On Jan 17, at 17:16 | Jan17, Ralf Reköndt wrote: > > From: "Tony Firshman" > >> The *only* good things about it were the the look and feel. >> >> It suffered from keybounce. They produced a replacement chip for the 8049. >> That did cure keybounce but broke the serial ports. Hermes fixed both. >> >> Once the thin pcbs had been plugged into the QL, the connectors did not work >> with membranes. >> >> The pcb used evaporated 'gold' for the key contacts. This oxidised and gave >> intermittent faults. >> >> I repaired many of these, and it was very very hard to >> disassemble/re-assemble. >> >> Avoid them! >> >> Tony.uk/smsqe.htm > > Hmm, the same as with the Schön standard keyboard? Christopher Smith also > sold an anti-bounce 8049, which had the same problems.... > > Cheers...Ralf I am not so sure now. Dave said they were ex-Olivetti. I just *assumed* they were Schoen.
My comments do, as you guessed, apply to the Schoen. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm