 23

shift key

does holding down the shift key for 10 seconds a time cause the spring to be damaged? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:18, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

That's hilarious. Where did you hear that nugget? No, but holding down a modifier key such as "shift" may cause computer accessibility features to engage in an unwanted fashion, unless this activation is a priori disabled in the settings. Also, many many keyboards do not use actual springs. If you've got a Model M with genuine buckling springs, take good care of that! It's worth some money! Elizium23 (talk) 03:40, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

I've used Model M keyboards for years. I don't want to use anything else. (I have four of them.) Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:46, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Someone was trying to make reproduction Model F keyboards which were even more luxo than the model M. They were from the era of million dollar mainframes so nobody cared what keyboards cost. The modern version was way too expensive for me though. 173.228.123.207 (talk) 05:09, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

They are still making the original. See Unicomp. Rather than seeing production come to an end, a group of employees purchased the factory and patents are still making them today. They even have USB models. Here is the one I use: https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/FeaturedProducts/UB40B5A / https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/LinTuxSet --Guy Macon (talk) 19:54, 24 November 2019 (UTC)