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WANG Laboratories Model M
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digital_matthew
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F62
- Main mouse: It's a Secret.
- Favorite switch: Capacative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Nice! I enjoy seeing rebranded Model Ms.
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clickykeyboards
- Location: United States of America
- Main keyboard: 1395682, IBM model M 1985
- Main mouse: Logitech G500 weighted
- Favorite switch: buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0233
- Contact:
Nice keyboard! I remember the lore and the competitive hatred that Wang Industries had for IBM.. especially in this 1985 Super Bowl commercial.
https://youtu.be/doaBK6ge9FU
The Wang founder (Dr. An Wang) died in 1990 and then someone in Wang corporate in 1991 decided to use adopt the model M keyboard frame, but add their own Wang logo...
https://clickykeyboards.com/product/199 ... -09-12-91/
.. and then by 1992, Wang industries ultimately filed for bankruptcy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories
https://youtu.be/doaBK6ge9FU
The Wang founder (Dr. An Wang) died in 1990 and then someone in Wang corporate in 1991 decided to use adopt the model M keyboard frame, but add their own Wang logo...
https://clickykeyboards.com/product/199 ... -09-12-91/
.. and then by 1992, Wang industries ultimately filed for bankruptcy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories
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JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
Very nice! I can't imagine seeing a Superbowl commercial like that today. It's also neat the date of this keyboard so close to their ultimate demise.
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Hypersphere
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: Silenced & Lubed HHKB (Black)
- Main mouse: Logitech G403
- Favorite switch: Topre 45/55g Silenced; Various Alps; IBM Model F
- DT Pro Member: 0038
@clickykeyboards: Good to hear from you! Thanks for your insights into Wang keyboard history. I still have the Model M boards that I bought from you years ago. You are partly responsible for the transformation of my house into a keyboard workshop and museum! It's okay -- I enjoy it.
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watchman
- Location: BJ
- Main keyboard: BTC 5100C
- Favorite switch: ALPS
- DT Pro Member: -
I still not understand why most this model was destroyed?clickykeyboards wrote: Nice keyboard! I remember the lore and the competitive hatred that Wang Industries had for IBM.. especially in this 1985 Super Bowl commercial.
https://youtu.be/doaBK6ge9FU
The Wang founder (Dr. An Wang) died in 1990 and then someone in Wang corporate in 1991 decided to use adopt the model M keyboard frame, but add their own Wang logo...
https://clickykeyboards.com/product/199 ... -09-12-91/
.. and then by 1992, Wang industries ultimately filed for bankruptcy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories
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Pumaeggs
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F XT
- Main mouse: Intellimouse Optical 5 button
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
fantastic! a model M that says "wang" on it. Im not sure why this is so funny to me but i just giggled out loud in a lecture class like an idiot.