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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc, comp.sys.cbm, alt.c64 |
| Subject | Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! |
| Date | 2015-07-16 06:29 +0000 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <mo7ivs$cj$3@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <mo524o$tve$1@solani.org> <mo6m2i$823$2@dont-email.me> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1507152031240.19256@darkstar.example.org> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2015-07-16, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, True Satan wrote: > >> Colour me retro.. I'm so ancient that a PET was my first computer and the >> envy of most of my friends...it was so incredibly powerful that we >> couldn't imagine a need for anything better...at the time. >> > And just think, a touch keyboard on a tablet isn't that much different > from the original keyboard on the PET. > > Michael > A PET was my first machine too, where I struggled at a young age to figure out the difference between a GOTO and a GOSUB. Michael is correct about the keyboard, too. There are folks out there who hollow out old hardware and put in modern internals - you can find on Etsy a guy who creates modern USB keyboards out of old C64s and VICs (before anyone gets offended by the 'sacrilege' mind you the hardware was dead otherwise). I'd love to have what looks like a PET with something modern inside. Would be quite the conversation starter. Same for a DEC terminal.
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[CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-07-15 07:29 +0000
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! Rudolf Harras <rudolf.harras@mailinator.com> - 2015-07-15 12:45 +0200
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-07-22 19:27 +1200
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2015-07-15 22:15 +0000
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-07-15 20:31 -0400
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-07-16 06:29 +0000
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