Keyboard Sound Check - IBM M122 Battleship (IBM Buckling Spring)

1988 vintage IBM Model M122 terminal keyboard fully restored. Nicknamed the "Battleship" by the Deskthority and GeekHack community due to its immense size and 122 keys. #modelm #ibm #keyboard

[@F-Kazim]

Sounds good.

[@filiphedman4392]

Now this is what a real keyboard looks like.

[@maxtwentynine5968]

do these feel the same as the regular model M's ?

[@EJ22bakadesu]

Mostly yes, the biggest factor in old Model M feel is usually how rough of a life they had. The M122s were used on point of sales and some industrial applications too so I've found them to feel rougher than the desktop models just due to the dust and grime ingress. Only exception has been the blue-badge newer M122 that was a new old stock and sat in storage for 20 years.

[@fiishs_]

do you know where i can get one?

[@offcolour3814]

Ebay (expensive) or a recycling center if you wanna get it for cheap

[@agrisimfarming]

Every time I go to a recycling center all I find are those cheapo dell and hp rubber dome pieces of crap

[@nevets68]

Unicomp still sells this model.

[@willyknickers9295]

Pckeyboards.com