cdamian, 18 days ago

@NanoRaptor
People were typing faster back than and needed the throughput.

hakfoo, 18 days ago

@NanoRaptor The US-spec 128DCR is even worse. The cable blocks the connector for the Datasette drive, so if you want to use one, it automatically ruins any attempt at tidy cable routing like "Pull the keyboard far enough away to consume the slack"

NanoRaptor, 18 days ago

@hakfoo oh! goodness. they are quite a bit different to this one. https://www.vecchicomputer.com/2013/08/commodore-128d-1985-128dcr-1986/

mjgardner, 18 days ago

@NanoRaptor Love it when you get tongue-in-cheek anachronistic and complain about a product not learning the lessons of another product released the following year

NanoRaptor, 18 days ago

@mjgardner It is all very easy to complain about from here with our cotton-thread keyboard cables - or wireless!

georgeharito, 18 days ago

@NanoRaptor don’t forget to set the correct SCSI ID and terminate your keyboard properly.

SirTapTap, 18 days ago

@NanoRaptor kids these days will grow up without knowing the pain of 500 different cables and standard changing every 5 years, every platform, etc

Very lucky