[ale] OT: For hardware junkies

[SpaXpert, Inc.]

Not really, but I do like the old school hard click keyboards.  Mentally,
they just work better for me.  The cheap stuff we have today, they're quiet
and almost stealthy, but they get the job done.

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 9:43 AM Jonathan Meek via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I do find it interesting that from my pool of co-workers that mechanical
> keyboards have become all the rage along with modding those keyboards
> either via software or hardware.
>
> I feel like there’s been a minor pivot into hardware because I keep seeing
> multiple home brewed projects online.
>
> Have you guys seen the same thing?
>
> Jonathan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 6, 2020, at 8:16 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
> I had an NEC cp/m laptop. Really nice keyboard.
>
> On November 6, 2020 3:49:50 AM EST, Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 20:09:20 -0500
>> "SpaXpert, Inc. via Ale" <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>> I was hoping for some old cp/m portables, like kaypro, osborne etc...
>>> Loved seeing the old serial terminals though, but they were not
>>> documented much.  Self taught 8080 assembly lang on a kaypro 2x in
>>> the early 80's. Was an awesome machine with wordstar and a packaged
>>> daisy wheel printer. Cost over $2k back then new.
>>> Jeez, I'm dating myself too much.
>>>
>>
>> Nonsense. If you don't have a wife or girlfriend, by all means date
>> yourself. :-)
>>
>> Seriously, I had a Kaypro 2x with two floppies and the same daisy wheel
>> printer (Juki). I didn't learn 8080 assembler, but with Turbo Pascal
>> 2.0 I could make that machine do almost anything. And yes, Wordstar,
>> and the sweetest keyboard I've ever used. It was luggable, so I could
>> bring it to my girlfriend's house (when I wasn't dating myself) and
>> work there. There were even rudimentary graphics.
>>
>> I used that machine to create a 100 page thesis for my Systems Analysis
>> class. It was based on my work at a company called Medi-Sec. A very
>> cool thing was that I put a graphical imitation of Medi-Sec's logo at
>> the upper left of each page. I did that by printing the the logos on
>> all the pages, then printing the text on those same pages.
>>
>> SteveT
>>
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