On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Jason Willgruber wrote:
> 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.
A few computers used the idea (of having single keypresses map to an
entire BASIC command). My first computer, the Mattel Aquarius, had this
feature too, except it was an option, as opposed to default behavior.
You'd use the CTL (control) key plus a letter to shortcut whole BASIC
keywords, which were printed above the key.
> 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.
I've seen at least a couple TS-1000's modified with a "real" keyboard.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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