Number 17: The Atari 2600 keyboard... It came with a BASIC cartridge and the keyboard was to be plugged in the joystick port: that's how I wrote my first BASIC programs.
It was extremely limited (and needless to say my parents thankfully realized I needed something a bit more powerful so I then got an Atari 600 XL) but that's how it all started for me!
I don't know if there's anyone else on HN who actually used that Atari 2600 BASIC cartridge+keyboard as a kid?
P.S: I can't compete with such a collection... My rarest keyboard is a Cherry MX-5000 (it's a split keyboard) and second rarest is a venerable IBM Model M, but in "industrial" livery (olive grey instead of beige).
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Number 17: The Atari 2600 keyboard... It came with a BASIC cartridge and the keyboard was to be plugged in the joystick port: that's how I wrote my first BASIC programs.
It was extremely limited (and needless to say my parents thankfully realized I needed something a bit more powerful so I then got an Atari 600 XL) but that's how it all started for me!
I don't know if there's anyone else on HN who actually used that Atari 2600 BASIC cartridge+keyboard as a kid?
P.S: I can't compete with such a collection... My rarest keyboard is a Cherry MX-5000 (it's a split keyboard) and second rarest is a venerable IBM Model M, but in "industrial" livery (olive grey instead of beige).