How the Apple of the Midwest fell apart • Hacker News Board

Re: How the Apple of the Midwest fell apart

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Post by digisign » Thu, May 26, 2022, 4:00 PM UTC

aksss wrote: post #9

My second computer was from Gateway 2000, this was before the whole retail store experiment, back when they had the awesome ads in Computer Shopper and the other mags (PC Magazine, etc). I think this was really their heyday. Awesome systems, cool accessories. Anyone remember the AnyKey keyboard? A (re)branded 124-key keyboard and you could program a macro of like 128 key strokes into any single key. It was awesome. I…

I used that keyboard at work for a while. Programmed Ctrl+Alt+P to type my password + ENTER! The "easy button". Later I told the Unix guy, and he groaned. :-)

Re: How the Apple of the Midwest fell apart

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Post by alar44 » Thu, May 26, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

vel0city wrote: post #5

I really hope the proof of the success of remote work and the reduction of the need to have people in giant corporate campuses in expensive corners of the world brings a revival of small towns.

Those small towns don't want y'all liberal types invading. So much brain drain, all that's left are angry unskilled locals wondering why their life sucks.

Re: How the Apple of the Midwest fell apart

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Post by aksss » Thu, May 26, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

jeffbee wrote: post #13

aksss wrote: post #9

My second computer was from Gateway 2000, this was before the whole retail store experiment, back when they had the awesome ads in Computer Shopper and the other mags (PC Magazine, etc). I think this was really their heyday. Awesome systems, cool accessories. Anyone remember the AnyKey keyboard? A (re)branded 124-key keyboard and you could program a macro of like 128 key strokes into any single key. It was awesome. I…

I used the programmable AnyKey to write a macro that could grind a bunch of money in Wasteland by recruiting a new ranger, walking into town, selling their gun, and dismissing the ranger, in a loop (if I held the key down with a book). Great keyboard!

Yeah, I think I was pretty similar - games mostly, but I do remember making macros to edit/reformat files as well, adding white space, that kind of thing.