[bcg1]

Article is a little misleading... you don't need "extensive modification" to use a Model F keyboard with a modern computer... the Model F AT keyboard can plug directly into a PS/2 port and be used as-is:

https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Model_F#IBM_Personal_Comput...

This article seems to be about a business that is actually re-engineering the Model F to be more modern... which is certainly interesting and impressive, but the article is a little misleading.

One really nice feature of these keyboards is that they use capacitance sensing to detect when a key is actuated, instead of a matrix of columns and rows, so there is no ghosting effect when multiple keys are pressed. If you disassemble the keyboard you can actually type right on the PCB with your fingers like a touchpad.

[swampangel]

The keyboards they're copying are based on the IBM 4704 rather than the PC AT keyboard http://kishy.ca/?p=894

It's more desirable because its layouts are a bit closer to modern 60/80% keyboards, but it doesn't have an AT interface.

[bcg1]

True enough, I just think it is a bit misleading to act as if that is somehow the colloquial Model F Keyboard when really they are recreating a pretty obscure keyboard relative to the XT or AT Model f's.