Yea well I wasnt old enough to deal with punch cards either :)
The Timex 2068 was released in 82 or 83 when the Vic20/c64 had proper
keyboards.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Check out this TI99/4 on eBay
At 11:11 PM 2/25/03 -0500, Teoz wrote:
>Its funny to me how a computer with a crappy keyboard like that model is
>worth so much more then the better later version with a proper keyboard.
The
>computers I collect actually get used so if I ever
wanted a Ti it would
be
the one with
the nicer keyboard. My first computer was a timex 2068 and
learning to program on chicklet keyboards sucks.
If you think that sucks, you should try toggling it all in with bit
switches!
Especailly the narrow bite-into-your-finger switches used on the
original Altairs.
Joe