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   Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D. (acsawdey@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 01:12:26 JST Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D.

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   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs The Kaypro II was the first computer I ever overclocked ... turns out that a 2MHz z80 isn't enough to keep up with a 130wpm keyboarder (not me 😂) ... though the code in Wordstar coped pretty well. It would stop updating the screen and just print ! characters and keep buffering the input. Then she'd stop typing and it would take a good 60 seconds to unload the input buffer and get back to normal. Same person regularly wore out 80's mechanical keyboards, which takes some doing.

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     Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D. (acsawdey@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 01:12:27 JST Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D.

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I've got a soft spot in my heart for the Kaypro II, IV, and 10 ...