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The keyboard for IBM PC-compatible computers is standardized. However, during the more than 30 years of PC architecture being frequently updated, many keyboard layout variations have been developed.
A well-known class of IBM PC keyboards is the Model M. Introduced in 1984 and manufactured by IBM, Lexmark, Maxi-Switch and Unicomp, the vast majority of Model M keyboards feature a buckling spring key design and many have fully swappable keycaps.
The keyboard for IBMPC-compatible computers is standardized. However, during the more than 30 years of PC architecture being frequently updated, many...
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBMPC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBMPC model line and the basis for the...
popularity of the IBMPC and its successors made the Model M's design influential: Almost all later general-purpose computer keyboards mimicked its key...
The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983...
(1981) Japan-only IBMPC variants: IBM 5550 IBM JX IBM PS/55 IBM Palm Top PC 110 IBM IntelliStation List of IBM products IBMPC compatible IBM Personal System/2...
The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line,...
The IBM PCjr (pronounced "PC junior") was a home computer produced and marketed by IBM from March 1984 to May 1985, intended as a lower-cost variant of...
plugged into an electric socket. When the IBMPC was introduced in 1981, it was originally designated as the IBM 5150, putting it in the "5100" series, though...
The IBM ThinkPad 701 is a subnotebook in the ThinkPad line by IBM. The 701 is colloquially known as the Butterfly due to its sliding keyboard, which was...
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to lock all scrolling techniques and is a vestige of the original IBMPCkeyboard. In its original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior...
developed and marketed by International Business Machines (IBM) starting in 1992. IBM sold its PC business, including laptops to Lenovo in 2005, and since...
The IBM RT PC (RISC Technology Personal Computer) is a family of workstation computers from IBM introduced in 1986. These were the first commercial computers...
of the keyboard. Their modern use may have been popularized by IBMkeyboards:[citation needed] first the IBM 3270 terminals, then the IBMPC. IBM use of...
or Sys Req) is a key on personal computer keyboards that has no standard use. Introduced by IBM with the PC/AT, it was intended to be available as a special...
The IBM 3270 PC (IBM System Unit 5271), is a personal computer developed by IBM and released in October 1983. Although its hardware is mostly identical...
instructions—1983. IBM 5155: IBM Portable—1984 IBM 4860: IBM PCjr—1984 IBM 5170: IBM Personal Computer/AT—1984 IBM 5140: IBM Convertible—1986 IBM 5281: IBM 3270 PC but...
IBMPC compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBMPC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software...
located. On the original IBMPCkeyboard, this LED was exclusively controlled by the keyboard. Since the introduction of IBMPC/AT, it is under control...
The IBMPC Convertible (model 5140) is a laptop computer made by IBM, first sold in April 1986. The Convertible was IBM's first laptop-style computer...
the pause function on one key since the introduction of the IBM Model M 101-key keyboard in 1985, the Break key is also called the Pause key. It can be...
the main keyboard and is commonly displayed by an LED built into the keyboard. The Num Lock key exists because earlier 84-key IBMPCkeyboards did not...
generally placed at the top left corner of the keyboard, a convention dating at least to the original IBMPCkeyboard, though the key itself originated decades...
digital interfaces, such as the MIDI (DIN 41524), the IBMPCkeyboard and the IBM AT keyboard connectors (DIN 41524). The original, technical standards...
and was quickly replaced by the IBM Convertible, only roughly two years after its debut. The Portable was basically a PC/XT motherboard, transplanted into...
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