@DarthAzrael 29 December 2021 more from that month

One type of upgrade that was common for a while for the Atari 400 were keyboard upgrades. These replaced the membrane keyboard with something closer to a 'real' keyboard that could actually be used for touch typing. These upgrades weren't cheap for the time but I guess an Atari 400 plus keyboard upgrade was cheaper than an Atari 800 and if you already had a 400 anyway, it was substantially cheaper than buying a whole new computer. Even the much cheaper VIC-20 had a real keyboard but I guess the thing to keep in mind is that the Atari 400 was out several years before the VIC-20 and technology was moving fast and prices were falling faster. Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/b-key-400-keyboard-atari #retrocomputing #Atari #Atari400 #technology #computers