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Article #624568Re: Computers, anyone?
From: J. Clarke
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:36
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:36
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 19:13:38 -0400, Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net> wrote: >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. And now there's a spectrum of them available. Right now I'm using a clicky tactile backlit Logitech that is intended for gamers. It wasn't cheap but it feels good and can even run macros on its onboard processor. > > Michael
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