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by kabdib 2228 days ago
This glorious hunk of junk

https://oldcomputers.net/compucolor-8001.html

had a keyboard that was optical, it ran beams of light through masks attached to the keys, and looked at the beam interruptions as keys were pressed.

The keyboarding experience was absolutely miserable; you had to COMPLETELY release a key before pressing another. Ghosting and mangled keystrokes were almost impossible to avoid. I'd rather type on a card punch than one of those . . . well, no. But it's darned close.