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Did you retrofit a better keyboard to your 400? I did back in the day. Bumped it to 48K too. Good times! I love how the 400 looks with the original keyboard

Did you retrofit a better keyboard to your 400? I did back in the day. Bumped it to 48K too. Good times! I love how the 400 looks with the original keyboard though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atari-400-Comp.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atari-400-Comp.jpg I have one, and use it to play "Star Raiders" sometimes. The funky coke proof keyboard works fine for that.

danbmil99 5y ago
No I suffered with the membrane keyboard until I got my 800. I consider it a Rite of Passage
- ddingus 5y ago
  It surely was. I used mine for about a year. Ended up in some user group, who set me up. Was a teen at the time. I did notice the difference, but not as much as I might have. Did not begin to get any typing skills, until much later. Today, I actually enjoy the occassional time I get the machine out. That keyboard looks really cool, and the little click brings me impressions from earlier, simpler times.
  - danbmil99 5y ago
    Digging into my deep memories, I think I repurposed the 400 as a stand- alone MIDI application that didn't need keyboard input.
    - ddingus 5y ago
      That seems like a great use case. Fun to think about. It would have stage "presence" seen in some performance today.