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Also with the c64 you do not really want to go back to that keyboard, do you?

dylan604 6y ago
I'd rather use it than the Apple Butterfly keyboard. I used to bang out BASIC on a C64 with the hunt&peck method. Sure, I was 10, but I know I beat on it harder than I do now with actual typing. That keyboard never had keycaps fall of it. I cannot say the same thing about this keyboard on my MacBook Pro 2017 model.
- Razengan 6y ago
  I’d rather stick with the Apple butterfly keyboard than many other keyboards, contemporary or historic. I’ve never had problems with it and I honestly prefer the short travel and snappiness.
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  - Razengan 6y ago
    Excuse me for having an incorrect opinion. Butterfly bad. Gib upboat.
krzyk 6y ago
Why, it wasn't bad, at least I don't remember anything bad about it.
- pizza234 6y ago
  The C64 keyboard used 2 cursor keys to implement the functionality of 4 (using shift). Programming with that was a PITA (at least for me).
  - krzyk 6y ago
    Ah, right, it was strange when I think of it now, but it didn't bother me then. My programming was mostly rewriting code from magazines and I didn't have any IDE so arrows were out of the question either way (AFAIR).
- andi999 6y ago
  When I used it, I didnt notice, but when I used it again years later (after having typed on pc keyboards), ... boy you really need to press the keys, almost hammer them, no more fluent typing. Give it a try (maybe your experience is differen)
- protomyth 6y ago
  Yeah, bad was the Atari 400. The C64 was a dream compared to that. I was so jealous of the Sinclair owners that had ready third-party replacements available for their crap membrane keyboard. Typed a lot of code on that thing though.
- the_af 6y ago
  I enjoyed the imposing physicality of the C64 keyboard, especially compared to today's flimsy laptop keyboard and cheap external keyboards (disclaimer: never used a good quality external keyboard, I'm sure they are awesome... but they lack the nostalgia factor). Of course, it's mostly a nostalgia trip. Just like I fondly remember green phosphor CRTs.
boomlinde 6y ago
MechBoard64 to the rescue! https://www.breadbox64.com/blog/the-mechboard64/ https://www.breadbox64.com/blog/the-mechboard64/
the_af 6y ago
> Also with the c64 you do not really want to go back to that keyboard, do you? I bought TheC64 because I wanted the keyboard. Why else use a C64 lookalike instead of an emulator on a regular computer?
- andi999 6y ago
  So whats your typing speed on it?
  - the_af 6y ago
    Right now? I haven't used a C64 in more than three decades, so the answer is: very poor :) Productivity isn't in my mind when thinking about retro/vintage computers, in any case.

I'd rather use it than the Apple Butterfly keyboard. I used to bang out BASIC on a C64 with the hunt&peck method. Sure, I was 10, but I know I beat on it harder than I do now with actual typing. That keyboard never had keycaps fall of it. I cannot say the same thing about this keyboard on my MacBook Pro 2017 model.

Razengan 6y ago
I’d rather stick with the Apple butterfly keyboard than many other keyboards, contemporary or historic. I’ve never had problems with it and I honestly prefer the short travel and snappiness.
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- Razengan 6y ago
  Excuse me for having an incorrect opinion. Butterfly bad. Gib upboat.

krzyk 6y ago

Why, it wasn't bad, at least I don't remember anything bad about it.

pizza234 6y ago
The C64 keyboard used 2 cursor keys to implement the functionality of 4 (using shift). Programming with that was a PITA (at least for me).
- krzyk 6y ago
  Ah, right, it was strange when I think of it now, but it didn't bother me then. My programming was mostly rewriting code from magazines and I didn't have any IDE so arrows were out of the question either way (AFAIR).
andi999 6y ago
When I used it, I didnt notice, but when I used it again years later (after having typed on pc keyboards), ... boy you really need to press the keys, almost hammer them, no more fluent typing. Give it a try (maybe your experience is differen)
protomyth 6y ago
Yeah, bad was the Atari 400. The C64 was a dream compared to that. I was so jealous of the Sinclair owners that had ready third-party replacements available for their crap membrane keyboard. Typed a lot of code on that thing though.
the_af 6y ago
I enjoyed the imposing physicality of the C64 keyboard, especially compared to today's flimsy laptop keyboard and cheap external keyboards (disclaimer: never used a good quality external keyboard, I'm sure they are awesome... but they lack the nostalgia factor). Of course, it's mostly a nostalgia trip. Just like I fondly remember green phosphor CRTs.

boomlinde 6y ago

MechBoard64 to the rescue! https://www.breadbox64.com/blog/the-mechboard64/ https://www.breadbox64.com/blog/the-mechboard64/

the_af 6y ago

> Also with the c64 you do not really want to go back to that keyboard, do you? I bought TheC64 because I wanted the keyboard. Why else use a C64 lookalike instead of an emulator on a regular computer?

andi999 6y ago
So whats your typing speed on it?
- the_af 6y ago
  Right now? I haven't used a C64 in more than three decades, so the answer is: very poor :) Productivity isn't in my mind when thinking about retro/vintage computers, in any case.