XPost: comp.misc, comp.sys.cbm   
   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2015-07-16, Michael Black  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, True Satan wrote:   
   >   
   >> Colour me retro.. I'm so ancient that a PET was my first computer and the   
   >> envy of most of my friends...it was so incredibly powerful that we   
   >> couldn't imagine a need for anything better...at the time.   
   >>   
   > And just think, a touch keyboard on a tablet isn't that much different   
   > from the original keyboard on the PET.   
   >   
   >    Michael   
   >   
   A PET was my first machine too, where I struggled at a young age to   
   figure out the difference between a GOTO and a GOSUB.  Michael is   
   correct about the keyboard, too.   
      
   There are folks out there who hollow out old hardware and put in modern   
   internals - you can find on Etsy a guy who creates modern USB keyboards   
   out of old C64s and VICs (before anyone gets offended by the 'sacrilege'   
   mind you the hardware was dead otherwise).  I'd love to have what looks   
   like a PET with something modern inside. Would be quite the conversation   
   starter.  Same for a DEC terminal.   
      
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