IBM PCjr review (chiclet keys)

[Chyros]

Oh dear. We've hit IBM's darkest hour this week. Hope you enjoy!

[alh84001]

We were just talking and watching some of the trashiest scenes from movies ever over on Telegram. This will fit quite appropriately in the playlist

[emdude]

Ahh, the PCjr keyboard, quite inconceivable that such a steaming pile could have been made by IBM but it exists! Great review! Definitely one of the worst keyboards ever made.

[y11971alex]

The interesting thing is that in 1984, IBM were making:



this



and this

[Elrick]

Love your description here Chyros;

Made out of used Condoms or something......that is a hoot. First description by anyone using this type of keyboard.

Also remember that back then Home Computing wasn't taken seriously by IBM, hence the result which actually helped Apple to sweep up any PC users.

Steve Jobs owes IBM a massive thanks for allowing them to take the market by storm simply because IBM dropped the ball on home users.

[Chyros]

A well-known review described the feeling as "massaging a fruit cake", don't know if mine is more or less flattering xD .