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- From: Lonnie McClure <lmcclure@delphi.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Looking for new C-128 keyboard
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 21:57:01 -0500
- Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
- Message-ID: <Z-GJqUl.lmcclure@delphi.com>
- References: <4fsu8g$qan@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- X-To: Jean P Nance <jpnan@prairienet.org>
-
- In a message dated 2-14-96, Jean Nance said:
- |
- | "This seems to be a very real problem. Are we all
- | eventually going to have to ditch our beloved 128s,
- | and start getting used to 64s, because all available
- | keyboards are beyond repair? Sad thought!"
- |
- |
- By the time this becomes a serious problem, CMD will no doubt see the
- need and fill it, either by coming out with a higher quality replacement
- keyboard, or an interace to allow the use of a standard AT keyboard.
-
- There are certainly precedents for the later. There was the "Puppo"
- adapter made for the Tandy Color Computer (this was limited to using
- only XT-compatible keyboards, however), and the Transkey interace for
- the Atari 8-bits, which allowed the use of either XT or AT keyboards,
- and was available with a NV-RAM option that could store keyboard macros.
- In both cases, however, the interface cost more than you could often
- pick up a used computer of the same type for (about $90 for the Puppo,
- and $80 for the Transkey).
-
- There have also been similar adapters to use PC keyboards on the Atari
- ST series (the DEKA), and the Amiga, with similar pricing.
-
-