Check out this TI99/4 on eBay

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Wed Feb 26 09:45:00 2003

Yea well I wasnt old enough to deal with punch cards either :)

The Timex 2068 was released in 82 or 83 when the Vic20/c64 had proper
keyboards.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Check out this TI99/4 on eBay


> At 11:11 PM 2/25/03 -0500, Teoz wrote:
> >Its funny to me how a computer with a crappy keyboard like that model is
> >worth so much more then the better later version with a proper keyboard.
The
> >computers I collect actually get used so if I ever wanted a Ti it would
be
> >the one with the nicer keyboard. My first computer was a timex 2068 and
> >learning to program on chicklet keyboards sucks.
>
> If you think that sucks, you should try toggling it all in with bit
switches! Especailly the narrow bite-into-your-finger switches used on the
original Altairs.
>
> Joe
Received on Wed Feb 26 2003 - 09:45:00 GMT