exxos's Atari, Amiga & retro forum

Just came back tomorrow from my 1 month trip abroad.

Still a bit jet-lagged but I wanted to open a nice parcel that was waiting for me so long...


Time to replace my A1200 PCB keyboard now !

:D

That's pretty sweet :)

Impressive want can be done with a large enough user base.

I had just bought a used one for £79 (with keycaps) when they announced a new one for £99

Unfortunately because it connects to the A1200 motherboard via the ribbon cables it suffers from the same problems the original did (the matrix decoder chip on the motherboard cannot accept certain key-combinations)

Here are Some pictures of the keycap transfer process and the final result:


One of the two provided stabilizer plastic inserts for the space bar broke :x during the transfer, and since there are no spares but just the exact number of parts, I had to modify my old inserts in order to replace the broken one.

Look really nice :D

Yes, and the typing experience is much more improved.

Looks pretty smart in all black :)

8-)

That's the colour I always wanted for the A1200.

Given how flaky my A1200's keyboard is (I have to "wake it up" by typing every key lots every time I take it out of storage) I should look at getting one.