[00:29] <_stink_> of belize?
[00:30] <cmaloney> No, apparently he's back in the USA
[00:30] <cmaloney> TIL
[00:31] <cmaloney> Apparently he was running under the "Cyber Party"
[00:32] <cmaloney> Which either sounds like what happens when you have a bunch of people trying to talk sexy, or what happens when the 1990s decide to have a political party.
[00:48] <_stink_>  /join #cyberparty ?
[00:48] <_stink_> damn, no one there
[00:48] <_stink_> kind of disappointed
[01:01] <rick_h_> evening
[01:03] <cmaloney> heh
[01:03] <cmaloney> Evening rick_h_. Welcome back(?)
[01:03] <rick_h_> cmaloney: ty, yes back friday night
[01:04] <cmaloney> How was the away-time?
[01:05] <rick_h_> the hawaii time was good stuff, the sprint work week was ok...survived but running on empty
[01:05] <cmaloney> I'll bet
[14:16] <jrwren> i just sold my 2 - Focus 2001 keyboard with Alps Blue switches.  So long old friends.
[14:19] <cmaloney> later clickinator.
[14:19] <cmaloney> ;)
[14:19] <jrwren> lol
[14:19] <cmaloney> I remember those were pretty awesome keyboards
[14:20] <jrwren> i loved it, but never could get it working on USB :[
[14:20] <cmaloney> Like they were the keyboard you got when you didn't want to get the IBM ones
[14:20] <jrwren> yup
[14:21] <cmaloney> Dat J-shaped enter key though
[14:21] <cmaloney> (shudder)
[14:21] <jrwren> it was that KB and the shitty Keytronics
[14:21] <jrwren> the J enter was fine. you'd never notice it.
[14:21] <jrwren> oh, 'cept the \ in lower right... yeah, I guess you would notice.
[14:21] <cmaloney> I had a J shaped enter
[14:21] <cmaloney> that's where | goes
[14:21] <cmaloney> Not a fan of that layout. :)
[14:22] <jrwren> cmaloney: yeah, i lived on it for so long that going to a moved \ was difficult.
[14:22] <jrwren> its not the shape of the return that bothered me, its the location of the \
[14:23] <cmaloney> Yeah, that's partly why I can't use a J enter anymore
[14:23] <cmaloney> My fingers are too used to these keyboards
[14:24] <cmaloney> like when I had the Atari 800 I had a hard time moving to keyboards that didn't have " on the 2 key
[14:24] <jrwren> ha!
[14:24] <jrwren> omg I forgot " was on teh 2 key
[14:24] <jrwren> wasn't ? on the 1 key?
[14:24] <cmaloney> No, I think ! was on the 1 key
[14:25] <cmaloney> http://classiccmp.org/dunfield/atarixl/h/800xl.jpg
[14:25] <jrwren> ah. maybe I'm thinking of a trs80 or something.
[14:25] <cmaloney> Everything else was mostly standard
[14:26] <cmaloney> http://www.oldcomputers.net/pics/pet2001-keyboard.jpg
[14:26] <cmaloney> This one was "abandon all hope"
[14:26] <jrwren> nope, I have no idea of wtf I am thinkin
[14:26] <jrwren> hahaha
[14:26] <cmaloney> And the fucking TI 99/4 a sucked with " on the P key
[14:26] <jrwren> i thought maybe it was: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Sharp_PC-1500_IMG_4255.jpg
[14:26] <jrwren> cuz I used that thing a lot
[14:27] <cmaloney> Hah, the "not Pocket Computer 1" ;)
[14:28] <cmaloney> how the hell did anyone do any programming on that thing?
[14:28] <jrwren> yup
[14:28] <jrwren> I did.
[14:28] <greg-g> hey, at least with http://www.oldcomputers.net/pics/pet2001-keyboard.jpg you can play a card game
[14:28] <jrwren> i was a child, i had small fingers. :]
[14:29] <cmaloney> jrwren: I meant the lack of symbols
[14:29] <cmaloney> greg-g: Yeah, and those symbols got repurposed into ships and other assorted things.
[14:33] <cmaloney> jrwren: I'm trying to find a computer with a ? on the 1 key. So far I'm drawing a blank
[14:33] <cmaloney> Even the oddball machines followed the Atari keyboard layout (mostly)
[14:35] <cmaloney> Checked OSI, Exidy, Intellevision, and even the APF Imagination
[14:35] <jrwren> nope, i'm dreaming.
[14:36] <cmaloney> Jealous of younger you that you had a Sharp 1500. ;)
[14:37] <jrwren> cmaloney: well, my dad had it. I've I'd get antsy, he'd hand it to me and I'd write stupid programs
[14:37] <jrwren> 10 PRINT "WAHT IS YOUR NAME?"
[14:37] <jrwren> 20 INPUT X
[14:37] <cmaloney> jrwren: Heh
[14:38] <jrwren> 30 IF X = "JAY" PRINT "AWESOME!" ELSE PRINT "LAME!"
[14:38] <jrwren> 6-7yo me was harsh.
[14:38] <cmaloney> but fair
[14:39] <jrwren> I don't think 6-7yr old me used "LAME!" at all, ever.
[14:40] <cmaloney> best "programmable" toy I had (besides the Atari computer) was Parker Brothers' Merlin
[14:41] <jrwren> never heard of it.
[14:42] <jrwren> oh, is THAT what that thing was called. I'd see it around at other kids house.
[14:53] <cmaloney> Yeah, that was many a trip companion
[14:54] <cmaloney> unfortunately it met with some accidents
[14:55] <cmaloney> It used 6 AA batteries
[14:55] <cmaloney> and we tried converting it to use a single 9V battery
[14:55] <cmaloney> not sure if my dad still has bits of it in his shop
[14:56] <cmaloney> wouldn't surprise me if he did
[15:01] <jrwren> did the 9V converstion not work? too much draw or something?
[19:26] <cmaloney> http://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/