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I have a hard time believing there is a chiclet keyboard worse than the Atari 400 membrane. "Gen-x first computers" sounds like an interesting site
by protomyth 6y ago
I have a hard time believing there is a chiclet keyboard worse than the Atari 400 membrane.
"Gen-x first computers" sounds like an interesting site
- mbreese 6y ago> Atari 400 membrane But at least it was waterproof! Thank goodness they saw the light and used a proper keyboard on the 800.
- karmakaze 6y agoActually there were differing qualities of these manufactured. I had one of the early ones and it was fantastic, I could run my fingers touching over the surface and lightly depress while dragging and the audible feedback had such low latency: joy. Sort-of regretted replacing it with mechanical keys. Later Atari 400s had barely registering keypresses that was a workout for your fingers.
- protomyth 6y agoI must have had a later one then. Where did you find a replacement mechanical keyboard for the 400? I never found one. I was so envious of the Sinclair owners because they had tons of options.
- karmakaze 6y agoI think it might have been a local creation. It was ugly as hell, half of it rose above/outside the case showing the switch bodies and entire keycaps. It did have a good feel though. I wasn't much of a touch/speed typist so didn't gain so much. I got it because my father was a bit of a typewriter geek and didn't like me using the membrane keys. Ended up getting an 800 with expansion memory but the keys weren't as good--too springy/spongey no clickiness in it's motion.