Hi,
I need a keyboard for CPC 6128, anyone know if I can find either a keyboard or a complete machine, eventually faulty that is not to expensive?
Thanks
Peter
Quote from: retrohero on 14:05, 07 August 14
Hi,
I need a keyboard for CPC 6128, anyone know if I can find either a keyboard or a complete machine, eventually faulty that is not to expensive?
Thanks
Peter
I *think* I have one spare, but I am away from home this week. I can check on Sunday night when I get back. Unless someone else comes up first. Not sure where you are but postage from Ireland should not be too much.
Craig
Quote from: CraigsBar on 15:02, 07 August 14
I *think* I have one spare, but I am away from home this week. I can check on Sunday night when I get back. Unless someone else comes up first. Not sure where you are but postage from Ireland should not be too much.
Craig
Hi Graig,
Would be fantastic... I am in denmark, but even if the postage is a bit high, I am very interested if we can do a good deal....
Best
Peter
Quote from: retrohero on 18:01, 07 August 14
Hi Graig,
Would be fantastic... I am in denmark, but even if the postage is a bit high, I am very interested if we can do a good deal....
Best
Peter
no worries, will check when I get home at the weekend.
Quote from: CraigsBar on 18:14, 07 August 14
no worries, will check when I get home at the weekend.
Bad news I'm afraid, I can find the faulty cpc 6128 board, but no trace of the chassis or keyboard/drive etc. in fact it looks strongly like I no longer have anything useful of this machine. I'll look further but if I come across anthing useful I'll let you know.
Craig
Quote from: CraigsBar on 23:00, 10 August 14
Bad news I'm afraid, I can find the faulty cpc 6128 board, but no trace of the chassis or keyboard/drive etc. in fact it looks strongly like I no longer have anything useful of this machine. I'll look further but if I come across anthing useful I'll let you know.
Craig
OK, thanks a lot for checking Craig... What a shame, I hope to find a keyboard somewhere else. Please if anyone else see this can help, let me know.
Peter
Do you actually need the whole keyboard or will a new membrane fix the problem?
Quote from: steve on 02:55, 12 August 14
Do you actually need the whole keyboard or will a new membrane fix the problem?
Hi Steve,
What I concretely need is the keys.... think they have been hit by heating, so they don't work anymore.... I need all the keyboard keys to the right of 9-I-K-M... It looks like the membran is ok.
Peter
Are you sure they are not just full of gunk and dirt? As they are made of pretty robust plastic you would need a pretty high temperature to damage them. I suspect they are either made of:
PolyPropylene = you'd need at least 130°C
or
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene = at least 105°C[nb]Yes, I know it's amorphous so it doesn't really have a defined melting point, but 105°C is where things would start to go wrong with the structure[/nb]
Not exactly temperatures you'd get without using an oven.
Bryce.
Quote from: Bryce on 10:31, 12 August 14
Are you sure they are not just full of gunk and dirt? As they are made of pretty robust plastic you would need a pretty high temperature to damage them. I suspect they are either made of:
PolyPropylene = you'd need at least 130°C
or
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene = at least 105°C[nb]Yes, I know it's amorphous so it doesn't really have a defined melting point, but 105°C is where things would start to go wrong with the structure[/nb]
Not exactly temperatures you'd get without using an oven.
Bryce.
Thansk Bryce, but yes, I think so, some of them are looking a bit like it.... and they are sitting very tight in the keybord so they can't move "up// down". I suspect maybe the former owner have used a heating steam of some kind as a few of the keys have stickers with Danish characters partly removed. This has maybe melted them a bit...
Peter
Hmmm, that's a pain. I only just spotted this thread, so I'll also take a look tonight and see if I have a 6128 Keyboard in my spare parts department[nb]Cardboard box under the desk[/nb]. I definitely have a CPC+ keyboard, but that's not much use to you and it's a french layout too.
Bryce.
Quote from: Bryce on 11:41, 12 August 14
Hmmm, that's a pain. I only just spotted this thread, so I'll also take a look tonight and see if I have a 6128 Keyboard in my spare parts department[nb]Cardboard box under the desk[/nb]. I definitely have a CPC+ keyboard, but that's not much use to you and it's a french layout too.
Bryce.
Thanks a lot, and yes super annoying as the machine seems to work perfectly after I changed the drive belt....
Peter
One thought is that the keys from the PCW might fit if you can get a PCW keyboard. They are exactly the same size, though perhaps a little more yellow in colour.
Hi, I just took a look and unfortunately I have no 6128 keyboards left, just a French CPC+ keyboard (and some Atari and Commodore keyboards).
Bryce.
Quote from: Bryce on 19:39, 13 August 14
Hi, I just took a look and unfortunately I have no 6128 keyboards left, just a French CPC+ keyboard (and some Atari and Commodore keyboards).
Bryce.
It looks like you might be better getting a new 6128 rather than looking for a keyboard.
the remaining 6128's here are owned by careful people now.
Craig
thanks a lot for trying to help, very appreciated.... I will keep looking at EBay and hopefully I find another 6128 :-)
I am excited by the kindness from everyone here.... Thanks ;-)
peter