Keyboard Part Number Database Stats
All the data I record in my keyboard part number database can provide a useful insight into the history and metrics of IBM and family keyboards. As such, I've prepared and presented 11 comparisons below. Please note that due to the fact the keyboard part number database is constantly growing and evolving, the stats below are subject to change frequently. If you wish to find out more interesting facts from my data, you can use the Keyboard Part Number Database External Access service to query the database from your own application or script and run more tests yourself.
To start with, out of a total of 3463 keyboards in the database...
680 are Model B keyboards
(19.6% of DB)
334 are Model F keyboards
(9.6% of DB)
1233 are Model M keyboards
(35.6% of DB)
1216 are other types of keyboards
(35.1% of DB)
Contents
| Year | # in DB | % of DB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #10 | 1983 | 114 | 3.3% |
| #9 | 1998 | 116 | 3.3% |
| #8 | 1982 | 117 | 3.4% |
| #7 | 1986 | 126 | 3.6% |
| #6 | 2013 | 130 | 3.8% |
| #5 | 1992 | 140 | 4% |
| #4 | 2016 | 172 | 5% |
| #3 | 1995 | 175 | 5.1% |
| #2 | 1993 | 193 | 5.6% |
| #1 | 1979 | 400 | 11.6% |
1527 keyboards made by IBM
(44.1% of DB)
502 keyboards made by Lexmark
(14.5% of DB)
21 keyboards made by Maxi Switch
(0.6% of DB)
188 keyboards made by Unicomp
(5.4% of DB)
285 keyboards made by Chicony
(8.2% of DB)
209 keyboards made by LITE-ON/Silitek
(6% of DB)
2645 sold as IBM keyboards
(76.4% of DB)
22 sold as Lexmark keyboards
(0.6% of DB)
97 sold as Unicomp keyboards
(2.8% of DB)
544 sold as Lenovo keyboards
(15.7% of DB)
51 sold as Toshiba keyboards
(1.5% of DB)
4 sold as Affirmative keyboards
(0.1% of DB)
11 sold as Ambra keyboards
(0.3% of DB)
215 sold as General Electric keyboards
(6.2% of DB)
386 keyboards with IBM silver square badges
(11.1% of DB)
14 keyboards with IBM black square badges
(0.4% of DB)
223 keyboards with IBM grey oval badges
(6.4% of DB)
117 keyboards with IBM black oval badges
(3.4% of DB)
154 keyboards with IBM blue oval badges
(4.4% of DB)
594 keyboards with generic IBM logos
(17.2% of DB)
486 TrackPoint equipped keyboards
(14% of DB)
207 Synaptics TouchStyk equipped keyboards
(6% of DB)
16 trackball equipped keyboards
(0.5% of DB)
2 Lexarmk/Unicomp FSR stick equipped keyboards
(0.1% of DB)
| Model # | # in DB | % of DB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #15 | SK-8855 | 32 | 0.9% |
| #14 | SK-8845 | 33 | 1% |
| #13 | SK-8845CR | 33 | 1% |
| #12 | KC-1957 | 33 | 1% |
| #11 | TP00089K1 | 36 | 1% |
| #10 | KB-3923 | 37 | 1.1% |
| #9 | X12 Folio | 37 | 1.1% |
| #8 | KB-7953 | 38 | 1.1% |
| #7 | KB-0225 | 40 | 1.2% |
| #6 | SK-8825 | 40 | 1.2% |
| #5 | KB-9930 | 44 | 1.3% |
| #4 | SK-8823 | 49 | 1.4% |
| #3 | SK-8835 | 59 | 1.7% |
| #2 | SK-8845RC | 62 | 1.8% |
| #1 | TP00082K1 | 117 | 3.4% |