RWAP Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Following a discussion with one of the moderators on Amibay.com, it seems that the Amiga A1200 and A600 (in particular) are now suffering badly with failing keyboard membranes. I am interested in maybe arranging a new production run if there is sufficient interest. The main issue has to be the amount of capital investment required - the A1200 has one membrane, and there are two different types for the A600. A minimum production run is 50 units to make it worthwhile, but even then the sale price per membrane would need to be around £25 - produce 250 units and that could drop to around £15 (based on costs of producing Sinclair QL and Spectrum membranes).. So, what interest would there be and in which type of membrane? You may want to add your interest to the poll on Amibay - http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=34587 to help move this forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastRobPlus Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Are the membranes different for different language keyboards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWAP Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 They shouldn't be unless the keyboard layouts are different - position of the keys makes no difference - it is up to the ROM to know which key goes where on the keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWAP Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Unfortunately, there just does not seem to be enough interest in replacement A600 and A1200 membranes... How much interest would there be in replacement Matsumi A500 keyboard membranes at £20 each? - I would need to order 250 to get that sort of price (!) so this is only tentative at the moment. Would these also fit the A500+ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Starfire Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Well in the A 500 side I would take 2. Both mine have faulty keys, and eBay just supplied another dead board. 500 & 500+ keyboards are compatible btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWAP Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 A500 keyboard membranes are now available - the manufacturer has merged the two single connector types (both by Mitsumi) to create one membrane for both the A500 and the A500+The membranes are £20 each and can be bought from:http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/*BRAND-NEW*-Commodore-Amiga-A500-~~-A500%2B-Keyboard-Membranes-2871We are also asking for pre-orders for the A600 membranes to help fund production - unfortunately, we will still have to supply two variants of these - see:http://www.sellmyretro.com/category/Retro+Computers/Commodore/Amiga/Hardware/General+~~+Add-Ons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWAP Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Blue and Green A600 keyboard membranes are now available - see: http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/%2ABRAND-NEW%2A-Commodore-Amiga-A600-Blue-Keyboard-Membranes-3265 and http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/%2ABRAND-NEW%2A-Commodore-Amiga-A600-Green-Keyboard-Membranes-3264 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWAP Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) It seems that there is another slightly different version of the green A600 keyboard membrane - I have had a couple of people in Australia and one in the USA ask about these.They are identified by the Mitsumi model number of 56c471A and have a larger left hand shift key, and a different ENTER key as can be seen on the attached photo I have obtained a quote for 50 of these membranes - but the end price would be £30 plus postage (in contrast to the existing A600 membrane, which was produced in larger numbers and therefore has a price of £20 plus postage)Interestingly, the keyboard membrane is also marked A300-A which suggests that this was perhaps the first keyboard made for the A600....In order to guage interest, we have set up a pre-order page at: http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/%5BPRE-ORDER%5D-Commodore-Amiga-A600-Green-Keyboard-Membranes----Mitsumi-model-number-56C47A-13716 Edited April 27, 2016 by RWAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I'am interested in Amiga 1200 keyboard membrane. My have some damage on connector cable. It is German keyboard. Amiga 500 version membrane is in super! It would be nice to have membrane for Amiga 1200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWAP Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 I'am interested in Amiga 1200 keyboard membrane. My have some damage on connector cable. It is German keyboard. Amiga 500 version membrane is in super! It would be nice to have membrane for Amiga 1200. We are in the process of getting quotes for the A1200 membrane - can you confirm the model number stamped on your membrane is 56C774A (A1200-A) We don't want to get some made only to find out a few weeks later that there was a second type which we could have merged into one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Yes! My A1200 membrane has model number 56C774A (A1200-A). This is membrane I need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 I also need a 56C774A (A1200-A) Amiga keyboard membrane. Please let me know when they are available! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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