Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!spence
From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Our Cheap Plastic Friend
Message-ID: <15813@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Nov 90 21:13:16 GMT
References: <1990Nov7.162019.22797@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Reply-To: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Nov7.162019.22797@cl.cam.ac.uk> phg@cl.cam.ac.uk (Philip Gladwin) writes:
>Hands up those who hate the A500's keyboard. Does anyone, 
>anywhere, have any idea if it is possible to replace it?
>I am finally sick of its total lack of tactile feedback. 
>I want a keyboard I can actually *feel* (!). 
>
>I remember that there was something called the A1500 being 
>marketed, in the UK at least, this time last year - by 
>discarding the original case this was supposed to allow 
>you to use a much better keyboard as well as neatening 
>up all the cable spaghetti. Is it still around? Anyone 
>actually used it? Is it worth the money?

You are thinking of the A1500 made by Checkmate Systems (this is nothing
to do with Commodore UK's own 1500). Basically, you buy the new case(s), put
your A500 PCB in the new case, and the keyboard in the seperate case ie turn
your A500 into a 2-piece system. I think the system also provides 2 ZorroII
slots, though I wouldn't swear to this.

Checkmate Systems are at:
80 Mildmay PArk, Stoke Newington, London.
Phone : 081-249-7170

spence

>Phil Gladwin
>phg@uk.ac.cam.cl
>phg@cl.cam.ac.uk


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