On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 at 22:00:17, Bill Waugh wrote:
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>Yep I spoke to Arnie once or twice, I think the Italian keyboard was
>SPEM, they flogged them off eventually as they fitted straight into the
>QL connector and I bought one it was pretty good.
My experience of these, from the repair end, is bad.
Good points:
. Looked good
. Felt good
Bad points:
. 'gold' pcb contacts weren't. They oxidised and didn't work well
after many years. Disassembling and cleaning was possible but
very difficult.
. Suffered very badly from keybounce, esp when oxidised
8749 developed to overcome this, but destroyed ser2.
Hermes eventually solved this.
. Ribbon cable to mini kbd connector pcb badly made - wires
broke easily. Solved with my ubiquitous hot glue.
. Destroyed the QL keyboard sockets for membranes.
. QL case top destroyed
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