On 10/16/01 at 4:59 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ......the QL would have been more successful than the >> Macintosh, there'd be a million active QL users, and >> Motorola would be producing 3rd generation 850 MHz >> 68060 CPU's ;-) > >And keyboard membranes wouldn't be as rare as hens' teeth.
The fact that today practically 99.99% of all computer keyboards ARE membrane based with mechanical keys on top, just like the QL's, must be the biggest irony of all. Granted, silicone materials have gone some ways in the last 17 years so the 'bubble mat' used instead of springs feels more springy that in the days of the QL, but taking apart a modern PC keyboard will reveal ALL the same parts from a QL keyboard of yore. Nasta
