paulh

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[–] paulh@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

I recently saw a video about using the Atari BASIC keypads.

https://youtu.be/Pw97o4HvsHs

The most unusual keyboard I heard of was the microwriter, a chordic keyboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter

[–] paulh@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

It doesn't look level compared to the water in the bath.

I think that it's tilted and the jar is held at an angle to disguise that.

[–] paulh@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I recognized that because the instance my account is on is named after it.

[–] paulh@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago

For just a few dollars more than the cost of adding a separate hard drive to an existing computer you could buy the Kaypro 10.

I'm hearing that I'm Hank's voice.

[–] paulh@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 months ago

Fantastic description!

Z-80 was much the same: djnz uses C as the loop counter (like the 8086 LOOP used CX iirc), H and L combine to make a 16-bit pointer...

 

I found this at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.