> >> So I spent about fifteen minutes at Bic Camera yesterday trying to
> >> convince myself I could learn to type on the keyboard of a Casio
> >> MPC-206, and I can now say with quite a lot of confidence "It's never
> >> gonna happen." Ouch.
> >What's  "Bic Camera"? :-)
> 	if you think that famous Japanese camera discounter "Big camera",
> 	you are mistaken.  They are "Bic Camera" and Curt is correct.

No.  Indeed, what came to my mind was..., "Bikku-kamera" in Japan.

(I go through Shinjuku way to my office everyday.)

Regards,
Masao