Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Endorsements: Me, Too

...Star made decent, affordable sidearms, though a Sistema Colt is even better; an MGB is a nice car if you enjoy doing routine maintenance and small repairs yourself and can stay ahead of the rust; Bajaj's Chetak is a good motorscooter, Remington and Corona made the best portable typewriters and Western Electric produced a darned fine telephone. When it comes to pens, Pelikan and Conklin are excellent but I still prefer a Parker Duofold, especially the "Lady Duofold," with a pendant loop (or chatelaine ring) on the cap. If you must have a word processer, PerfectWriter running on a Kaypro II or IV is faster, cleaner and more flexible than anything I have used since, though Q10 (freeware!) is the closest when it comes to staying out of one's way.

And -- despite the fact that original products I like best of those listed above are no longer made and in several cases, the company no longer exists -- the FTC can go irrrigate a rope.

(Thanks to Unk, Sebastian and others)
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7 comments:

  1. PopgunOctober 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    Wow! Another Kaypro fan! My first two computers were Kaypros.

    Best keyboard I have ever used, bar none.

    -Popgun

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  2. Roberta XOctober 6, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    ...I still hold that the IBM Electromatic/A/B/C has the best keyboard, but I'll rate the Kaypro a close second.

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  3. lokiOctober 6, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    The best keyboards I ever used were on IBM 3278 terminals. Since they're EBCDIC rather than ASCII they'd be useless on PCs, though.

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  4. TimmeehhOctober 6, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    Here's a nice MGA for sale, only US$69,000.

    http://www.autosalon-singen.de/verkauf-MG-A-08172_0006_02_01.aspx?languageID=en&modell=A&marke=MG

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  5. Roberta XOctober 6, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    MGA? Eeeee! ;)

    'Bs show up semi-cheaply but the sad truth is there is one in the garage. If the economy had not tanked, it might be getting fixed by experts right now.

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  6. TimmeehhOctober 6, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Oh yes, the MGB can be had, fully restored, for only US$28,645.

    http://www.historicmotoring.com/occassions/fotos_occ/65MGBRoadster/index.html

    Kinda makes ya glad your handy with tools, eh? Ya might have a goldmine in yer garage.

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  7. Chas S. CliftonOctober 8, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    I had the Kaypro II and Perfect Writer -- wrote my master's thesis on it and edited an academic journal -- but I am not sure what you mean by "more flexible."

    The disk was flexible, however.

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