<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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. <div><br></div><div>I feel like there’s been a minor pivot into hardware because I keep seeing multiple home brewed projects online. </div><div><br></div><div>Have you guys seen the same thing?</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 6, 2020, at 8:16 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I had an NEC cp/m laptop. Really nice keyboard.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On November 6, 2020 3:49:50 AM EST, Steve Litt via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 20:09:20 -0500<br>"SpaXpert, Inc. via Ale" <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">I was hoping for some old cp/m portables, like kaypro, osborne etc...<br>Loved seeing the old serial terminals though, but they were not<br>documented much. Self taught 8080 assembly lang on a kaypro 2x in<br>the early 80's. Was an awesome machine with wordstar and a packaged<br>daisy wheel printer. Cost over $2k back then new.<br>Jeez, I'm dating myself too much.<br></blockquote><br>Nonsense. If you don't have a wife or girlfriend, by all means date<br>yourself. :-)<br><br>Seriously, I had a Kaypro 2x with two floppies and the same daisy wheel<br>printer (Juki). I didn't learn 8080 assembler, but with Turbo Pascal<br>2.0 I could make that machine do almost anything. And yes, Wordstar,<br>and the sweetest keyboard I've ever used. It was luggable, so I could<br>bring it to my girlfriend's house (when I wasn't dating myself) and<br>work there. There were even rudimentary graphics.<br><br>I used that machine to create a 100 page thesis for my Systems Analysis<br>class. It was based on my work at a company called Medi-Sec. A very<br>cool thing was that I put a graphical imitation of Medi-Sec's logo at<br>the upper left of each page. I did that by printing the the logos on<br>all the pages, then printing the text on those same pages.<br> <br>SteveT<br><br>Steve Litt <br>Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times<br><a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive">http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive</a><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool<span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ale mailing list</span><br><span>Ale@ale.org</span><br><span>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</span><br><span>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</span><br><span>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>