Check out this TI99/4 on eBay

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Feb 26 10:31:00 2003

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Joe wrote:

> 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.

Oh yeah? Well in my day, we didn't have zeroes. Just the letter 'O'!

;)

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