Beiträge von mega65 im Thema „Keyboard“

    True. We looked at a few good quality Chinese alternatives to Cherry, but came to the conclusion that the price difference wasn't big enough to compel us. This is partly because we think we are close to having a plan to have the keyboards manufactured in Germany. In fact, we would really like to have everything possible manufactured in either Germany or Australia. At the manufacturing scale that we can hope for, the price difference is actually quite small, by the time one factors in all the negotiations and iteration that would be required for us to tool-up with a Chinese company.

    Paul.

    Yes we know about some. but we have a source of cherry switches at a good enough price that makes it not worth considering poorer quality cheaper switches. most of the cost ends up on everything else, anyway.

    Paul.

    Hello Thom,

    We agree completely. However, the PC 87-key layout is just really not ideal for a C= style 8-bit computer. This is why we are making a full custom keyboard, that will have exactly the same layout as the real C65.

    Paul.

    At the moment we are exploring the full-custom keyboard path with replaceable mechanical Cherry switches, as it will give the nicest experience, and at low quantities, is not much more expensive than any other option -- of course this just goes to show how expensive the other options also are!

    Paul.