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Heath Computer Systems

Heath keyboard. A thrift store find by mman426.

KBD.news
Published February 20, 2021

Hey, it seems there' not much content here.

That's not surprising because kbd.news was a mere link collection for about the first six months.

Another formatting of the old lead may reveal some links:

Heath keyboard. A thrift store find by mman426.

And here is the original source of this entry for further info.

Published on Sat 20th Feb 2021. Featured in KBD #14 (source).

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