Re: CBM-II 610 keyboard

From: Christian Dirks <Toast_r_at_IdeaLine.info>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:12:43 +0200
Message-ID: <53BCF97B.7060200@IdeaLine.info>
I asked Helmut Proxa about the German keyboards.
He told me that Commodore delivered the CBM 600/700 machines with ascii
keyboards and the conversion kits had to be ordered separately.

Christian

Am 09.07.2014 02:22, schrieb Steve Gray:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for looking. I suppose it's possible that no part#'s were
> assigned to the localized versions.
>
> Steve
>
> *From:* "lists@michau.name" <lists@michau.name>
> *To:* cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 8, 2014 5:01:39 PM
> *Subject:* Re: CBM-II 610 keyboard
>
> I was at home today so I dug out two German keyboards. They have
> stickers which say "MITSUMI 10830414" and "MITSUMI 20830524"
> respectively. This does not look like correct part numbers, rather they
> are probably some datecodes.
>
> The US keyboard had a sticker which said "21830613 8256042-01" which
> looks correct.
>
> Regards,
> Michau.
>
> W dniu 2014-07-07 18:10, Steve Gray napisał(a):
> > Mine have a little white sticker with logo, part# and serial# on the
> > bottom.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >  FROM: "lists@michau.name <mailto:lists@michau.name>"
> <lists@michau.name <mailto:lists@michau.name>>
> >  TO: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de <mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
> >  SENT: Monday, July 7, 2014 11:47:36 AM
> >  SUBJECT: Re: CBM-II 610 keyboard
>
>
>
> >
> > I have some German keyboards, but where do I check the part number?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Michau.
> >
> > W dniu 2014-07-07 17:42, Steve Gray napisał(a):
> >> Hi again,
> >>
> >> The CBM-II keyboard part# I gave is for the common one. I do not
> > know
> >> what the part numbers are for the other "localized" versions. If
> >> anyone has one of those could you check and let me know what the
> > part#
> >> is on yours? Thanks!
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> FROM: Steve Gray <sjgray@rogers.com <mailto:sjgray@rogers.com>>
> >> TO: "cbm-hackers@musoftware.de <mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>"
> <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de <mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>>
> >> SENT: Monday, July 7, 2014 11:31:52 AM
> >> SUBJECT: Re: CBM-II 610 keyboard
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Sorry for the late reply. The CBM-II keyboard (Part# 8256042-01) and
> >> most C64/VIC keyboards (1001028 or 326166-xx) and the C16 keyboard
> >> (251798-01) use the same black cross-type plunger and the keys are
> >> interchangeable. However be aware that the keyboards are sloped
> > based
> >> on row so mixing and matching may be problematic. And of course the
> >> colours and labelling will not match ;-)
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> FROM: Istvan Hegedus <hegedusis@t-online.hu
> <mailto:hegedusis@t-online.hu>>
> >> TO: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de <mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
> >> SENT: Monday, July 7, 2014 9:52:23 AM
> >> SUBJECT: Re: CBM-II 610 keyboard
> >
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot! Christian offered me one so I will buy it from him!
> >> Thanks again for this great help!
> >> Best Regards
> >> Hege
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ullrich von Bassewitz
> >> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 2:42 PM
> >> To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de <mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
> >> Subject: Re: CBM-II 610 keyboard
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 12:16:54PM +0200, Istvan Hegedus wrote:
> >>> Does anyone know where could I get a good keyboard for this
> > computer
> >> or
> >>> which machine’s keys are the closest to the 610’s keys? The 00
> >> and C= keys
> >>> luckily I am not missing.
> >>
> >> I think I have some keyboards for the 610 lying around, but I will
> >> have to
> >> check. Voelkner sold these as separate parts, so you may also get a
> >> replacement on german ebay.
> >>
> >> The 6x0 and 7x0 keyboards are identical, the latter is in a separate
> >> case.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Uz
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ullrich von Bassewitz uz@musoftware.de <mailto:uz@musoftware.de>
> >> Encrypted email preferred PGP Key-Id: 29D93B10
> >>
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> >>
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