Talk:Microwriter

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What are the chord maps of the various devices? --Treekids (talk) 23:24, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Co-inventor Chris Rainey has this stuff on his Web page. He may allow us to copy it over here. Bidmead (talk) 18:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Copies of the Microwriter manuals are at the Cambridge (UK) Centre for Computing History
 * https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5798/Microwriter-new-users-guide/ 82.5.215.7 (talk) 22:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Microwriter vs MW4
Photo attached of the original microwriter together with an MW4. The original has the same footprint but is higher and made as a vacuum-formed cover rather than an ABS injection moulding. It is white rather than brown/yellow. The photos were taken by me and may be copied freely to this wikipedia entry without issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.5.215.7 (talk) 13:04, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yc_KslileVerMVGBocIGl9CkDDxT-4mv/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yanWKW214MclRfxlNSXKv-rpbh5C_O2e/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yaBhYUOu5J9KnvE0t6DN6hhRMeJQj2mp/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yTsLIHboDV3aiI93IxRlhPnDtZZc4OmQ/view?usp=sharing

The black markings on the older model are due to plasticiser that leached out of the vinyl carry case. The machine had welded itself into the case. The D-type connector on the near end is 9 pin only.

Quinkey
Quinkey redirects here with no explanation in the article. Can we mention what bearing Quinkey has on this technology? Unfortunately I don't know. 81.151.13.199 19:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Aha! OK - I found this:  http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/themicrouser/reviews/hardware/quinkey.htm  - it appears that a Microwriter keyboard was made without all of the electronics to interface to the BBC Micro.  Very interesting!  Why did they call it 'quinkey' when it has six button?!?   Well, anyway - the Quinkey link to this article does now start to make some sense.  We need to write something about this spin-off device. SteveBaker 01:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I have a quinkey. It came with an adapter for the BBC Micro that connected up to 4 quinkeys at once. There is almost nothing inside a quinkey, just a resistor network. The switches and the resistor network feed a voltage to the BBC Micro which is dependent on the combination of switches pressed, and the result is read by the BBC Micro's ADC input. 82.5.215.7 (talk) 13:00, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Douglas Adams
"The Microwriter was an innovative product, and was endorsed by writer Douglas Adams." Does anyone have evidence for this? I knew Douglas at the time, and I'm pretty sure I never saw him with a Microwriter. I was a keen AgendA fan and user, and this is certainly something we would have discussed. Bidmead (talk) 18:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

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