2 Dec
2006
2 Dec
'06
7:35 a.m.
On Dec 1, 2006, at 3:12 PM, Glen Goodwin wrote:
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
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
My friend and
I have come across a large stock of working ZX-81
computers that are missing keyboards. And a stock of others with
bad keyboards.
These are a lot from a former Sinclair Repair Center.
We'd like to get these working 100% again for sale along with the
remainder of the ZX-81 kits from Zebra Systems.
BTW... Stewart only has a couple hundred left, and when they're
gone... that's it!
Does anyone know of a source for these keyboards, or know of a
company that could make them up?
At this late date it would probably be easier to design
and build an interface so that a common PS/2-type keyboard
could be used, along with some self-adhesive key-top stickers.