Strange Cherry Amiga keyboard on the 'bay

[mark_k]

Back in the 80's as a test I set an 8k eprom in direct sunlight everyday to see how much it could take. If I recall correctly it took about 5 days before it failed a checksum test. Different eproms will have different sensitivities but I never meet one in all the years that complained about a few hours under room lighting. Just not enough UV there.

Sure, but bear in mind the EPROM in the keyboard was probably programmed back in 1986 or so. So over 26+ years the amount of stored charge would have deteriorated, meaning there is more chance of UV/sunlight damaging the stored data now.

[haywirepc]

looks like another dirtball amiga buyer and seller on ebay. These guys buy things, jack up the price x6 or 7 and relist them.

Its ridiculous.

[Akiko]

looks like another dirtball amiga buyer and seller on ebay. These guys buy things, jack up the price x6 or 7 and relist them.

Its ridiculous.

The opening bid is not that excessive, considering he originally paid $160 and this was before shipping and any import duties he may have incurred.

Anyway I see absolutely nothing wrong with buying something like this on an open marketplace such as eBay and then selling it on!

[JimDrew]

I seem to recall issues with the A1000 keyboard and this is why they were available.

[barney]

I think the keyboard is a fake.  The red Amiga keys from an Amiga 1000 keyboard were popped off and installed on this one.

[bbond007]

That is one ugly keyboard....ack!

I agree... not even Commodore could make something that ugly.

[barney]

I just find it strange that nowhere else on the keyboard does it have the name "Commodore" or "Amiga".

In addition to that, I have never seen an Amiga keyboard that had a "numlock" key or "Control" key (should say "CTRL").

[ChaosLord]

I just find it strange that nowhere else on the keyboard does it have the name "Commodore" or "Amiga".

I find everything about that keyboard to be strange, weird and bizarre.  And I certainly would not pay a high price for one.

For the amount of money he wants I could buy ANY keyboard and hire someone to rip out the cable and install a phone cable in its place and VOILA!  I then have a super custom A1000 keyboard without the ugly looks and strange key placements of that keyboard.

And I can even get real "Amiga Keys" from WASDkeyboards.com  I already have a set sitting here that I bought myself for xmas.

Luckily for me, I can use any PS/2 keyboard of my choice on any of my Amigas (1200, 2000, 3000) so I don't need any bizzaro keyboards.

[JimDrew]

There were several different keyboards released for the Amiga, using standard PC keyboards - so there were no Amiga keys with these.  But who knows, this could be a fake.

[Lurch]

Takes a lot more direct uv rays to completely erase an EPROM. Theoretically it could do something if left long enough but for a quick photo I doubt it.

What about using a flash from a camera?

[Lurch]

looks like another dirtball amiga buyer and seller on ebay. These guys buy things, jack up the price x6 or 7 and relist them.

Its ridiculous.

Would have to agree with this, have seen a few regular names showing up on ebay. Forces the prices up which is a shame for someone who wants to enjoy it as a hobby.