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A Selective History Of The Keyboard

Posted by timothy on from the triumph-of-the-louse dept.

Anonymous Gimp writes "Today's keyboards aren't what they used to be, no sir! Back in my day, we had our BS technology; our keyboards had chassis which allowed 'em to be thrown off a 3-story building and still work - barely dented. Yes those were the days. Now we've got these newfangled Wireless Ergonomic E-Mail button membrane keyboards. To heck with them, I say!"

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  1. The ultimate keyboard.. the C-64!!! :) by Wraithlyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yessir, back in my day we had these incredible keyboards. I have a VIC-20 keyboard and and Commodore 64 keyboard. Some people claimed they were kind of big, but for keyboards, they were sure packed with features! Like computers! :)

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    "Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
  2. Re:and put the control key back where it should be by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 5, Funny

    How often does anyone, aside from people writing Nigerian mail scams, use the caps lock?

    My friend, you've obviously never spent anytime on the AOL posting forums.

    Not that that is a bad thing.