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Post by dosman on Jul 27, 2021 22:45:34 GMT
Read a post here, something about the paint on THEC64Maxi keys will wear off over time. On the original Commodore 64, were those keys painted on as well? And did they also fade and chip off over time?
I've never seen a computer keyboard that had the paint come off the keys. Nowadays our keyboards for modern computers have the keys lit, so the letter is actually a part of the key. But back in the day, on an IBM Compatible PC. like a 386, those keyboards all had painted on keys. As a matter of fact my 386 desktop computer that I have sitting out right now, has no missing letter, numbers or symbols. Every key marking is there. Did the manufacturer of THEC64Maxi do a poor job on the keys?
My keys look perfectly fine right now. That would be extremely unsatisfying if my C64 key markings start chipping from just using the thing.
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Post by grasshopper on Jul 27, 2021 23:37:18 GMT
Read a post here, something about the paint on THEC64Maxi keys will wear off over time. On the original Commodore 64, were those keys painted on as well? And did they also fade and chip off over time? No. The keycaps fitted to original C64s were doubleshot ( link), and are therefore extremely durable. I believe some of the later C64 models used cheaper keycaps. But the original C64 keyboards were definitely fitted with doubleshot keycaps.
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Post by grasshopper on Jul 27, 2021 23:56:33 GMT
Here's another link that explains all the C64 keycap variants:
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Post by spannernick on Jul 30, 2021 11:32:12 GMT
Read a post here, something about the paint on THEC64Maxi keys will wear off over time. On the original Commodore 64, were those keys painted on as well? And did they also fade and chip off over time? No. The keycaps fitted to original C64s were doubleshot ( link), and are therefore extremely durable. I believe some of the later C64 models used cheaper keycaps. But the original C64 keyboards were definitely fitted with doubleshot keycaps.
I wondered what it was called...  , so basically the key caps has 2 layers of plastic, top layer is brown and bottom layer is white so the letter or symbol on the key you are seeing is the bottom layer, a blt like how they have done THEC64 keys caps but with layers of paint so top layer is brown and bottom layer is white and the laser removes the top layer of brown paint in the shape of a letter or symbol so you see the bottom layer of paint thats white. |
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Post by dosman on Jul 31, 2021 15:40:30 GMT
No. The keycaps fitted to original C64s were doubleshot ( link), and are therefore extremely durable. I believe some of the later C64 models used cheaper keycaps. But the original C64 keyboards were definitely fitted with doubleshot keycaps.
I wondered what it was called... , so basically the key caps has 2 layers of plastic, top layer is brown and bottom layer is white so the letter or symbol on the key you are seeing is the bottom layer, a blt like how they have done THEC64 keys caps but with layers of paint so top layer is brown and bottom layer is white and the laser removes the top layer of brown paint in the shape of a letter or symbol so you see the bottom layer of paint thats white. So basically all the keys are straight up plastic? No printed on letters, numbers and symbols? So the key is white, but then a thin layer of plastic brown goes over top of the white, forming the key character. Do I have that right?
Nevermind, I saw the link on the keycaps. So the white plastic IS the key. ESC key, is plastic, and then a plastic gets formed around that. So just from normal use, there isn't any sort of ink or printing that could rub off of the keys. Good to know.
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, so basically the key caps has 2 layers of plastic, top layer is brown and bottom layer is white so the letter or symbol on the key you are seeing is the bottom layer, a blt like how they have done THEC64 keys caps but with layers of paint so top layer is brown and bottom layer is white and the laser removes the top layer of brown paint in the shape of a letter or symbol so you see the bottom layer of paint thats white.
