Part of it may have been the dippy little keyboard that it had, or the fact
that it only came with 1k or RAM (standard). If it had a larger keyboard,
instead of the tiny plastic membranes, then the idea *MAY* have caught on.
I wonder if ther'd be some way to either put a new keyboard on it (say,
from a laptop), or somehow make it into an expansion unit for something
like a TRS-80, almost like a CoCo cartridge.
-Jason
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> From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Help Needed With Sinclair 1000
> Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 9:32 PM
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> That's kinda cool in a twisted Word 97 sort of way. Context sensitive
> BASIC...I'm wondering if this is where MS got their idea. You see, in
> Visual Basic 5, it shows the syntax for the function I'm typing, and
> also can complete it. Why is the Sinclair hated disliked if it had
> what seems to be a useful feature?
Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 21:27:02 GMT