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william l brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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william l brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:09:09 -0700
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well hold onto them! I think most people forget when keyboards were built
like typewriter keyboards. I think with the end of the PS/2 the last of the
real good keyboards left. Of course we're not paying the equivalent of
$12-$15,000 for a terminal either ;-)

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 09:02
Subject: Re: MPE Trivia


>Bill Brandt writes:
>
>> One funny story - we were among the last to use the 2645 terminal. Still
>>  best keyboard ever made IMO. HP had a customer in Reno doing medical
>billing
>>  and they depended on this terminal so when theirs broke HP took ours for
a
>>  700 series. They no longer had the parts in their inventory.
>
>Not so fast, Kemo Sabe. We still have two 2645's in use here!
>
>(I can take pictures if anyone is interested :-).
>
>Wirt Atmar
>

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