▁sign ▁a ▁w ai ver ▁with ▁the ▁understanding ▁that ▁no ▁more ▁software ▁would ▁be ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁system ▁and ▁absol ved ▁Matt el ▁of ▁any ▁future ▁responsibility ▁for ▁technical ▁support . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁compens ated ▁with ▁$ 1 0 0 0 ▁worth ▁of ▁Matt el ▁Electron ics ▁products . ▁ ▁While ▁approximately ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁Key board ▁Com ponents ▁were ▁manufact ured , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁clear ▁how ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁actually ▁found ▁their ▁way ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁Int ell iv ision ▁customers . ▁Today , ▁very ▁few ▁of ▁them ▁still ▁exist . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁units ▁were ▁dis m ant led ▁for ▁parts . ▁ ▁O thers ▁were ▁used ▁by ▁Matt el ▁Electron ics ▁program mers ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁development ▁system . ▁ ▁A ▁Key board ▁Component ▁could ▁be ▁inter fac ed ▁with ▁an ▁Int ell iv ision ▁development ▁system ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁hand - built ▁Mag us ▁board ▁RAM ▁cart ridge . ▁ ▁Data ▁transfer ▁to ▁the ▁Key board ▁Component ▁RAM ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁serial ly ▁and ▁was ▁slower ▁compared ▁with ▁the ▁Mag us ▁board ▁parallel ▁interface . ▁ ▁The ▁keyboard ▁component ▁deb acle ▁was ▁ranked ▁as ▁No . ▁ 1 1 ▁on ▁Game Sp ys ▁" 2 5 ▁d umb est ▁moments ▁in ▁g aming ". ▁ ▁Entertainment ▁Computer ▁System ▁( E CS ) ▁ ▁In ▁mid - 1 9 8 1 , ▁Matt el ' s ▁upper ▁management ▁was ▁becoming ▁concerned ▁that ▁the ▁keyboard ▁component ▁division ▁would ▁never ▁be ▁able