Not a big fan of keyboard collectors since lots of them only have the keyboards without the matching computers which means somewhere there's a retro computer missing a keyboard because of that.
I guess it doesn't matter all that much with new or popular machines, but on old hardware with esoteric plugs and protocols that sucks.
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WhiteHotaru@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
That was a great read! Thanks!
Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it · 1 pts · 1y
Not a big fan of keyboard collectors since lots of them only have the keyboards without the matching computers which means somewhere there's a retro computer missing a keyboard because of that.
I guess it doesn't matter all that much with new or popular machines, but on old hardware with esoteric plugs and protocols that sucks.
paulh@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
I recently saw a video about using the Atari BASIC keypads.
https://youtu.be/Pw97o4HvsHs
The most unusual keyboard I heard of was the microwriter, a chordic keyboard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter