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Makes me think of old terminals with speakers in the keyboard, to generate an extra little "click" e.g. https://youtu.be/RuZUPpmXfT0?feature=shared&t=343 https:
by floren 3y ago
Makes me think of old terminals with speakers in the keyboard, to generate an extra little "click" e.g. https://youtu.be/RuZUPpmXfT0?feature=shared&t=343 https://youtu.be/RuZUPpmXfT0?feature=shared&t=343
- buescher 3y agoAs the Atari 800 and Atari 400 also had. The later models omitted the speaker and piped the click out with the sound chip audio.
- Findecanor 3y agoAtari ST's TOS also did it via the sound chip. Could be turned off in Control Panel. IBM's "beam spring"-switch terminal keyboards had a solenoid, to make it sound like a typewriter: <https://youtu.be/tMOkhsHxA7U https://youtu.be/tMOkhsHxA7U> (with modern controller)
- i_am_jl 3y agoEven older ones had full-on solenoids banging around inside the case of the keyboard. They were intended to simulate the sound of a typewriter.