Bob Koure
1 min readJan 12, 2022

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Keyboard action is very much a personal preference thing (like Yamaha vs Baldwin vs Steinway).

I absolutely loved the keyboards that came with the early IBM PCs (identical feel to their 3270 terminals, which, in turn were designed to feel like Selectric typewriters). If you ever took one apart, you'd notice that it was a capacitive keyboard with a little spring mechanism in each key to give feedback that the key had been pressed far enough to register as a keypress.

Once you get to mechanical key switches, there are a lot of choices, which can be bewildering. Been there (and there's more info online than I can fit in a comment).

After quite a few mechanical keyboards (each with a different type of switch) I ended up preferring Kailh low profile blues. A relatively quiet click, lots of feedback, medium force required - a lot like those early IBM keyboards. If you also prefer those early IBM keyboards, you might, too. I'm using a tenkeyless (no tenkey section - lets me move the touchpad closer to home position) Havit HV-KB390L. IMO, these are an absolute bargain, compared to many other mechanical keyboards...

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Bob Koure
Bob Koure

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Retired software architect, statistical analyst, hotel mgr, bike racer, distance swimmer. Photographer. Amateur historian. Avid reader. Home cook. Never-FBer

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