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Article #624567Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Michael Black
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:13
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:13
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2018, Quadibloc wrote: > There are things to be nostalgic for. When a Video Display Terminal cost > $15,000, then, strange to relate, it had a better quality keyboard than > today's computers usually do. > That's a point. My OSI Superboard II had a keyboard on board, and it was a proper keyboard. The Radio Shack Model 100 portable had a good keyboard too. Not all did, the Atari 400 and the Radio Shack COlor Computer (even the III model wasn't perfect). But you could also get lots of surplus keyboards, and with some work patch them in to replace the "bad" keyboards. I'm not sure I gave it much thought at the time. Keyboards got even cheaper but they got not so great. Michael
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