Using an IBM PCjr wireless keyboard

[Teo Zenios]

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From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Using an IBM PCjr wireless keyboard


>
> It took me a while to discover WHY the original PCjr keyboard used rubber
keys:
>   It was so the complete newbie could use thin cardboard "overlays" that
fit
> completely over the keyboard and illustrated what each key did in a
particular
> application.  King's Quest for PCjr did this, IIRC, as did a few other
programs.
> -- 
> Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)
http://www.oldskool.org/

Could also be because a chicklet keyboard (membrane type) is allot cheaper
to make then a normal IBM keyboard with mechanical switches (of that
period).