There is a company-unicomp I think that still makes them. They have a
line called the customizer which feels and sounds like a ps/2 era
keyboard. They even make a USB version, but it's only available in a
black case with grey keys (and windows keys)
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jwrea...@comcast.net
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Might be true, but my smartphone keyboard types better than a netbook. It's
all in the spacing, if you 2-thumb it you can get pretty good speed
reasonably easy, and surprisingly little discomfort.
I for one find the netbook keyboards in that awkward too small to type
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com writes:
My all-time favorite keyboard is an old IBM click-key model, with the
individual switches per key. Saddly USB has eclipsed keyboard ports, and
usb-ps/2 adapters won't work
Mountain Man wrote: Our first family computer was a pcjr 20 years ago . . .
When I was about 10 years old, my father bought me a Commodore Vic 20 for
Christmas. The computer actually had 4K of memory, but you could buy this
thing you inserted into the back of it which boosted it to 20K. Hence
applications for the thing, games, office
apps (not Y2K compliant) programming etc, even LOGO...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:53:02 -0600
From: Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com
To: 'Mercedes@okiebenz.com' Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
I paid a fortune for a Northgate keyboard back when they only made keyboards
because it was as close to an
IBM as I could afford (half the price) Still works great, or did until my
ancient AT box croaked.
I wish I
Curt Raymond wrote:
I just checked and I've got
around 60 applications for the thing, games, office apps (not
Y2K compliant) programming etc, even LOGO...
Heh.
Tombstone City is the only game I miss from those. But even
that I don't miss enough to setup an emulator to run it.
-- Philip
You apparently didn't play Tunnels Of Doom...
Enough to make an 8 year old wait the 200 seconds it took to load from tape.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:30:16 -0600
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up
http://promos.asus.com/US/EeePC_Pinetrail/index.html
Who else remembers when chiclet was a term of derision for certain
computer keyboards, rather than something a company would call
attention to in their advertising?
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wasn't that the first thing screamed about on teh pc junior?
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
http://promos.asus.com/US/EeePC_Pinetrail/index.html
Who else remembers when chiclet was a term of derision for certain
computer keyboards, rather than
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
http://promos.asus.com/US/EeePC_Pinetrail/index.html
Who else remembers when chiclet was a term of derision for certain
computer keyboards, rather than something a company would call
attention to in their advertising?
but that one's only 92% chiclet.
Wasn't 'Chiclet'
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
http://promos.asus.com/US/EeePC_Pinetrail/index.html
Who else remembers when chiclet was a term of derision for certain
computer keyboards, rather than something a company would call
attention to in their advertising?
Looks like I was wrong, chiclet was a reference to
: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
http://promos.asus.com/US/EeePC_Pinetrail/index.html
Who else remembers when chiclet was a term of derision for certain
computer keyboards, rather than something a company would call
attention to in their advertising
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Bother that, I can remember when an IBM Selectric typewriter
was an object of admiration! The first one, not the Selectric II.
Well, sure. They still are. That's why those in the know refer to
the
! The first one, not the Selectric II.
Peter
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From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
Sent: Feb 16, 2010 1:41 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
http://promos.asus.com/US
everyone got that, i think. the rest is just nostalgic reminiscences.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net
wrote:
Bother that, I can remember when an IBM Selectric typewriter
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Looks like I was wrong, chiclet was a reference to the keyswitch
construction used, among other things, in the PCjr:
I'm pretty sure the term was in common usage (at least in the
magazines of the time that catered to the
, 2010 2:19 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
i liked em all. i still even have a broken selectric 3 that i got for very
cheap that i've been lugging around for 25 years
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Peter Frederick psf
Haley
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:01 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
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i liked em all. i still even have a broken selectric 3 that i got for very
cheap that i've been lugging around for 25 years
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net
wrote:
Bother that, I can remember when
Chicklet... As used in conjunction with peanut (as a stark contrast
to a model M...)
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On Feb 16, 2010, at 14:41, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
wrote:
, 2010 2:37 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
We splurged on the PC Junior a year after it came out, and went into hock to
purchase a model with bells and whistles (such as A and B drives). It cost
about $1500 IIRC, which is equivalent
Ah, I wrote my first code on a PC Jr... Logo. Tail up tail down. Good times.
-Rolf
On 02/16/2010 02:46 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
wasn't that the first thing screamed about on teh pc junior?
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
Watch Mad Men some time and wax poetically about all the old stuff on there.
Their set decorators are wizards.
Dan
--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
From: Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: for those who grew up in the 8-bit age
Our first family computer was a pcjr 20 years ago.
The sons all grew up typing papers on an old hp with touch screen -
not like touch screen today, but touch screen with a matrix of x,y
beams that intersect, I believe, and run all things by swapping 3.5
floppy, unlike the 5 floppy in the epson
Yeah, as kids we always liked when the Moormans Feed guy came around.
He would always leave a handfull of chicklets boxes with mom for us.
Of course the boxes advertised Moormans That was before the
homebuilt 8 bit computer age.
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Might be true, but my smartphone keyboard types better than a netbook. It's
all in the spacing, if you 2-thumb it you can get pretty good speed
reasonably easy, and surprisingly little discomfort.
I for one find the netbook keyboards in that awkward too small to type
properly with 2 hands, but
Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com writes:
My all-time favorite keyboard is an old IBM click-key model, with the
individual switches per key. Saddly USB has eclipsed keyboard ports, and
usb-ps/2 adapters won't work with it. It's the big old din connector, and
uses a long dead protocol...
The
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