Articles & Topics
Articles are my research, teardown and review type publications. The contents included on these pages are a mixture of known facts, observations I made, and my opinion on devices or topics in question.
Topics [of interest] are pure knowledge listings and articles for a specific topic like common questions, jargon-busting, plug and internal connections, notable external sites and pages, and recognised distinct keyboard types. The vast majority of these pages are purely factual with little opinion mixed in.
Contents
Wheelwriters & Quietwriters - the earliest Model Ms turn 40
27th June 2024
Model G as the original designation for Model M & the existence of Models 1A and 1B
16th June 2024
IBM Japan 5576-C01 TrackPoint Keyboard and its Unicomp descendants
8th November 2022
Apple Newton Keyboard - The time Apple turned to IBM/Lexmark for a Model M
15th April 2022
Revealed: IBM Model M3 & M6 laptop buckling sleeves keyboards
28th December 2021
Exploring the elusive IBM 4680 POS Matrix Keyboard P/N 76X0100
6th August 2021
Revealed: The story of the IBM Model M4 family
3rd July 2021
Figuring out the IBM Japan P/N 69H8533 Numeric Keypad
11th June 2021
First look at the Mini Model M prototype & helping Unicomp
25th February 2021
A look at Unicomp's new flagship - The New Model M
18th February 2021
Digging inside a Model M4-1 numeric keypad
13th September 2020
M13: Lexmark versus Unicomp
3rd July 2020
A brief browse inside an IBM Model M7
13th May 2020
The IBM System 9002 Hybrid Keyboard - the rarest Model F?
27th October 2019
Admiral Shark's Keyboards is now on Ko-fi
Five years of Admiral Shark's Keyboards
June 2024 Leeds, England MKUK Meetup 7
May 2024 Exeter, UK Mini Meet
January 2024 Unicomp's Raspberry Pi Pico controller card and factory updatesAdmiral Shark's Keyboards part number database reaches 3000+ part numbers recorded!Official names discovered for IBM 75/87/104/122 key terminal keyboardsFour years of Admiral Shark's Keyboards30 Years of ThinkPad & TrackPointThree years of Admiral Shark's KeyboardsAdmiral Shark's Keyboards part number database reaches 2500+ part numbers recorded!Two years of Admiral Shark's Keyboards
Comparison & classifications of 122-key Model M Converged Keyboards
Differentiating IBM 3101, 3270 & 5250 terminal keyboards
Keyboard Rear Labels
