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My second computer was from Gateway 2000, this was before the whole retail store experiment, back when they had the awesome ads in Computer Shopper and the othe
by aksss 4y ago
My second computer was from Gateway 2000, this was before the whole retail store experiment, back when they had the awesome ads in Computer Shopper and the other mags (PC Magazine, etc). I think this was really their heyday. Awesome systems, cool accessories. Anyone remember the AnyKey keyboard? A (re)branded 124-key keyboard and you could program a macro of like 128 key strokes into any single key. It was awesome.
I think they were on the decline (at least mindshare-wise for techies) before the whole retail storefront thing, which seemed dumb to me from the get go - like a hail mary attempt to salvage the company at what must have been enormous expense and labor headaches.
Buy yeah, I'd hardly call them 'Apple of the Midwest'. They were a great clone builder/reseller in their day. Their computers were refreshingly free of proprietary crap as I recall. I'd call them more a "Dell of the Midwest".
- jeffbee 4y agoI used the programmable AnyKey to write a macro that could grind a bunch of money in Wasteland by recruiting a new ranger, walking into town, selling their gun, and dismissing the ranger, in a loop (if I held the key down with a book). Great keyboard!
- aksss 4y agoYeah, I think I was pretty similar - games mostly, but I do remember making macros to edit/reformat files as well, adding white space, that kind of thing.
- digisign 4y agoI used that keyboard at work for a while. Programmed Ctrl+Alt+P to type my password + ENTER! The "easy button". Later I told the Unix guy, and he groaned. :-)