Using an IBM Model M keyboard on a Smartphone
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2016
- Ever wanted to use a clicky keyboard from the 80's on your Android phone? If you're willing to risk using off-brand adapters, you can do just that! (Also, this is just a quick and dirty solution, not really meant to be taken too seriously!)
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"I Still Want You" and "Slap Yo Mama" by Everet Almond
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7:18 Only on LGR will you see a grown man getting too personal with a IBM keyboard.
That orgasm though.
+WeirdoTZero Oh yeah? czcams.com/video/jO5IaAKTKsQ/video.html
I laughed out loud... Only clint.
+anna4tory Shit, I love these bucklers too, but I won't get THAT close to a keyboard.
+WeirdoTZero This was kinda disturbing ;-
It was so funny watching you with the three connectors. It was 1990s plugged in to the 2000s plugged in to the 2010s. :D
+chocko6913 All that was needed was an AT to PS2 adapter to really complete the connecting of decades.
+J Ruonti I plan on doing this with an AT Model M I recently ordered. Look out for it on r/mechanicalkeyboards sometime next week.
+chocko6913 Now, if I can only plug my IBM InPort bus mouse into my phone.
SpringMommy lol
Multigenerational three-way.
AGE RESTRICT THIS PLEASE!!!
Children should not be able to find explicit, degenerate, graphic keyboard pornography like this so easily.
RandomPerson964 i gave the 69th like!
Nope,
I am 13 year old
Hurrrgh! HAUUUGH
Won’t somebody think of the children?!?!
Fuck you shit. . . . You have...
1222220 brains
7:16 - You know, some people find a moment to go to the bathroom, service themselves and let out all the stress accumulated throughout the day...
...Clint brings a keyboard with him! XD
The clicks of a buckling spring keyboard are so relaxing to me.
Its kinda similar to how some people find raindrops really relaxing.
+Sypran Oddly for me, it's the sounds of a typewriter that make me extremely relaxed. I grew up with a mother who loved to use an old fashioned typewriter to make letters and write reports. I always found the sound to be almost like "ocean waves".
+multani82 GentleWhispering needs to add the IBM Model M as an ASMR trigger in her videos.
***** Dude, that would be like someone making sweet sweet love to my ear drums.
+multani82 Ironically (or perhaps not) the sound of IBM buckling spring keyboards, specifically the Model M and original Model F were designed to be similar to the sound of an IBM Selectric typewriter (and the feel of an IBM Model F is supposed to be extremely similar to the feel of a Selectric keyboard). Also, the keyboards of IBM's later WheelWriter typewriters were actually Model M derived.
this was just an excuse to fondle your model M wasn't it.
YEP
Always amuses me when i stumble over one of Clint's older videos...
and there he is, acting out his keyboard porn fetish. Never change Clint.
when I was 10 I thought an PS/2 connector was literally an connection port for an PlayStation 2
that was designed for the playstation 2 linux kit, the kit required a keyboard and mouse, although i believe it supported using usb instead of PS/2. the kit is old so probably would not be very usable, but there are unofficial ports of more modern linux distros but they require a modded playstation 2.
Awesome and thanks for the shoutout! Makes me miss my Model M but thankful for my Unicomp and my numerous Packard Bell keyboards. Once I get another Model M, I'll have to try this trick on my phone, with the right adapters of course.
Sure thing! And at least you have a Model F, which from what I gather you can get working if you buy/build the proper adapter :)
+Lazy Game Reviews LGR, have you relooked at Carmageddon: Reincarnation recently? To me, it looks better, but the handling is still a little slippery. They did add Heinz Faust and Madam Scarlett into the game now too.
+Roadgeek For the win!
That Keyborgasm at 7:15... just wow.
Ew
@@babushkablyattv2751 🙄
almost turned into ASMR there at the end:p
Get this man a Kickstarter for the idea at the end of the video, a screen with a keyboard that flips closed! Million dollar idea!
Might even be TWO million!
+Lazy Game Reviews
Well, there's bluetooth laser keyboard, I suppose.
They used to make them years ago called palmtop computers, and you can already buy keyboard cases that do exactly that.
Nearly there.. Samsung Galaxy Fold *cough* *cough*
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 Lmao how did nobody else get that!?
The sound of using an 80s-90s keyboard makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside
"what the heck!? Gazprom...."
I dont know why that made me laugh so much
I tried an old Logitech Dual Action joypad on an Android TV device, it just worked.
The compatibility with USB devices on Android OS is pretty neat.
Some tablets have both OTG and USB ports, so you could charge it while using the keyboard. If they also have an HDMI port, you could hook the tablet up to the TV, run Dosbox and use a Model M for the ultimate experience!
This sounds like a _fantastic_ solution, I'm drooling man.
+Daniël's Tech & Music Channel man, the next phone im getting will be one with 2 ports and HDMI! nes/snes emulators , SCUMMVM for monkey island etc and dosbox where ever i go! (if they have a TV and keyboard ofcourse :P )
raafmaat Get an S8 or S9 then, dex mode allows for hdmi and usb out from the phone
I have an OTG port in my Samsung Galaxy Tab A '16 (10.1)
7:18 I feel like I just intruded on something that should probably have stayed between a man and his keyboard. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Stuff like this and Tech Tales are why I watch your Channel. Keep them coming!
+Xander Smith I especially find Tech Tales extremely fascinating
+Russell Teapot Same, I loved the very recent ones about calculators, and the one on McAfee. The Thrifts videos are also fun.
+Xander Smith For me it's definitely Tech Tales. I wish he would do more of those, they're just too damn interesting.
TortoiseshellJenny Oh yes, Thrifts are also fun to watch!
***** AHAHAHA YESS I forgot about oddware. Well I love pretty much anything from LGR. except "The Sims" related stuff
I think 7:16 - 7:30 is actually against CZcams rules, pleasuring yourself like that on CZcams is just un-called for sir!
Great video as always!
This is why I love this channel. You show some of the peculiarist on camera and it's just fascinating.
7:17 LGRxKeyboard.
I ship this.
Loved the video. I grew up with these beautiful keyboards. This makes me compelled to go into my attic and shuffle around boxes to experiment with my old keyboards. The feeling you are experiencing with each key stroke is only obtainable by finding one of these old keyboards and using it yourself. Thank you for bringing me back to my early years.
My pleasure, sir.
Hold on a sec! A video in which you don't play Duke Nukem!? Who are you, and what did you do with Clint?
not even commander keen!!
He would need to find a port for that.
Connor
a DOS emulator on Android will do (look it up)
he probably doesnt have a good emulator (or he hasnt found one he likes)
samuel young
closest thing to a good DOS emulator on android is FreeDos
Yeah somebody should invent a laptop xD Although I do wish phones with physical keyboards were more of a thing... either way I know what I will do in university now, I just want to see peoples reactions.
The only major phone on the market right now with a keyboard is the Blackberry Priv.
Also let me know how that goes, if you do it.
+DivinityOfBLaze | Taht`s what I though: "Clint, these things are already invented, they`re called laptops."
+DivinityOfBLaze I've unplugged uni keyboards to use it on my phone, Its gud, just screen size..
+DivinityOfBLaze I actually had, once upon a time, an Android phone with a physical keyboard. It was called the Motorola Backflip, was twice the thickness of a normal smartphone thanks to the keyboard that flipped open, and was stupidly slow thanks to early tech + they spent all the money on the keyboard instead of the phone part.
YO black berry has phones with keyboard or atleast I think they still do
I love how the closed captions keep saying [satisfying clicking]
"listen to this".. we actually do at the beginning of pretty much all of your videos. ;)
Not quite! My intro is recorded using an IBM Model F, and that's a bit of a different sound :)
Aw, my bad! :P
What is the date of manufacture of that Model M keyboard?
Shall we just leave you alone with the keyboard?
love every series. oddware, tech tales even the lets play.
you love what you do and go about it with a very unique style. something very serene in watching these relics being shown off in all their glory.
also, you have the perfect commentator voice.
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you think so!
Why do I have a feeling soon hipster will use this in cafes and such :O
+JosPlays
Business grade/non Apple computing stuff has never been 'hip' :D
+JosPlays
I did something like that once, almost. As a joke I brought my Commodore SX64 into an internet cafe and just messed around with it with my friend recording it through his phone. Sadly his phone imploded in on itself so evidence of it ever happening is gone. I should do that again though.
And then they get booted out of the cafe for making too much noise. :P
+JosPlays Hey, in one of my classes, we were supposed to work on a paper during class but that room had limited computers to use. I ended up using my tablet. There was a spare keyboard (always had that OTG in my pocket) so I used it. it felt awesome. Compared to the other groups that were stuck to 1 PC, all members in our group had one
+JosPlays Nah, that's weak.
What You need to have is portable, wireless thermocycler for Real-Time PCR. Because multiplying DNA on a go is hip, no?
this is why I love your channel
Man, I miss my old keyboard I used with my Presario. How did you make me sentimental over a keyboard, Clint?
Clint, thank you for so many interesting videos, every time. Looking forward to every video ! Keep doing this channel !
I love your enthusiasm, Sir. Very cool video.
Why would anyone dislike this? Were they disappointed that the title was misleading somehow? It was just some fun stuff you past disliker people!
+Thor Gram How is it misleading? The title explains exactly what he does in the video.
What I meant was, were they mislead by the title somehow and were expecting something different. Not that I thought it was misleading. I suppose I could have worded it better, I was just in rant mode because I couldn't figure out why there would be any dislikes for it, me being a big LGR fan and all.
Argh, this video is so great. I love those keyboards and I used to own two of them until they were stolen from me some years ago. And it costs $75+ on eBay to buy one. Jesus CHRIST. That $300 lot of hardware you got pays for itself if it comes with 4 IBM keyboards. lol
Heh, yes indeed. That lot came with five Model M keyboards, so it was beyond worth it :)
$75 is a good deal, if you want a decent one it's like $150-200...
I didnt notice you only had 300k subs, you deserve a lot more, these videos are rather unique and enjoyable
Good to hear every key pressed at once on a M keyboard for the sound it makes. Did that all the time after I was done on the 486 and turned it off. They are the best keyboard ever made!
And we'll call it: THE FOLDABLE KEYPHONE.
"greetings, and welcome to an LGR thing" should be the first words in the Bible
Love the Model M! Have a 1995 Lexmark dome model and a 1987 IBM Buckling Spring. It's great to know I have a keyboard 4 years older than my fiancee that will probably out live us both. Would be cool to see you do a hardware video on the history of the model M and the numerous variations that occurred between the XT days and modern Unicomp keyboards.
I'm in stitches man, this is the best thing I've seen so far.
why don't you use a usb hub and connect both a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard to it? it will be cool
So that was what was making that wonderful typing noise in the beginning of all your videos....
How much for one nowadays?
The intro comes from an IBM Model F, actually :)
The Model M sells for a $60-100 bucks or more, depending on the exact model.
Lazy Game Reviews Any technical differences between the M and F?
The Model F has a slightly different key design that gives it a heavier and more typewriter-like feel than the Model M. Also the Model F is an XT keyboard, so you'd need a converter to make it work on an AT or PS/2 system.
***** Thanks!
I like the little metallic sounds coming from the keys as they're being hit. It's like it's singing along as you type. :)
I dont even care about retro computing but your videos entertain me. Keep up the great work!
Out of curiosity, would it work with a mouse too?
+Larry Bundy Jr Yes! If you get a bluetooth mouse it can work directly, otherwise you should be able to plug any mouse into an Android device with an OTG cable and it should work.
It's you! :)
+Larry Bundy Jr I should test my mouse/keyboard adapter on one of my many old phones. . xD
Yup. Android comes up with an actual mouse cursor when you plug a mouse or Bluetooth mouse in. IOS won't though ;)
Larry Bundy Jr he literally said it works with a mouse too, watch the vid
I give this video a Gazprom/10
What a great idea! I also love those old IBM keyboards...as someone who learnt typing on my grandmother's electric typewriter at age 10 back in the 1980s and was my high school representative for the Olympia Typing Contest I type 100wpm on a desktop computer or electric typewriter; only maybe half that speed on a laptop without an attached keyboard, or on my Nokia; maybe 10 wpm on an ipad; and I CAN'T TYPE AT ALL ON A TOUCH-SCREEN PHONE. Which is why I still stick with an All-In-One desktop at home with a Oker Marvo Touch Wisdom gaming keyboard and dragon mouse at home (for Ph.D. editing and emails, no games!)...same like that IBM, with the same feel and sound, but updated with glowing mouse and LED lights, and cost only 500 Thai baht for keyboard and mouse set and easy to buy here at any big computer shop. (Some of the 24-hour Internet cafes here have them...that's how I found out about gaming keyboards..)
When I go to the university, I use whatever student's laptop (they usually have a mouse) and carry my keyboard with me to use. (I hadn't known before that big size keyboards could be used with laptops, until I saw them being used in the computer lab at the international school I worked at in Myanmar in this manner.) And a normal Nokia phone for calls and texts is the only phone I use! To the great chagrin of the Chinese and Thai students here who complain they have to pay 15 satang for a call or 1.50b for a text to get in touch with me when I'm not on my computer (and yet will gladly pay 7b for a bottle of drinking water when they could get four times that amount for 1b from a water machine, or order a 75b coffee in a cafe for the privilege of using their own laptop for a couple of hours there with WiFi, when they could go to a normal internet cafe for only 10b an hour and then buy a normal coffee for 10-14b and a snack for 5b!)
I had an LG A T&T phone with a slide-out keyboard that I bought in the USA in 2010 the only year I was back there. The only cellphone I could find then that would work in my area in the Appalachian mountains in Georgia and make international calls and work everywhere in the USA. It had a great camera and video and allowed me to use Yahoo mail at low cost, but normal Internet was $12 for 30 minutes, and signal for calls was often insufficient. Pitiful compared to the standards for cellphones in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Thailand even then. It was a locked phone, and that was before there was any publicity about locked SIMs, so I was able to use it only as a camera, video maker, and recorder after I left the USA. It got stolen in 2014 in Thailand. Phones with keyboards were out of fashion then, so I didn't try to get another advanced phone for another few years.
Then, last year in Bangkok, I found a 4G Android phone with a keyboard made by the Thailand company TrueMove, also with a locked SIM, that had a metal keyboard. So I bought that and used it for a few months...then, sadly, it fell on the green painted cement floor on my place and the screen got damaged and got covered with white lines. So that was the end of that experiment! Got totally damaged in a light fall that would have never heard any of my four Nokias, or that previous LG phone. Was also disappointed with how short a time the battery lasted, as compared to my previous phone, and with how difficult it was to use the SD card to save and copy large numbers of photos. And with the inconsistency of the memory as to which photos, videos, and recordings it would display, as the Android worked different than Windows or Mac OS in this regard. And it was highly interrupting and distracting, could not finish my daily activities. So went back to just my desktop computer and my Nokia!
That IBM keyboard was one of my favorites in the 90’s. When I was around to do service on IBM desktops, workstations and servers.
How do you make a statistically average sized laptop with a tiny phone?...just add a big ass keyboard from the 80s to it.
What is the name of that moga stand?
That seems to be the real seal on the deal.
It's the stand that comes with the Moga Pro Power controller.
I'm kinda surprised it worked that well. From what I remember PS/2 interface worked with USB by something that can be called "accident", and it was made semi-official by USB standard - kind of legacy, obscure mode in USB specification. And I'm surprised this found its way to smartphone USB controllers.
Still freaking cool man!
Love it. I watched this video on a CRT monitor that I rescued from a nearby town. It's a beautiful, curvy KDS Visual Sensations VS-195e.
damm clint the ending is going to end up on pornhub any day now, i have never seen so much passion in so little time
[ecstatic grunting]
I totally understand the last seconds of the video :). I also have 1990 model m, and its just a joy to work on it.
In this instance, thanks for telling me about Unic-comp that's awesome.
I LOVE that buckling sound. (Granted I will hunt down an original IBM) but thanks!
Awsome but i do whant a mini keyboard like that other one :)
They've got their uses, for sure! Which is why I own one :)
Lazy Game Reviews hehe yes :) what is yours i loved that you can make it smaler :)
+StigDesign1 It's an EC Technology Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard.
Lazy Game Reviews Nice Thank You :D :)
+Lazy Game Reviews Why do you prefer a noisy keyboard over a new one?
7:17 through the end someone make a gif!
I notice you've gained a lot of subscribers in the last year or so! Congrats! I remember when you barely had 200k.
Thank you, yeah it's been a crazy year :)
This is why I watch your videos, LGR. Mmmm, those old school keyboard sounds. :D
#AndroidMasterRace
Why don't they make keyboards with these keys anymore?
These guys do, as I quickly mentioned in the video :)
www.pckeyboard.com/page/category/UKBD
Lazy Game Reviews
Awesome!
Automatik Because the kids don't know how to type.
I have a Seanix keyboard that is sort of in between a Packard Bell keyboard and that. It's from 1992 or so. I use it daily and it's wonderful to hear the clicky noises. If I ever am in dire straits I'll definitely want to try this.
I use the same adapter to modify the IBM model M internally and remplace the PS2 to USB connector. I did not know it could work with OTG connector.
Great video and channel
This is highly inappropriate, but...
LGR, with your body build and those moans you probably melted thousands of gays like me into pure water.
>He doesn't have a model f
Based on what? Not only have I shown Model Fs in many of my videos over the years, but the sound of me typing on one is my channel intro!
Lazy Game Reviews Have you tested this adapter with the M13 trackpoint keyboard any? That'd be a great video...
Colton Rushton He actually has already done a video on the M13 in his Oddware series
Awesome, Clint. I found that a Unicomp keyboard with an OTG cable connected to either my smartphone or my tablet works really well in a pinch. Might be time for me to get a PS/2 adapter and try it with a real Model M. Thanks for the tip!
Love your video and all your videos really. A bit ASMR towards the end (click tap tap) - very nice. :)
Haha, Clint you truly are the brother at heart... I did exactly this just yesterday, but not with an IBM Keyboad, but with an old Cherry ML 4700 PS/2 Numpad. I do the taxes for my friends, and my prefered taxes app runs on Android these days, so I conveniently use this decades old numpad to hack all the numbers into my Galaxy Tab S2. Works like a charm, and also doesn‘t consume too much energy. I complete my mini tax workstation using a Logitech K480 Bluetooth keyboard, which also works as a tablet stand, and makes this a perfectly portable workstation without the hassle of heavy notebook power supplies, cable connections and bulky notebook carrying cases ... thanks for your (as usual) great and very interesting video!
Definitely a cool LGR thing!
You are so cool,just love those clicky keyboards
When I was in the hospital I put my CM quickfire tenkeyless with mx blues on to my phone and I've never texted as fast as then. Then I watched LGR videos... Life was fun.
I was just thinking about this yesterday!! I was wondering if it was at all possible to plug a regular keyboard into a smartphone.. Man, all this tech evolution is so endearing.. It's like a neverending circle, some new form of tech is born every decade or so and it grows and changes, now them phones are as capable as PCs and even that would become obsolete some day, which is probably one of the more optimistic things to expect from the future in general..)
I have a 1993 M122 made for Terminals, was updated by Unicomp in 2019 and given USB.
Simply plugged it into my Android and it worked using a USB to C adapter.
Most geeky/pleasing thing I've done in a minute. Sick.
That is awesome. I'll have to try that out!
When I find an IBM keyboard (or any other good keyboard) I do exactly the same, just typing whatever comes up in my mind. Typing random stuff, I love it!
Nice moga stand! I had a bunch of emulators on my phone for SNES stuff and I bought a MOGA Pro. It is pretty sweet! I would definitely love to see reviews on those!
Still have many of these Model Ms, I really like the Model Ms with the 24 funciton keys that they used on Terminals.
I do this quite often as my Galaxy S7 Edge came with a USB adapter that lets me plug in keyboards, mice, other phones etc. I usually use it with a Mistel Barocco (the split part kinda confuses it at times but generally works). I'm building a few fully customizable 40% mechs to use also that are a bit smaller. Highly suggested if you communicate a lot via text.
Mechanical keyboards are great! You can get one of those micro usb -> usb adapters for pretty dang cheap. Should work on any Android phones as they have those drivers built in. Thanks for sharing LGR!
This is one of may favourite LGR videos, I've watched it at least 3 times. Mechanical keyboards are the BOMB yo! You can get a pretty decent one for around $40-$50 on your favourite shopping site. For office work, get one with Cherry MX Brown switches, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Awesome video LGR! Its sad that people don't take enough personal responsibility for their actions and that you have to go at such great lengths to avoid someone trying to make you responsible for their own actions, but hey, you know how the world works and it doesn't phase you. I love this video, they should make noise machine generators that create soft clicks so people like myself who enjoy that sound can let it flow into our dreams.
You are so funny. I love how you dig old keyboards.
Neat video as always! How about making a video about the Raspberry Pi?
Currently using a Model M (Made 1991 in Scotland) with my laptop. The keyboard came with an IBM 386 SX Model 57, that used to belong to the school were my dad was a teacher at the time. Seriously, it's the best keyboard ever! I've worn out several until I gave up and got an active PS/2--->USB-adaptor for the Model M.
My favorite keyboard. I had the AT and the PS/2 one. Imagine a cube farm full of these--It'd be like going to a orchestra every day and getting paid for it.
Ohh man love that Model M sound!!!
Best keyboard of all time. My father worked 33 years with IBM and gifted me his Model M. I love that thing!
I am glad you are happy. Me personally, I usually go with the least clicky clacky keyboard I can find. I tend to get distracted by the sound and forget what I am going.
I had no idea the Alt-Tab keyboard shortcut worked in Android.
The changeable cable on the keyboard is pretty cool, but if I remember correctly AT and keyboard PS/2 were electronically the same. So doing something like that in the transition timeframe was probably smart.
The mouse/keyboard PS/2 (two seperate connectors) to single USB adapters work with the model m/Unicomp keyboards as well since they have an active converter IC built-in.
I love the sound of that model m. Perfect.
Really great video and I can certainly feel the nerd love with all the beautiful clickety-clackety ;-)
Love the sound of that keyboard.
this was certaintly interesting and informative.
without the other "built-for" smartphone keyboards and even physically plugging into my own phone, I do use one of a couple apps I have that allow me to control my phone through my computer and vice versa (especially wirelessly). but it is nice to know it can still be done if you're on the go too, with some plugging in. may make my old spare keyboards more useful.
I have a bit of a older tablet that I may try this on. This was a lot of fun.
This is neat, I should definitely get one of those USB on the go things, so I can plug in my good old Logitech F310 controller or that one keyboard I have lying around that no one uses.
In think I will make a gif of you stroking the keyboard at the end! That's good stuff! lol
I got an OTG cable for my phone last week. It works great with my wireless Logitech K400r keyboard/touchpad combo device. I get both keyboard and "mouse" input on my phone (if I ever want) with only one little wireless recevier dongle on my phone.
It also works great with my wirless Xbox 360 controller, but only about half of the games I tried support gamepads.