22 May
1998
22 May
'98
7:55 p.m.
On Sat, 23 May 1998, Russ/Alice Blakeman wrote:
So it's unanimous - all Sanyo MBC-55x machines,
working or not, that are
not a part of a Camry fender, are to be executed immediately to save our
planet.
OK, I'll stick up for the Sanyo. I liked the keyboard. At a time when
the only alternative was the IBM clicker, it was great to have a nice
quiet keyboard with just the right amount of key travel. The Microswitch
keyboards that came later for the PC were the only thing that I liked
better.
It had TEAC floppy drives.
Even though it was a bit odd to have an Apple-compatible joystick port, at
least it wasn't an add-on option like IBM's.
It had composite output, so you didn't have to buy an expensive monitor as
you did with IBM.
It was *cheap*. I got mine for something like $600 at the San Diego Price
Club when IBM's were going for a coupla grand. There was no alternative
x86 box for poor folk until the Taiwanese came to town.
-- Doug