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This is a very interesting keyboard, a Dell AT-101W from 1998. You can find them on eBay selling for between $.99 and — no kidding — $147.00. The same keyboard (without the stupid Windows keys, of course) used to be bundled with high-end Silicon Graphics workstations. It uses Alps mechanical keyswitches, which give a much lighter touch than the IBM Model M, yet are still clicky (though not as loud as the Model M) and far superior to the rubber-dome crap that passes for keyboards today.

This board must have been bundled with the pricey Dells at that time, because I ordered mid-range Dells in 1993, 1996 and 1998 and never received anything but cheap, mushy keyboards.

Last updated on Thursday, August 28, 2008