Arty computers (was: Re: PDP-11/70 in Yates Center, KS)

[Tony Duell]

> We all went down to the Radio Shack to check out the Model I.  The
> case felt like *very* cheap plastic, even for RS standards.  The

I've felt worse (Sinclair, anyone :-))

> keyboard was clunky and while not as bad as the chiclet keyboard on
> the PET, it still wasn't something I wanted to type on.  The lack of

It's odd... I've heard that comment several times before, but the 
keyboard mechanism is the same as the one used in the DEC VT100, HP85 
(and 86, 87), HP262x terminals, HP9816, and so on. Maybe it's just how 
Radio Shack mounted it or something.

-tony