30 Oct
2007
30 Oct
'07
12:12 a.m.
On 30/10/07 06:45, "Ensor" <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk> wrote:
There were several replacement keyboards available for
the 400, mine was the
"in Home" unit which used low profile keyswitches and almost looked like the
machine had come with it as standard, IYKWIM?
Sort of :) At the time I was only ever aware of the flat 400 and the nice
800 but couldn't afford either. When I got my paws on the 2nd machine with
'real' keyboard I was surprised:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/scripts/picshow.php?image=atari400close.jpg
&folder=/Museum/Atari&back=/Museum/Atari/atari400.php
If anyone could shed light as to which keyboard this is I'd be grateful.
I had a very early ST which had a slightly different
keyboard. If I remember
correctly, rather than using those rubber things, it had little springs
beneath the keycaps which pressed down directly on the keyboard membrane.
I'm going to have to dig out my floppy-less 520 now!
I didn't get my MegaST until they released the 1Mb
machine with blitter,
this was what, a year or so after the 2Mb and 4Mb models launched? It's
possible they bundled a cheaper keyboard with that model, or maybe by this
time quailty had suffered in the mad scramble to stay afloat...?
Could be, as I have both the 2mb and 4mb machines. IIRC the TT030 we have at
Bletchley Park seems to have a mushier keyboard than the MegaST so quality
could well have become an issue.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?