30 Jan
2010
30 Jan
'10
3:16 p.m.
So true --- the same for the XE computers, mushy horrible feeling
keyboards, just horrible! I still say that the best keyboard of
any computer I've ever used (Atari, Apple, etc...) is the 1982 Atari
1200XL keyboard, it has a solid feel, silky smooth travel and the
perfect amount of push back on it that just made you realize you were
working on a truly high quality piece of equipment - nothing to date has
ever come close.
Curt
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 30 Jan 2010 at 17:51, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
What was truly the ST's major flaw was its
display, while obviously a
huge improvement for its time of 85', once the Amiga and Apple Mac II
computers hit the scene with far higher resolutions and deeper
on-screen at the same time color palletes, the ST's really began to
lag.
Honestly, what did in the ST for me was the terrible, terrible
keyboard. I tried everything, including aftermarket bootster springs
to make it halfway usable.
Yes, later (and rarer) "business" versions of the system (e.g. the
TT) finally used a decent keyboard, but by then, it was too late for
me. By comparison, the keyboard on the lowly Atari 800 was pure
luxury.
--Chuck