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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: delshay on January 28, 2007, 02:31:59 PM
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if i got this keyboard i would never,never use it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/First-Edition-Amiga-Keyboard-with-Red-Amiga-Keys-RARE_W0QQitemZ140079701454QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Is it really rare?
How many here have red A keys?
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I have red A keys on my A1000 kb, but it's not rare :)
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what if he filled in the amiga keys with a red pencil :) ?
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Hé delshay. You hijacked my thread:
Véry expensive keyboard on eBay (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27052)
I was first! ;-)
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I think my Amiga with C= instead of A keys is rare, Ive seen loads of these keyboards.
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The caps lock LED does look a bit groovy and different though. Almost worth the money ;-) but not quite.
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mick_aka wrote:
I think my Amiga with C= instead of A keys is rare, Ive seen loads of these keyboards.
I got an A500 the other week with a C= key, it was an old KS1.2 model in pretty good condition. The "feel" of the keyboard seems different to the later A500 I have...
- Ali
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InTheSand wrote:
mick_aka wrote:
I think my Amiga with C= instead of A keys is rare, Ive seen loads of these keyboards.
I got an A500 the other week with a C= key, it was an old KS1.2 model in pretty good condition. The "feel" of the keyboard seems different to the later A500 I have...
- Ali
Rubber vs. metal springs I would guess.
Nothing compared to the early A2000 KBDs with small F-keys (as the one offered in the auction).
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The C= key keyboards have individual keyswitches.
It's not like the common Mitsumi stuff that had springs vs rubber cups.
I have a C= key keyboard for both the A500 and the A2000.. Very nice feeling, in my opinion better than the rubber cup Mitsumis that most big box Amigas shipped with. :-)
Those A2000A keyboards with red Amiga keys were made by Cherry, if my memory hasn't totally forsaken me. Can't remember the manufacturer of the C= key keyboards, though.. Some three letter acronym, I think it was. :-)
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My very first Amiga, an early 500 that I regretably no longer own, had the keyboard with C= key, and I loved the feel of it. Everything else feels "mushy" to me or, as in the case of an old, old PC keyboard I use, "clicky." The C= key keyboard is juuuuuust right. At some point, I ended up with an 2000 keyboard that was the same as my old 500 keyboard , C= key and all. I transplanted the guts into an 3000 keyboard casing I have (for the cool styling), got a PS2 adapter, and that's the keyboard I use now with my 4000.
If I ever again run across an early 500 with the C= key, I will buy it.
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I'd also like one more C= keyboard, a big box one with the small enter and left shift keys, as seen here in Europe.
My big box one has the US layout and thus it's a bit of a pain to use, as I have to use Alt to get the <> and *' characters. The one in the A500 is german, so all the keys are present. :-)