cm0002@lemmy.cafe to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 6 days ago"Flex Is In Spec, Buckling Is Not" - Commodore Addresses Quality Control Concerns With Its C64 Ultimatewww.timeextension.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up128
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minus-squareEamonnMR@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoI need video of this in action!
minus-squareTHE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoModern Vintage Gamer did a video. His clear model flexed and his beige one did not. Personally, I don’t think flexing is acceptable either, as the original never did that, at least none of the many I’ve used.
minus-squareEamonnMR@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoOuch that’s a lot of flex. Worried it won’t hold up to long term use by heavy handed typists.
minus-squarekrimson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoYeah that just looks cheap to be honest. I would not be happy with that at all.
I need video of this in action!
Modern Vintage Gamer did a video. His clear model flexed and his beige one did not.
Personally, I don’t think flexing is acceptable either, as the original never did that, at least none of the many I’ve used.
Ouch that’s a lot of flex. Worried it won’t hold up to long term use by heavy handed typists.
Yeah that just looks cheap to be honest. I would not be happy with that at all.