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|    os9dude to Kelli Halliburton    |
|    Re: Most annoying quirk of TRS-80 line?    |
|    17 Apr 16 05:44:56    |
      From: os9dude@gmail.com              On Saturday April 16 2016, Kelli Halliburton wrote:              > Think of weird quirks that have applied through various stages of the       I/III/4 lineup, like:       >        > - No lowercase       > - No modifier key but Shift       > - Awkward cursor key layout       > - Left cursor key doubled as backspace       > - Poor connector quality on expansion box       > - Non-standard ports              Can live with most of them except the poor design decision not to have the       card edge connectors gold plated on the Model I. The Model III and IV pretty       much resolved that in a rather elegant way, considering the at times penny       pinching moves from Tandy        and also the technology available at the time :-)              -- RP              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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