Keyboard websites
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List of keyboard websites. These may not be dedicated to keyboards, but have keyboard related pictures or devices with keyboard switches.
Websites[edit | edit source]
| Language | Website name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Terminals Wiki | A wiki devoted to computer terminals. | http://terminals-wiki.org |
| Japanese | もこっちのご～ご～鍼灸Annex (komotch2?) | Japanese keyboard collector with some impressively long write-ups (in Japanese) and pictures of his/her keyboard collection. (Follow the 'Keyboard Junky' link on the left) | http://www.komotch2.com/ |
| Japanese | ちゃたりたいね | Website of rzwv. Reviews, ratings, tear-downs and videos | http://kbd.rzw.jp/ |
| Japanese | A Little bit of Keyboards | Longtime keyboard historian, Sandy's website | http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/keyboard.html |
| Japanese | Mousefan | Another longtime keyboard historian, Mousefan's website | http://mousefan.telcontar.net/ |
| Japanese | Qwerters Clinic | Home of the famous buckling spring gif | http://ex4.sakura.ne.jp/kb/ |
| Korean | ScarFace keyboard | Korean keyboard collector, ScarFace's website. Lots of nice pictures and some rare keyboards. | http://cafe.naver.com/sfkey.cafe |
| English | Webwit.nl | Webwit's personal image archive, lots of rare ergonomic keyboards | http://webwit.nl/input/ |
| English | Mr. Interface | Home of the Sinklist | http://mrinterface.com/ |
| Japanese | Noguiyu Keyboards Mania | Detailed keycap pics/analysis | http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~qwerty/pc/keyboard.html |
| Japanese | Kenjin Keyboard | Alps and Japanese IBM keyboards | http://www.geocities.jp/kenjin_keyboard/index.htm |
| Japanese | Keyboard Room | Very detailed force graphs | http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~silencium/keyboard/ |
| Japanese | Neko's Keyboard Room | Detailed keyboard reviews | http://mineko.fc2web.com/box/kb-room/ |
| Japanese | Serial Communications - Seagull | Keyboard mods | http://hieroglyphe.blog47.fc2.com/ |
| English | vt100 | Great information on VT100 terminals | http://vt100.net/ |
| English | 1000bit | Vintage computer site | http://www.1000bit.it/ |
| English | John Elliot's Homepage | Protocol and keyboard information | http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/index.html |
| English | Bitsavers | Treasure trove of old manuals, perhaps useful for really old keyboards | http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ |
| Japanese | m0115 Keyboard Converters | Detailed keyboard tear-downs and mods | http://m0115.web.fc2.com/ |
| Japanese | Implicitly Keyboards | Detailed set of photos of rare keyboards | http://park10.wakwak.com/~jpspace/key/index.html |
| Japanese | Kaineko2 Keyboards | Detailed set of photos for somewhat rare keyboards | http://park8.wakwak.com/~kaineko2/kaineko2_keyboard.html |
| English | Dave's Old Computers | Vintage computer site, apparently has them on display somewhere. Has rare terminals. | http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/ |
| English | kishy.dyndns.org | Longtime Geekhack member's blog | http://kishy.dyndns.org/ |
| Japanese | 101 Keyboard | Lots of links to other Japanese keyboard sites (lots are dead links, but it would be interesting to look each of them up on the wayback machine) | http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Oakland/3186/ |
| Japanese | JIS Standardization | History of the JIS keyboard specification | http://www.ykanda.jp/input/jis/jis.htm |
| Japanese | Chagama's Page | Has a few pictures of Japanese keyboards | http://bunbuku.dip.jp/~chagama/machines/KeyBoard/index.html |
| Japanese | Hama's Home Page | Has a few pictures of non-Japaneses mechanical keyboards and defines keyboard terms | http://www.edit.ne.jp/~beach/keyboard/index.html |
| Japanese | Keyboard Gloom | Lots of pictures of rare keyboards (many non-Japanese) | http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~duelist/ |
| Japanese | Funky Corner of Toshiro Hata | Has old Japanese magazine articles on computer components, some about keyboards; also has a very nice vintage calculator collection with unknown key switches (via the top page). | http://www.funkygoods.com/cyosaku/cyosaku.htm |
| Japanese | Mago | Has a number of keyboard converters (to PS/2) using a PIC controller | http://www.tsp.ne.jp/~sawada/mago/index.html |
| Japanese | Neotec | Has a number of odd keyboards for sale (maybe?) | http://www.neotec.co.jp/ |
| Japanese | SiliconValley-Bay Keyboard Collection | Number of rare vintage Japanese keyboards | http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Bay/3726/index.html |
| English | IPSJ Computer Museum | Historical website on computers, mainly Japanese | http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/index.html |
| English | VintageComputer.net | Historical computer archive site, lots of images and downloads | http://www.vintagecomputer.net/ |
| English | Bryan's Old Computers | Some keyboard repair guides | http://bytecollector.com/ |
| Portuguese | RetroPlayerBrazil | A HUGE number of old computer pics (sadly low-res) | http://retroplayerbrazil.wordpress.com/page/3/ |
| English | kbdbabel | Keyboard protocol diagrams, most extensive set known (nice diagrams too) | http://www.kbdbabel.org/ |
Dead Websites[edit | edit source]
| Language | Website name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Keyboard Porn | sixty's now dead keyboard website | http://web.archive.org/web/20120922165249/http://keyboardporn.com/ |
| Japanese | Unproductive Days...From Kanazawa City | Keyboard pics | http://web.archive.org/web/20110505073125/http://hiseisan.rapunzel.main.jp/? |
| Japanese | Keyboard Maniacs | Tear-downs of keyboards | http://web.archive.org/web/20090615005546/http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/vine/keyboard |
| Japanese | Moriyama Masayuki's Homepage | Information on keyboard layouts, uses some nice diagrams | http://web.archive.org/web/20131014164831/http://www2d.biglobe.ne.jp/~msyk/ |
| Japanese | PISSTek. | Has a keyboard conversion to PS/2 from XT | http://web.archive.org/web/20050421040704/http://www1.ttv.ne.jp/~gnrr/ |
| Japanese | Moonlight Cafe | Original foundation for the Realforce Model Reference | http://web.archive.org/web/20090110131828/http://cafemoonlight.blog55.fc2.com/blog-entry-20.html |
