128 (I think) with rubber keys. Had to connect to our TV and load programs from a cassette player. It was always a pain in the ass getting that to work. Mind you, I was like 12 years old at the time so it may have been PEBKAC. 😂
As somebody who has been trying to decided which of the RAW photo editors to use, I can tell you that Darktable has a steep learning curve over Lightroom. The UI is incredibly dense and the names of sliders don’t make sense unless you’re an image science expert.
Your use of the term “leftist” betrays your bias.