E&S PS-390

From: John Honniball <coredump_at_gifford.co.uk>
Date: Sat May 18 16:31:17 2002

Tony Duell wrote:
> Pity the key membrane for the function keys on the Apricot is almost
> always dead...

You're way ahead of me here, Tony! Yes, my Apricot key membrane
is dead. And so are the ones on my Sinclair Spectrums, before anyone
asks...

> The E&S uses a pair of those HP LED 'starburst' displays (I forget
> exactly which ones, maybe 1414s) for each key. And IIRC there are 12
> function keys on the keyboard.

Sounds great! It'll light up like a Christmas tree!

> There's also the twiddlebox (8 shaft encoders with knobs which you use to
> pan/rotate/zoom the image on the display), again with 8 character LED
> displays to label each knob.

I saw a dialbox like that for a Sun at Mendelson's in Dayton, and
kicked myself all the way home for not buying it. That, and the
IBM PS/2 Model 25.

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John Honniball
coredump_at_gifford.co.uk
Received on Sat May 18 2002 - 16:31:17 BST

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