Tony (Firshman) Thank you for your reply and sorry about the tardy response but I have had a few problems that has kept me busy. I would be happy to purchase the board if you can find it or hire it if you do not wish to part with it.
Tony Church Tele 01707662791 Fax 01707662791 Mob 07886567786 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf Reköndt Sent: 21 July 2007 10:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Repeat message 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). 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", 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. Cheers...Ralf R. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
