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Ralf Reköndt wrote:
> From: "Tony Firshman"
>
> Ah I might even *have* one of those somewhere. Finding it is a
> different matter.
>
> They were very different in design. Didn't they also *look* different?
> The PC style one connecting with the DIN plug must have had an internal
> pcb plugging into the 8049 socket, with the 8049 being put onto their
> pcb. Only guessing as I have not seen one, but the QL-type keyboard (as
> the internal one was) requires many more connections.
>
> When I was talking about faults, it was the internal one. I know nothing
> about the external one.
>
> Tony
>
>
> As I have said: The PC-Style Schön keyboard had a little PCB fitted under
> the 8049 (and the chip above).
Sorry missed that - but guessed *exactly* right (8-)#
It worked vey relieable, without any
> keybounces (compared to the standard Schön keyboard). The problem after a
> few years was the non-working of some of the keys. As far as I know, the
> keyboard were made by a Britisch company called "Keyboard productions",
Keyboard Products
I
> have to look for letters of Christopher Smith, the owner of "Schön
> Keyboards" ("Schön" was the birthname of his mother, coming from germany,
> hence the umlaut in the name).
>
> The main problem with the PC-style keyboard was, that there were no "real"
> switches as in earlier Cherry keyboards, instead it was a kind of carbon
> (coal) on the switches, which is a bit difficult to clean, as it is very
> thin and it is dangerous to wash it completely away using ethylalcolohol.
Looks like you have drunk too much Ethyl Alcohol (8-)#
>
Tony
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