30 Sep
2015
30 Sep
'15
8:02 a.m.
On 30 September 2015 at 16:55, Eric Christopherson
<echristopherson at gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, as I recall, it took a *lot* of getting used to, and never was great.
However, the keyboard was /massively/ better than the rubber-key
Spectrum, famously one of the worst keyboards ever made.
Which is why I'm mystified that people are now painstakingly
recreating the thing. You can buy a Bluetooth version now:
http://sinclair.recreatedzxspectrum.com/
And a cut-down miniaturised one with an ARM-based emulator inside:
http://retro-computers.co.uk/
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The keyboard
is one of these:
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12269/LMT-68FX2-Keyboard-for-the-Spe…
That's cool; but that is the strangest layout I've seen for arrow keys.