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To: rdb3
I always had a fascination with electronics, but it took my mom spilling Pepsi on the keyboard for my Coleco Adam to make that idea crystallize. I designed and built a keyboard that could be operated with just one hand after tearing apart the useless keyboard and mapping out the keyboard circuit. It worked ok, but the learning curve would be murder for classically trained typists.

By the way, Coleco had a really cool knock off of 'Adventure' they named 'Venture' and it was a blast! I still remember the smiley faced archer shooting bats and such.
114 posted on 04/06/2005 2:09:59 PM PDT by Outlaw76 (Citizens on the Bounce!)
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To: Outlaw76
By the way, Coleco had a really cool knock off of 'Adventure' they named 'Venture' and it was a blast! I still remember the smiley faced archer shooting bats and such.

I remember if you lingered in the room too long, the Hall Monsters would come in and get you and there was nothing you can do. The smiley face was a hoot too. I liked some of the Imagic stuff too like Cosmic Ark and Atlantis.
116 posted on 04/06/2005 2:17:38 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (Lutheran, Conservative, Neo-Victorian/Edwardian - Any Questions?)
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To: Outlaw76
That keyboard sounds cool, but I know I couldn't type with it. ;-)


122 posted on 04/06/2005 3:34:47 PM PDT by rdb3 (To the world, you're one person. To one person, you may be the world.)
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