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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by david-given on Thursday May 05, 2016 @05:18PM (#11639729)
My microwave has two knobs. One for power, one for time. It turns on automatically when you turn the timer and turns off automatically (sounding a mechanical bell) when the timer hits zero.

I believe the timer is clockwork.

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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by marssaxman on Thursday May 05, 2016 @06:04PM (#11639998)
I used one of those microwaves once. Best interface ever, and so much simpler than the high-tech beepy button matrix! Do microwave manufacturers just not realize that they're making their products worse by complicating them? I don't get it.
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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by eru on Friday May 06, 2016 @07:45AM (#11643225)
Knobs are more expensive than buttons?
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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by david-given on Friday May 06, 2016 @08:34AM (#11643491)
Actually, yes. Anything with a moving part is painfully expensive, which is why cheap monitors try to reduce the number of buttons or use capacitative touch-sensitive controls.

Touch-sensitive membrane buttons like the ones the use on the front of microwaves are much cheaper than mechanical timers.

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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by majewsky on Friday May 06, 2016 @08:22AM (#11643425)
I have one like these, and it's amazing. They should have stopped designing new shit after these. :)
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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by evincarofautumn on Thursday May 05, 2016 @08:48PM (#11640887)
My family had a microwave like that for ages, and I loved it. I think it was over 20 years old by the time they got a new one, because it was so rugged and easy to use.
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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by eru on Friday May 06, 2016 @07:46AM (#11643229)
And if you want something fancier, add just one more knob for grill-power.
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