The factory in Kentucky that used to make them was bought out by the employees when IBM stopped doing them and still makes new buckling-spring keyboards, so you can get new ones.
They do have a nipple mouse variant (“EnduraPro”) with mouse buttons. I have one, and I don’t recommend that. The buckling spring keys are as good as the day I got it, but I eventually wore out the mouse buttons, and I’ve no idea whether they’ve moved to new switches for the mouse buttons.
Buy a Model-M and don’t look back. Things are built tough.
Plus vintage models were designed for folks that coded in C/C++. So you know they’re up to the task. ;)
The factory in Kentucky that used to make them was bought out by the employees when IBM stopped doing them and still makes new buckling-spring keyboards, so you can get new ones.
Called Unicomp.
https://www.pckeyboard.com/
They do have a nipple mouse variant (“EnduraPro”) with mouse buttons. I have one, and I don’t recommend that. The buckling spring keys are as good as the day I got it, but I eventually wore out the mouse buttons, and I’ve no idea whether they’ve moved to new switches for the mouse buttons.
Thanks for sharing the link, you’re a gem!