2 Dec
2006
2 Dec
'06
2:33 p.m.
I'd like to pursue this. My partner is checking into a company he found
as well.
We have plenty of old keyboards which have breaks in the tracks due to
age, which can be used as models.
He is tearing one apart to scan in for artwork.
We'll have to differentiate the reproductions from originals in some
way, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
As for ZX-81 Kits, Stewart is still selling them at www.zebrasystems.com
Al
Phila, PA
This is very true of course...but (apparently I
missed Al
Hartman's earlier message about this) I know of a company that can
make these keyboards. A few years ago, I designed a commercial
product which had a membrane keyboard. A few photos of it in
development (with those membrane keyboards) can be seen at:
http://www.neurotica.com/albums/qyx/
I don't recall the name of the company that did the keyboards, but
I can dig it up from my notes if desired. They are here in Florida,
and I recall them having been highly capable and easy to work with.
We can probably make exact ZX81/TS1000 keyboard replicas through that
company.
I sure wouldn't mind getting ahold of one or two of those ZX81
kits. Will someone be making them available at some point?
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire Cape Coral, FL