2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
1:27 p.m.
Part of it may have been the dippy little keyboard that it had, or the fact
that it only came with 1k or RAM (standard). If it had a larger keyboard,
instead of the tiny plastic membranes, then the idea *MAY* have caught on.
I wonder if ther'd be some way to either put a new keyboard on it (say,
from a laptop), or somehow make it into an expansion
unit for something
like a TRS-80, almost like a CoCo cartridge.
-Jason
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From: Max Eskin <maxeskin(a)hotmail.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Help Needed With Sinclair 1000
Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 9:32 PM
That's kinda cool in a twisted Word 97 sort of way. Context sensitive
BASIC...I'm wondering if this is where MS got their idea. You see, in
Visual Basic 5, it shows the syntax for the function I'm typing, and
also can complete it. Why is the Sinclair hated disliked if it had
what seems to be a useful feature?