On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 06:48:31, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:03:21 +0000 Tony Firshman
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> <original C84 QL membranes - snipped>
>I presume by "clear" you mean window glass clear
Yes. I have seen this sort of plastic on many other computers - eg Apple
powerbook, AST Premium exec notebook, and all the PC keyboards I have
disected.
> -- your "clear"
>membranes are _not_ a "pure" vinyl ... count your blessings!
>
>After swapping out my fourth [!?!] membrane, I was more than happy to
>pony up the funds for the maligned-by-others Falkenberg keyboard
>interface [the earlier Scho(e)n & ABC keyboards with proprietary
>interfaces did not seem like a wise choice].
I never saw a well manufactured Falkenburg. The pins to the 8049 socket
were very badly thought out. The cable clip to the pcb was unbelievable
- was wrong with a sH type socket. The quality of the pcbs and
manufacture varied from dire to ridiculous. One board I saw had the two
layers so misaligned that the pins of the chips etc had to be bent
sideways to even touch the pads on the solder side. This says a lot
about the attitude to quality. I spoke to him about this, and he got
them done on the cheap by a university contact - he said.
>
>I was a candidate for an aftermarket keyboard/interface within 5-minutes
>of pulling my QL out of its box BECAUSE I find the stylized key tiles to
>have been the design effort of someone who did not type.
>
>BTW. The perceived "problem" of the key caps was mitigated by
>gluing/piggy-backing REAL key caps on top of the original key tiles.
I never have any trouble with the kbd - esp after the WD40 treatment.
..... but maybe I am jut a bad typist.
The current PC keyboard I am using now (Alps) is much worse than any QL
kbd.
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