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It was manufactured to be as cheap as possible. There were the plus editions that had much better keys.
by bzzzt 11mo ago
It was manufactured to be as cheap as possible. There were the plus editions that had much better keys.
- Supernaut 11mo ago> It was manufactured to be as cheap as possible. Exactly. The membrane keyboards weren't aesthetic choices, they were one of a number of compromises that were necessary to achieve the price point set by Clive Sinclair. He intuited that a sub-£200 colour computer would sell in huge quantities, and he was right. My (middle class) parents couldn't countenance the cost of a Commodore 64, but they were prepared to buy me a ZX Spectrum.
- bzzzt 11mo agoComputers were a luxury item then, beside that lots of people had no idea what to do with one too. Only the most computer curious people would spend around $900 (inflation corrected) on a fancy calculator ;)