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List of websites related to keyboard technology. They may have pictures of keyboards or other devices with keyboard switches, or provide useful resources for anyone researching the history of keyboards.
Websites
| Language | Website name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Keycombo | A database of keyboard–switch combinations together with a record of manufacture dates and PCB codes. | http://telcontar.net/KBK/Keycombo/ |
| English | Keyboard layout editor | An interactive editor that lets you design your own layout. Complete with presets, styles and custom legends. | http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ |
| English | vt100 | Great information on VT100 terminals | https://vt100.net/ |
| English | Webwit.nl | Webwit's personal image archive, lots of rare ergonomic keyboards | http://webwit.nl/input/ |
| English | Mr. Interface | Home of the Sinklist | https://twitter.com/misterinterface?lang=en |
| English | 1000bit | Vintage computer site | https://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/ |
| English | Dave's Old Computers | Vintage computer site, apparently has them on display somewhere. Has rare terminals. | http://dunfield.classiccmp.org |
| 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 | Nightfall | Everything about vintage computers and consoles including repairs and modding | https://www.nightfallcrew.com/ |
| English | Bryan's Old Computers | Some keyboard repair guides | http://bytecollector.com/ |
| English | kbdbabel | Keyboard protocol diagrams, most extensive set known (nice diagrams too) | http://www.kbdbabel.org/ |
| 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 | 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/ |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| 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/ [Note 1] |
| 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 | 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). | https://www.funkygoods.com/cyosaku/cyosaku.htm |
| Japanese | SiliconValley-Bay Keyboard Collection | Number of rare vintage Japanese keyboards | http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Bay/3726/index.html [Note 1] |
| Korean | ScarFace keyboard | Korean keyboard collector, ScarFace's website. Lots of nice pictures and some rare keyboards. | https://cafe.naver.com/sfkey.cafe |
| Portuguese | RetroPlayerBrazil | A HUGE number of old computer pics (sadly low-res) | https://retroplayerbrazil.wordpress.com/page/3/ |
