If the user typed a character before the keyboard input buffer was emptied it would be lost. Huh. I never noticed this. Then I recalled that my Apple ][ had a

If the user typed a character before the keyboard input buffer was emptied it would be lost. Huh. I never noticed this. Then I recalled that my Apple ][ had a Videx Keyboard Enhancer. Turns out it provided an input buffer (besides providing upper/lower case which is the primary reason we added it). Now I'm wondering how much latency the buffer added and whether it reduced my high score on Lode Runner.