26 Aug
2004
26 Aug
'04
10:18 p.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
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Sent: 26 August 2004 17:32
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: WORST keyboards ever (was Re: Best keyboards you've used
ever!)
How about the absolutely WORST keyboards?
1) Sinclair ZX series
2) Coco 1
3) Coco 2
4) Aquarius (my first)
5) Original PET
Sharp MZ80K
Memotech MTX (this pains me but they weren't the best) Any lightweight/cheap
membrane job (see current peecee manufacturers)
Kinnell, I can't think of any more right now, and that can't be right :)
Cheers
w
26 Aug
26 Aug
10:52 p.m.
New subject: FW: WORST keyboards ever (was Re: Best keyboards you've used ever!)
In message <E1C0b82-0001x3-00(a)fop.home.net>
"Adrian Graham" <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
Kinnell, I can't think of any more right now, and
that can't be right :)
OK, I'll add to the list - any keyboard (well, anything electronic) made by
BTC Taiwan (www.btc.com.tw). "Quality control? Wossat then?". They've
managed
to produce keyboards that look like normal PC keyboards, but feel like the
old dead-flesh Sinclair keyboards when you type on them...
Just for extra points, they've also built DVD and CD-RW drives that had weak
lasers, causing rewrite operations to fail rather spectacularly. From what
I've heard, one dealer had a 3ft stack of drives, all with the same fault,
namely "no rewrite functionality"...
Later.
--
Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
... One way to better your lot is to do a lot better...
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