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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

if the IBM Model M is the Cadillac of keyboards, then what's the Ford Pinto of keyboards?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

it took TWO MINUTES for someone (@[email protected]) to nominate the keyboard I was thinking of

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] not a blister-board. But the switches in the ti99-4a at least the one I still have feel fucking awful even after i clean the hell out of them and re-lubbed them.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] To be fair, that's actually the Sinclair C5 (not Ford Pinto) of keyboards. ๐Ÿ™‚

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] oh yeah. first computer I owned. that keyboard was so bad and eventually died.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] Or this modern iteration of it.

Hits all the same notes:

  • impossibility of touch typing
  • lack of tactile feedback
  • vagueness of active areas
  • fingertip nerve damage
[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] That and the Atari 400 are definitely worthy nominees, but my vote has to go to the TRS-80 Model 1 keyboard wwwittthouutt tttthhhee deeebouuuncccee ccccirrccuuiitt.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] Now you're just harshing on the Pinto.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected]

if you had the 16KB RAM pack attached (in the back) and pressed the keyboard too hard, the computer could wobble and momentarily disconnect from the RAM pack -- all your code&data could be gone in an instant.

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