Clicky keyboards (like the Model M from 1987 I am using on my main machine) are great for people who like feedback on keystrokes. The keyboards you get on new machines are just too mushy and the layouts kind of suck, people are just used to what they are used to. Earlier XT era IBM Model F keyboards are worth a few bucks and so are Northgate ones (which I used from the early 90's to early 2000's)
I have a whole stack of spare vintage Model M's in the basement, all stripped cleaned and boxed with cords. If you use a KVM like I do (Belkin SOHO DVI + sound) you can convert the keyboard to USB using an adapter and then use a nice optical mouse to control new USB only machines.
Those Vectra 486/66 machines would be good for DOS era gamers, you would get more then scrap for them (and they look compact enough to easily ship).
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