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Offline Thorham

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Re: A1200 going online
« on: January 09, 2012, 04:06:03 AM »
Quote from: Cammy;670961
You should definitely try using your A1200 to chat with, the keyboard is a dream to use compared to any modern keyboards which use cheap rubber components instead of coiled, metal springs like the A1200.
A1200 keyboards use a membrane and rubber contacts. Apparently you haven't seen one of these on the inside... A1200 keyboards are just as crappy as any cheap keyboard. Buckling spring switches in an A1200 keyboard, if only!
 

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Re: A1200 going online
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 11:48:58 AM »
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Did you completely misread my post? Read it again, take note of what I said "coiled metal springs". How you misinterpreted this as "buckling spring switches" I have no idea.
Probably because I only read the word 'spring' and had completely forgotten about the coiled springs under the key caps (I haven't used an Amiga keyboard for six years now). Also, it was late when I posted ;)
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i do agree with cammy that the 1200 keyboard is better quality compared to modern keyboards.
Modern keyboards use the same kind of technology as Amiga keyboards: Rubber notches for contact (internally) and membranes, they only added springs under the key caps. Furthermore, peecee keyboards come in different levels of quality, so saying that 'modern' keyboards aren't as good as Amiga keyboards doesn't mean much, and is ultimately not true, because they still make buckling spring keyboards, and these are the best (and come at a quite price).

This technology is extremely cheap and crappy. The only good keyboards are buckling spring keyboards, and they've been making these since the early '80s, or probably even since the '70s. Buckling springs are the modern stuff, while todays craptastic rubber notch+membrane rubbish is a huge step backward (and sadly this includes Amiga keyboards).