IBM Displaywriter System
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The IBM 6580 Displaywriter System is a 16-bit microcomputer that was marketed and sold by IBM's Office Products Division primarily as a word processor. Announced on June 17, 1980 and effectively withd
IBM Displaywriter with keyboard, monitor and dual 8-inch floppy disk drive “toaster”
Model F keyboard
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The Model F was a series of computer keyboards produced mainly from 1981–1985 and in reduced volume until 1994 by IBM and later Lexmark. Its mechanical-key design consisted of a buckling spring over a
IBM Displaywriter System
…options included a 25 or (vertically oriented) 66-line display, one or two disk drives, 1 sided or 2 sided disk drives, a beamspring (Type A) or Model F (Type B) keyboard, and RAM configurations between 128 and 448 KB. "A basic system — consisting of a display with a typewriter-like keyboard and a logic…
Model F capacitive pads from an opened assembly
Corrosion occurring on a Model F 122 terminal keyboard along with dust
A comparison between a Model F spring (left) and a Model M spring (right); the Model M uses a spring with fewer windings and smaller plate for the plastic membrane underneath.
IBM Model F 122 key Keyboard